Volunteers for Tonkawa Parks and Recreation Board Needed

Tonkawa urgently needs volunteers to serve on the City’s Parks and Recreation Board. The Board is tasked with making recommendations to the City Council for planning, maintenance needs, operations, and use of the City’s Parks. The Board also assists the Council in its overall coordination of Park...

Two killed in accident near Perry Tuesday night

Two people were killed in a two-vehicle accident Tuesday night on southbound Interstate 35 west of Perry in Noble County. Oklahoma Highway Patrol reports that the driver of a 1994 Chevy Blazer, Danny G. Guinn, 59, of Pawnee and passenger Michelle R. Guinn, 55, of Wichita, Kansas were pronounced dead. The cause of the accident...

NOC Tonkawa hosting vaccine clinic today

Northern Oklahoma College in Tonkawa is hosting a vaccine clinic today. This clinic will be from 9 a.m. until 2 p.m. in the Memorial Student Union, and is open to all NOC Tonkawa students, employees and the public. Providing the first or second round vaccines will be the Kay County Health Department. If it's your...
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Epidemiology report shows increase in vaccinated Kay County residents

The Oklahoma State Department of Health released their weekly epidemiology report on Wednesday. Data shows that throughout the week of September 5-11, 15,818 new COVID-19 cases, 19,385 recoveries and 232 deaths were documented. Since early 2020, 33,458 individuals in the state have been hospitalized due to COVID. CDC COVID Data Tracker lists that 47,940 individuals...

Stop signs set up near the Kay County Free Fair

After being canceled last year due to the pandemic, the Kay County Free Fair is making its grand return to Blackwell this week. The fair is going on now through Saturday. With that being said, traffic can get busy within the area of the fairgrounds south of downtown. Four-way stop signs are currently set up...
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Kay County Free Fair Schedule

September 13-19 marks the week of the 104th Annual Kay County Free Fair in Blackwell. Posted below is the fair's official schedule for events.

PCPS announces plans for Homecoming Parade

Ponca City Public Schools announced that the Homecoming Parade will be held Thursday, Sept. 16 at 6 p.m. The parade will start at the railroad tracks at Grand and Union in downtown Ponca City. The parade route will go down Grand to Fifth Street, turn north and end on the front lawn of the Ponca...
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PCPS sees 20 new COVID-19 cases for the week of

In a weekly update on Monday, Ponca City Public Schools reported a total of 20 new COVID-19 cases, 49 close contacts and 69 total individuals affected for the week of September 6. The numbers are an improvement compared to the week of August 30 which saw 61 new COVID-19 cases and 480 close contacts. Ponca...

OMPA Survey Underway

Oklahoma Municipal Power Authority has selected GreatBlue Research to conduct their annual Customer Satisfaction Survey for Ponca City Energy.Customers can complete the online survey at