City of Ponca City notified of scam

The Ponca City Utility Department has received calls requesting money to swap out a meter The City does NOT charge for that service as this call is a scam! Please do not give out any personal information. The call will appear as a City of Ponca City phone number. The Police Department has been...

Mingle on Main in Perry

It’s time to “Mingle On Main” in Perry this Saturday…and the first Saturday of the month through August!  Enjoy Children’s Story Time on the Library Lawn starting at 10am.  Sassy’s Good Eats Ribbon Cutting at 10 and Grand Opening at 11.  Live Music from The Possum Peckers from 5 ‘til 9.  Plus...
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Kay Electric warning of phone scam

Kay Electric Cooperative was notified that one of their sister cooperatives had a few calls from members about a phone scam going around, claiming that the cooperative will be disconnecting their power if they don’t pay within the next 30 minutes. Please know that is NOT how Co-ops do business. If you receive a...

OSDH reports 122 new COVID-19 cases Wednesday

The Oklahoma State Department of Health reported 119 new COVID-19 cases and no new deaths for Wednesday, May 26.Oklahoma's seen an overall total of 452,496 COVID-19 cases, 8,436 deaths and 26,385 hospitalizations. As of Wednesday, the 7-day rolling average for new cases is 83 and 1,421 cases are active.Kay County has seen an overall...

Eastbound US-60 off ramps in Kay County to be closed Thursday

The Oklahoma Department of Transportation announced that the eastbound US-60 off-ramps to southbound US-177/US-60B at Tonkawa and southbound SH-156 near Ponca City will be intermittently closed, and the right lane of EB US-60 will be intermittently closed between Tonkawa and Ponca City from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Thursday for signage repairs.
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PCPS warning about false Facebook page

Ponca City Public Schools is warning the public that there's a Facebook page going around called PoncaCity-Schools that's sending out friend requests.This is not from Ponca City Public Schools. PCPS does not send out requests. Please do not accept the friend request. 

Severe Weather Possible Today

The National Weather Service in Norman has placed Kay County and much of Oklahoma under an enhanced risk for severe weather for Thursday.The weather service says there's the threat for hail up to the size of baseball, winds as high as 80 mph and a low tornado threat. There is also a slight flooding...
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Enhanced risk for severe weather on Thursday

The National Weather Service has put out an enhanced risk for severe weather on Thursday that includes much of central and northern Oklahoma, southern and southeastern Kansas, northwest Arkansas and central and southern Missouri.Scattered severe thunderstorms are likely on Thursday and Thursday night from parts of the southern Great Plains into the Ozarks and...

Planned city-wide power outage in Newkirk scheduled for June 12

On Saturday, June 12th, there will be a city-wide power outage in Newkirk starting at 11 p.m. until 8 a.m. the next morning to replace poles at the substation that support the lines feeding the town's transformers. The project is necessary to improve the city's power grid.