Life Is Worth Remembering
Blacks and Jews need to get along, my father used to say, or we bring joy to those who have neither group’s interests in mind.That useful bit of wisdo... Please login below or subscribe to the Ponca...
View ArticleTime for Annual Sale
SHREDDING chicken with a mixer. (News Photo by Sherry Muchmore) It’s that time of year again for St. Paul’s United Methodist Women’s (UMW) traditional... Please login below or subscribe to the Ponca...
View ArticleFunerals 2018-11-06
Wednesday Ray Lee Bowling — A memorial service is scheduled for 10:30 a.m., Wednesday, Nov. 7th in the Roberts and Son Funeral Home Chapel in Blackwell with Rev. Lanny Jobe officiating. Burial will...
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Patricia Gammon
Patricia “Pat” Gammon Patricia “Pat” Gammon, longtime Ponca City resident, passed away Saturday morning with her loving family by her side. She was 78 years of age. Pat was born on Jan. 4, 1940 to Merl...
View ArticleMavs Split Games At Allen Classic
IOLA, Kan. — The Northern Oklahoma College Mavericks split two games in the Allen County Classic in Iola, Kansas, in the season opener.NOC (1-1) dropp... Please login below or subscribe to the Ponca...
View ArticleNearly News 2018-11-06
Ponca City Public School students will be out of school on Friday, Nov. 9 for a Professional Day. Classes will resume at the normal time on Monday, Nov. 11.
View ArticleExpert on Things They Know Absolutely Nothing About
Having mastered fake news, now the media are trying out a little fake history.In the news business, new topics are always popping up, from the Logan A... Please login below or subscribe to the Ponca...
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Harold James West
Harold James “Tricky” West Harold James “Tricky” West passed away peacefully Oct. 31st, 2018 at Stillwater Medical Center after a brief illness. He was known by Jim or, “Tricky” by his friends. A...
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Shirley Ruth Jeffries
Shirley Ruth Jeffries Shirley Ruth Jeffries of Blackwell died early Sunday morning, Nov. 4, 2018, in the Oklahoma Heart Hospital in Oklahoma City at the age of 78 years. Shirley Ruth Jeffries was born...
View ArticleImportance of Having Family
When you Google “Cecilia Paul,” the top result is the Simon and Garfunkel song “Cecilia.” This breaks my heart, because Cecilia Paul lived a life that... Please login below or subscribe to the Ponca...
View ArticleHomeless Situation In the U.S.
It’s appropriate that the U.N. special rapporteur devoted to adequate housing has visited encampments in Mexico City, Buenos Aires, Mumbai — and San F... Please login below or subscribe to the Ponca...
View ArticleNOC Presents The Spitfire Grill
TONKAWA — The Northern Oklahoma College Division of Fine Arts is presenting The Spitfire Grill, A Musical, Nov. 8-11 at the Kinzer Performing Arts Center in Tonkawa. Show times are 7:30 p.m. Nov. 8-10...
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Purple Heart Ceremony Set At NOC
1st Lt. Strather F. Wood, 1971 TONKAWA — A Purple Heart Ceremony is set for Saturday, Nov. 10 at Northern Oklahoma College for 1st Lt. Strather Franklin Wood, USMC, and father of NOC Engineering,...
View ArticleSignificant Women in Oklahoma Agriculture Highlights Farmer and Racher...
By KAYLEE TRAVIS OK Dept. of Agriculture HOBART – In 1958, a city girl married a farm boy, and the rest is history. When Carroll Null married Larry Null, she knew nothing about agriculture – not even...
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Bedlam Just One of the Great Sports Rivalries
Type Caption Here By DAVID MILLER News Sports Writer EDITORS NOTE — Saturday will be the renewal of an intense rivalry football game known in these parts as Bedlam. The thought of that game reminded me...
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All About Science – In Science, This Just In…
THE PARKER Solar Probe surpassed the current record of 26.55 million miles from the Sun’s surface last week. If you were listening to the news, you heard several stories that were science-based. In the...
View ArticleArea Calendar 2018-11-07
Every DayPrinciples Before Personalities, Narcotics Anonymous, 7 p.m., Harmony House upstairs (use south entrance by parking lot).Twice a MonthFriday ... Please login below or subscribe to the Ponca...
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Artist Coalition
NORTHWESTERN OKLAHOMA State University assistant professor of art Kyle Larson works on a new piece for an art exhibition at the Tulsa Artists’ Coalition Gallery. The opening of the show is Nov. 2 from...
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‘Visions of the Tallgrass’ Featured at Local Signing
Harvey Payne On Sunday, Nov. 11 at 1:30 p.m., Harvey Payne and James Ronda will be at Brace Books and More in Ponca City to sign copies of their new book titled “Visions of the Tallgrass.” This...
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Celebrating Freedom
DIFFERENT GENERATIONS of veterans exchange handshakes at the honored veterans seating area in front of the reviewing stand during Veterans Parade activities on Saturday in downtown Ponca City. (News...
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