Martin Luther King Jr. Day observed today as City Holiday

• Residential Refuse WILL NOT BE PICKED UP Monday, January 17, and RESUME Tuesday, January 18. • Ponca City Landfill will CLOSE Monday, January 17, and will REOPEN Tuesday, January 18. • Ponca City Library will CLOSE Monday, January 17, and REOPEN Tuesday, January 18. • Marland’s Grand Home will CLOSE Sunday, January 16, and REOPEN Tuesday,...

PCPS out of school today

Ponca City Public School students will be out of school on Monday, Jan. 17 for a Professional Development Day. Classes will resume on Tuesday, Jan. 18.After going to distance learning last week, students at Lincoln Elementary School will return to in-person learning on Tuesday, January 18.

Lincoln Elementary Shifts to Distance Learning

The following is directly from Ponca City Public Schools. Attention PCPS Families:Due to a high number of absences of teachers, support staff members and students, Lincoln Elementary will transition to Distance Learning on Friday, January 14. In addition to high numbers of COVID-related absences, many students and staff members at Lincoln are experiencing a stomach...
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OSDH documents over 2,000 new COVID-19 cases between January 4-10

The Oklahoma State Department documented 2,404 new COVID-19 between January 4-10.Oklahoma's seen an overall total of 55,187 COVID-19 cases since March 2020. As for Kay County, there are 453 new COVID-19 cases. Kay County's seen an overall total of 9,136 cases.51.6% of the Age 5+ population, and 84.3% of the Age 65+ population has...

Ponca City and Newkirk announce more athletic cancellations and rescheduling

Ponca City Public Schools has announced more athletic cancellations for this week. Ninth grade basketball games at home tonight, as well as junior high and high school wrestling at Jenks are canceled. Ponca City wrestling will not be attending the Sand Spings tournament this weekend.Newkirk Tigers wrestling shared on Facebook Wednesday that tonight's dual...

City of Ponca City observing Martin Luther King Jr. Day as a City holiday

The City of Ponca City will observe Monday, January 17, Martin Luther King Jr. Day, as a City holiday:• Residential Refuse WILL NOT BE PICKED UP Monday, January 17, and RESUME Tuesday, January 18. • Ponca City Landfill will CLOSE Monday, January 17, and will REOPEN Tuesday, January 18. • Ponca City Library will CLOSE Monday,...
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Athletic cancellations made by PCPS

The following athletic cancellations have been announced for Ponca City Public Schools:Jan. 13: Ninth grade basketball at home. Junior high, high school wrestling at JenksJan. 14-15: High school wrestling at Sand Springs...

Board of Commissionsers hold regular session on January 10

The Ponca City Board of Commissioners met in regular session on January 10, 2022. Vice-Mayor Paul Taylor called the meeting to order, which was followed by the pledge of allegiance. Commission Bodick and Commissioner Chapman were present. Mayor Nicholson and Commissioner Scott were absent.Ceremonies and ProclamationsUnder Ceremonies and Proclamations, the January character trait of...
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Two Ponca City Schools To Move to Distance Learning

The following is a letter from Ponca City Public Schools.Attention PCPS Families:Due to the high number of absences among teachers and support staff members and the inability to cover with substitutes, Ponca City High School and West Middle School will transition to Distance Learning from Wednesday, January 12 through Friday, January 14.Shifting these sites...

Kildare firefighters respond to grass fire Monday evening

Kildare firefighters responded to a report of a grass fire located on east Furguson Road west of Kaw Lake at 7:18 p.m. Monday evening.Newkirk and River Road fire departments provided mutual aid. Travis Harris, Kildare fire chief, said the area was searched and no signs of a helicopter crash was located. The fire was...

Mulch Available January 27th-Free!

The Christmas Tree Recycling area is now open for the drop-off of Christmas trees. The Christmas Tree Recycling area will close on January 21 and the old Christmas trees will be turned into mulch for gardening and landscape usage. The mulch will be available free to the public, and those interested will need to...