Lamont woman involved in accident near Crescent Friday

A Lamont woman was involved in an accident that occurred at 11:49 p.m. Friday night on State Highway 74, 2.25 miles north of Crescent in Logan County.Debra Eck, 69, of Crescent was driving a 2002 Ford Taurus southbound on State Highway 74 and was pushing a 2017 Nissan Versa that was out of gas.... Read More.

Blackwell man injured in acident east of Ponca City on Saturday

A personal injury collision happened at 8:51 p.m. Saturday evening on L.A. Cann, 154 ft. north of E. Prospect east of Ponca City.John Suggs, 48, of Blackwell was driving a 2010 Chevy Silverado westbound on E. Prospect where he attempted to negotiate a right turn onto L.A. Cann. Suggs failed to negotiate the turn... Read More.
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687 new positive COVID-19 cases for Oklahoma on Saturday

The Oklahoma State Department of Health 687 new positive COVID-19 cases for Oklahoma on Saturday, July 11. Oklahoma has now seen 19,779 positive COVID-19 cases since testing started, and 4,643 cases are active.As for Kay County, there is one new COVID-19 case to report to bring the overall total to 124 with 23 cases... Read More.

Flood Advisory for Grant County

The National Weather Service in Norman has issued a Flood Advisory for Grant County in northern Oklahoma until 11:30 a.m. Friday morning.At 833 AM CDT, Doppler radar indicated heavy rain due to thunderstorms. This will cause minor flooding in the advisory area. Up to two inches of rain have already fallen.Some locations that will... Read More.
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Severe weather hits northern Oklahoma Friday

Severe weather made its way across northern Oklahoma early Friday and left an impact.Kay Electric is reporting numerous outages across their area, especially within the Grant County area. If you are a Kay Electric customer and have a power outage, please call 800-535-1079.  Crews are enroute to restore power. Kay Electric  is also running... Read More.

Hunnewell, KS man killed in collision north of Blackwell

The Oklahoma Highway Patrol responded to a fatality collision that occurred at 12:37 p.m. Thursday on U.S. 177, 1 mile north of Blackwell in Kay County.According to the OHP report, Billy Dean Burrow Sr., 71, of Hunnewell, Ks., was driving a 1990 Ford Pick Up northbound on U.S. 177. For an unknown reason, the... Read More.

Central Fare Receives Second Community Grant from the National Association of Realtors

PONCA CITY, OK  --  Central Fare, a community workforce retention and attraction project was launched in June by the Ponca City Development Authority (PCDA) in response to COVID-19 physical distancing measures.  PCDA received notice today that a submitted Placemaking Grant has been approved for $5000.00; $4,500 from the National Association of Realtors (NAR) for the gathering area project... Read More.
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Crazy Days weekend to be strictly a shopping event this year

The following is a statement from Ponca City Main Street:"In the interest of the health of our beloved community, our Ponca City Main Street Board has decided to make our normal Crazy Days weekend strictly a shopping event this year, and not host our usual Street Party at the Veterans’ Plaza. As much as... Read More.

NOC honors four retiring employees

Northern Oklahoma College honored four employees who are retiring from NOC this year.   Retirees include Deb Garoutte, Mary Skidmore, Laura Marshall, and Jeff Foss.   Normally, retiring employees are honored in May of each year but the ceremony was postponed due to Covid-19.  The ceremony honoring the retirees will be held at a later date.   “Northern appreciates the... Read More.

NOC offers fall wind energy classes

Northern Oklahoma College is introducing an "Introduction to Wind Energy" course in its Fall 2020 semester.  The course is being offered as part of NOC’s Process Technology Program (PTEC).   The purpose of this course is to introduce interested students to Oklahoma's Wind Energy Sector in preparation for employment in the Wind Energy field. Recent years... Read More.