Kay County Sheriff’s Office notified of scam

The Kay County Sheriff's Office was notified Monday of an elaborate scam that is in the county. They are posing as Kay County Deputies and are asking for money over the phone. The number calling is from 580-352-5899 and 580-353-5899. This is not from the Sheriff's office. Unfortunately one of the Kay County citizens...

PO-HI Senior Abby Williams signs to play soccer at Laramie County Community College

PO-HI Senior Abby Williams signs to play soccer at Laramie County Community College in Cheyenne, Wyoming.Front Row – L to R: Brooke Williams (Abby’s mom), Abby Williams, Jeff Williams (Abby’s dad), and Dylan Williams (Abby’s brother)Back Row – L to R: Antonio Fowlkes, (Strength and Conditioning Coach), Shelby Cox (Assistant Girls Soccer Coach, and...

751 new COVID-19 cases for Kay County

The Kay County Health Department reported on Thursday that Kay County's seen 751 new COVID-19 cases from January 13-19. Kay County's seen an overall total of 9,887 COVID-19 cases since March 2020.52% of the age 5+ and 84.4% of the age 65+ populations in Kay County have received at least one dose of the...
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Noble, Payne and numerous Oklahoma counties placed under burn ban

The Oklahoma Forestry Services has placed Noble and Payne counties under a burn ban through the end of the month.As for the entire state of Oklahoma, here are all the counties in the burn ban:Alfalfa County Beaver County Blaine County Caddo County Canadian County Carter County Cimarron County Comanche County Cotton County Custer...

OSDH reports 12,841 new COVID-19 cases Monday

The Oklahoma State Department of Health documented 12,841 new COVID-19 cases for Monday, and 14,913 new cases Sunday. Since March 2020, Oklahoma's seen 839,143 COVID-19 cases overall.According to KFOR-TV in Oklahoma City, OSDH officials believe that there are 110,244 active COVID-19 cases in the state. Oklahoma's seen 12,775 deaths as of Friday.Officials say there...
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Absentee voters for upcoming school elections have until Feb. 8 to apply

Voters in Kay County who want absentee ballots mailed to them for the Feb. 8 Tonkawa School Board, Frontier School Bond, or the Deer Creek-Lamont School Bond elections need to apply by Feb. 8.Absentee ballots are available to any registered voter, provided they are eligible to vote in the election requested. No excuse is...

Blackwell’s City Hall closed until January 24th

The City of Blackwell announced Monday that the City Hall will be closed until January 24th.For any assistance you can call the Utility Office at 363-7200 or Administrative Office at 363-7250.The payment options we have available are the Utility drop box, the Utility phone pay 866-330-9322 or you can log on and pay at...

PCPS Superintendent Shelley Arrott shares COVID-19 update

PCPS Families,After a tumultuous week last week with Omicron, we have many students and staff members returning to school tomorrow, January 18, 2022. Unfortunately, we are beginning to receive a great deal of information of additional students and staff who have tested positive over the weekend, or who are symptomatic. We continue to analyze...
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PCPS retuning to class Tuesday

Students attending Ponca City Public Schools will return to in-person learning today. This includes ALL school sites, even those closed last week for distance learning.Based upon numbers, the district will have 88 fewer staff members out on Tuesday compared...