Handicaps Haven’t Kept Some From Playing
PETE GRAY played for the St. Louis Browns in 1945. He had the handicap of having only one arm. A movie was made about Gray’s adventures playing Major League Baseball. By DAVID MILLER News Sports...
View ArticleYMCA Announces April Programs
A FRESH slate of children’s and adult programs and activities are slated for April at the Ponca City Aquatic and Family Center. Activities include Family Fun Day, Healthy Kids Day, adult sports,...
View ArticleDA Hosts Pinwheel Ceremony
On April 9, 2018, District Attorney, Brian Hermanson, sponsored a Pinwheel Ceremony at the Kay County Courthouse in honor of National Crime Victims’ R... Please login below or subscribe to the Ponca...
View ArticleBike Racers To Roll In For Boulder Bash
THE CONSTRUCTION of seven miles of looping and connected mountain bike and walking trails built on the shores of Lake Ponca was decidedly a community effort, transforming a litter-strewn and otherwise...
View ArticlePonca Playhouse to Produce ‘August: Osage County’
PONCA PLAYHOUSE plans to present Pulitzer and Tony award winning play “August: Osage County” by Oklahoma playwright Tracy Letts in late July. Casting auditions will be held on May 21, 29, and 30. The...
View ArticleBear Creek Rural Fire District Annual Meeting Set
KAW CITY — The Bear Creek Rural Fire District will hold its annual meeting on Saturday, April 14, 2018, at the BCRFD Fire Station located at 1510 North 106 Lane, Kaw City, at 6 p.m. There will be...
View ArticleEmergency Sirens To Sound Thursday
The testing of the Ponca City emergency siren warning system will be held at noon, every Thursday, according to emergency management operations direct... Please login below or subscribe to the Ponca...
View ArticleBook Sale Slated at Ponca Library
The Friends of the Ponca City Library will host their second $2 per bag book sale of this year beginning Friday, April 13. The sale will continue until 12 p.m. on Tuesday May 1. This will take place on...
View ArticleConocoPhillips To Hold First-Quarter Earnings Conference Call 26th
HOUSTON — ConocoPhillips (NYSE: COP) will host a conference call webcast on Thursday, April 26, 2018 at 11 a.m. CDT to discuss first-quarter 2018 fina... Please login below or subscribe to the Ponca...
View ArticleParks and Rec Sets Color Run for April 28
Ponca City’s Parks and Recreation Department has announced the 3rd Annual Kaleidoscope 5K Kolor Run/Walk will be held April 28. The run begins at 9 a.m., starting from the Wentz Camp and Pool. The...
View ArticleLots of Mueller Action, But What About Collusion?
Remember collusion? The allegation that Donald Trump and his aides coordinated or conspired with Russia to fix the 2016 presidential election is the h... Please login below or subscribe to the Ponca...
View ArticleCounty, State Filings Continue
Candidate filing continues through Friday until 5 p.m.Candidates for state offices file with the Secretary of the State Election Board in Oklahoma Cit... Please login below or subscribe to the Ponca...
View ArticleFunerals 2018-04-12
Friday Caden Lee Stafford — A service will be held at 10 a.m., at Blackwell High School Auditorium. Burial will follow in Blackwell Cemetery under the direction of Roberts and Son Funeral Home,...
View ArticleBetty Lulu Louise Nemechek
Betty Lulu Louise Nemechek Betty Lulu Louise Nemechek, was born in Stillwater, on Jan. 8, 1920, the daughter of parents Edward M. Crabtree and Carrie Ensley Crabtree. She passed away April 10, 2018, in...
View ArticleOrville Harvey Myers
Orville Harvey Myers Orville Harvey Myers, passed away peacefully in his sleep after a brief hospitalization, surrounded by his family, on Tuesday, April 10, 2018. He was born on Dec. 1, 1925, in the...
View ArticleSamuel Hastings
Samuel Hastings A funeral services for William Samuel Hastings, 75, Ponca City resident, will be held on Saturday, April 14, 2018, at 11 a.m. at St. Mary’s Catholic Church with Dick Robinson, deacon,...
View ArticleThe U.S. Markets On Edge
WASHINGTON — The markets are on edge. Then again, inflation is low; employment is high — historically high in the case of blacks and Latinos — and gro... Please login below or subscribe to the Ponca...
View ArticleCounty Jail Bookings 2018-04-12
NEWKIRK — Those booked in the Kay County Detention Center this week include: Joshua Allen Brown, 35, South Haven, Kan., who was booked in on char... Please login below or subscribe to the Ponca City...
View ArticleNadine R. Love Evans
Nadine R. Love Evans It is with great sadness that the family of Nadine Reba Love Evans announces her passing on Tuesday, April 10, 2018, at the age of 81 years. Nadine will be lovingly remembered by...
View ArticleWalkout Stretches Into Ninth Day
OKLAHOMA TEACHERS are pictured inside the State Capitol in Oklahoma City on Wednesday during the teacher walkout. Ponca City Schools were closed again... Please login below or subscribe to the Ponca...
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