NOYS Executive Director celebrates 30 years at NOYS
James Carter, Executive Director of Northern Oklahoma Youth Services (NOYS) recently celebrated 30 year of employment with the agency. Carter began a... Please login below or subscribe to the Ponca...
View ArticleFactual ‘Flights of Fancy’
So, you mean they were correct after all?Science is an interesting thing. It moves forward in fits and starts. Ideas that were once thought to be corr... Please login below or subscribe to the Ponca...
View ArticleBreak cuts water service
A WATER MAIN break early Tuesday morning left some residents without water for a few hours. An 18-inch water line ruptured in the 1500 block of East G... Please login below or subscribe to the Ponca...
View ArticleDesign for new headquarters unveiled
THE ARTIST's conception for the front entrance of a new Ponca City Public Safety Facility is shown at City Hall on Monday, unveiled for the Board of C... Please login below or subscribe to the Ponca...
View ArticleRibbon Cutting Held
PONCA CITY’s Mayor and Board of Commissioners attended the ribbon cutting Tuesday morning for the official grand opening of the Ponca City RecPlex, th... Please login below or subscribe to the Ponca...
View ArticleHearing is sometimes believing
This is the story of a company that corrected a problem after its loyal customers sounded off.Specifically, over a sound.The company is Foresight Spor... Please login below or subscribe to the Ponca...
View ArticleCoach sets signing day
Ponca City Wildcat boys basketball Coach Keenan Curry has scheduled a new event for incoming basketball players.The event is set for Sunday, Feb. 24 a... Please login below or subscribe to the Ponca...
View ArticleKay County Detention Center Bookings
NEWKIRK — Jail bookings at the Kay County Detention Center through the weekend include:— Brian Louis Bolnick, weekend committal;— Nathaniel Buffalohea... Please login below or subscribe to the Ponca...
View ArticlePresident Trump and the long-term implications of history
One of the many casualties of the modern age is the substitution of Presidents Day for the annual celebration of the birthdays of Abraham Lincoln on F... Please login below or subscribe to the Ponca...
View ArticleAsk a Doctor
Hello, dear readers! Welcome to our next installment of your letters! You’ve kept our inboxes full with questions, comments and even some compliments ... Please login below or subscribe to the Ponca...
View ArticleDeclaration an act of weakness
The president’s decision to declare a national emergency at the southern border was an act of weakness, not strength.I understand that’s not the party... Please login below or subscribe to the Ponca...
View ArticlePoncan to open after renovations
ALLEN HARDESTY shows off the Poncan Theatre's remodeled dressing room area. Hardesty, who serves as president of the theatre's board of directors, sai... Please login below or subscribe to the Ponca...
View ArticleConcert Hall open house set Monday
AN OPEN HOUSE will be held on Monday, Feb. 25 from 4 to 6 p.m. for the new Concert Hall for Ponca City Public Schools. The Ponca City Public School di... Please login below or subscribe to the Ponca...
View ArticleNearly News – 2019-02-21
The St. Francis Guild of St. Mary’s Church has been rescheduled to meet on Wednesday, Feb. 27 at 9:30 a.m. in the McGurk Room of the parish center. All members are encouraged to attend. Refreshments...
View ArticleTheft suspect arrested in Texas
ARKANSAS CITY, Kan. — The Arkansas City Police Department is awaiting the extradition from Texas of one of the suspects in the “skimming” of account ... Please login below or subscribe to the Ponca...
View ArticleArea students make fall honor roll
OKLAHOMA CITY — Cerena Chaney of Kaw City and Ellen Roth of Tonkawa were recently named to the Oklahoma City University President’s Honor Roll for Fal... Please login below or subscribe to the Ponca...
View ArticleInstrumental voyages into spiritual territory
By TERRY MATTINGLYWhile recording his “Beyond Nature” album, Phil Keaggy spent many hours doing three things — playing acoustic guitar, taking long wa... Please login below or subscribe to the Ponca...
View ArticlePIE partners present gift cards
FOUR STUDENTS from Woodlands Elementary School were presented with $25 gift cards by Blackwell Dentistry and Exploration Destination through the Ponca... Please login below or subscribe to the Ponca...
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Christopher Martin Branch
Christopher Martin Branch Christopher Martin Branch was called home to be with the Lord Feb. 2019. He was born on April 16, 1963, to Martin and Charlotte Branch. He had four children: Rachael Backus,...
View ArticleAlbright Church to host pancake feed
THE JOURNEY of Hope Sunday School class at Albright United Methodist Church will host a pancake and sausage feed on Friday, March 1 from 5 to 7 p.m. T... Please login below or subscribe to the Ponca...
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