Officer of the Year
THE TONKAWA Police Department recently named Corporal JT Hopkins as the 2017 Officer of the Year. Cpl. Hopkins has been very proactive throughout the ... Please login below or subscribe to the Ponca...
View ArticleClothing for Children
MEMBERS OF Soroptimist International of Ponca City purchased clothing for children at many of the Ponca City area elementary schools for their clothes... Please login below or subscribe to the Ponca...
View ArticleWork for Community
PIONEER TECHNOLOGY Center employees had the opportunity to serve the community during their professional development time last week. Workers made thei... Please login below or subscribe to the Ponca...
View ArticleWinter Stresses on Trees and Shrubs
Heavy snow and ice, as well as frozen soil conditions, can damage cherished trees and shrubs in residential landscapes. Even areas without major snowf... Please login below or subscribe to the Ponca...
View ArticlePecan Management Course To Start Soon
STILLWATER — If you have an interest in learning more about pecans and what it takes to grow them, mark your calendar for the 2018 Fundamentals of Pec... Please login below or subscribe to the Ponca...
View ArticleAre You Related to Weyeneth?
WASHINGTON — If the name Taylor Weyeneth rings a tiny bell in your head, then you might be related to him. Otherwise, the 24-year-old was until a week... Please login below or subscribe to the Ponca...
View Article‘Fake News’ Awards Take The Prize
By the time he got around to presenting his long-promised “2017 Fake New Awards,” even President Donald Trump seemed to be losing interest in the host... Please login below or subscribe to the Ponca...
View ArticleIs the President Handling His Duties Reasonably Well?
Not checkers. Not Chinese checkers. Chinese checkers in three dimensions.In zero gravity.That is as good a summary as any of the Byzantine American po... Please login below or subscribe to the Ponca...
View ArticleFour O’Clock Garden Club Plans Meeting Wednesday
The Four O’ Clock Garden Club will hold their first meeting of the new year in Marcia Davis’ home on Wednesday, Jan. 24 at 9:30 a.m. Co-hostesses are ... Please login below or subscribe to the Ponca...
View ArticleOne Down, Then One Up
BRICK SIDING is removed today for recycling from the former Bank of America building, located at the northeast corner of North 14th St. at East Prospe... Please login below or subscribe to the Ponca...
View ArticleColorful Three Nation Reunion
THREE TRIBES with ancient common history gathered together Saturday for the first time in 130 years in a renewing of strong tribal ties. The Otoe-Miss... Please login below or subscribe to the Ponca...
View ArticleNorth Country Tournament Results
North Country ClassicSaturdayBoysMannford 56, Blackwell 49 (1st)Pawnee 42, Tonkawa 34 (3rd)Guymon 57, Pawhuska 48 (5th)Woodland 49, Newkirk 37 (7th)G... Please login below or subscribe to the Ponca...
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Justin Leigh Ingram
Justin Leigh Ingram It is with great sadness that we say goodbye to our dear friend and family member, Justin Leigh Ingram. He passed from this world on Friday, Jan. 12, 2018, in Tulsa. He was only 35...
View ArticleJail Bookings This Week
NEWKIRK — Those booked in the Kay County Detention Center this week include: Floyd Dean Allen, 43, Tonkawa, was booked in on drug sanction.Alicia Merc... Please login below or subscribe to the Ponca...
View ArticlePending – William E. Eckert
NEWKIRK — William E. “Bill” Eckert, longtime Newkirk area farmer/rancher, died Sunday afternoon, Jan. 21, 2018, at Stillwater Medical Center. He was 85. Arrangements are pending with Miller-Stahl...
View ArticlePending – Margaret Ann Wilkerson
Margaret Ann Wilkerson, died Sunday, Jan. 21, 2018. She was 91. Arrangements are pending with Trout Funeral Home and Crematory.
View ArticleCase Dismissed
NEWKIRK — The case against Andrew William Howland, 56, Ponca City, has been dismissed in Kay County District Court.Howland was charged on May 10 with ... Please login below or subscribe to the Ponca...
View ArticleWhat Has Happened to the Women’s Agency?
Some years ago, a married woman of my acquaintance confided that a locally famous physician kept squeezing her thigh under the table at a dinner party... Please login below or subscribe to the Ponca...
View ArticleCity Briefs 2018-01-23
Vehicle Fire — The Ponca City Police Department was contacted at 7:27 a.m. Monday in reference to a truck on fire in the 2200 block of North 14th Stre... Please login below or subscribe to the Ponca...
View ArticleHe Lives To Fight Yet Another Day
Chuck Schumer started a government shutdown he couldn’t finish.The New York Democrat, among the shrewdest operators in national politics, stumbled bad... Please login below or subscribe to the Ponca...
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