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Ponca City Board of Commissioners Meeting Held on Dec. 27, 2022

The Ponca City Board of Commissioners met in regular session on December 27, 2022. Mayor Homer Nicholson called the meeting to order, which was followed by the pledge of allegiance. Commissioners Bodick, Chapman, Scott, and Taylor were in attendance.Consent AgendaUnder the Consent Agenda, the City Commission approved the minutes of the Ponca City Board...

PCPCS reporting 16 new COVID-19 cases for the week of Sept. 27

Ponca City Public Schools reported 16 positive COVID-19 cases for last week. This is one fewer than the week prior. PCPS also reported 57 close contacts and 73 in total affected.Out of the 16 new cases, only 4 required contact tracing. The other 12 cases were student/staff members who were not in school while...

Bird Lands in Ponca City, Starting September 27

The City of Ponca City is pleased to announce the Los Angeles, California-based, shared electric scooter company, Bird Rides, is bringing e-scooters to Ponca City in the coming days. Just in time for fall, Bird is a naturally social distanced way to get around. The scooters are available through a mobile phone application and...

PCPS shares COVID-19 update for week of April 27

The week of April 26, PCPS had one contact tracing investigation at Lincoln Elementary, which affected 28 individuals. Another COVID Contact Tracing Investigation occurred over the weekend at West Middle School. Parents were notified and isolations and quarantines will begin on Monday, May 3, 2021. The West data will be reported with next week’s...

NOC Spring Concert April 27

  The Northern Oklahoma College Division of Fine Arts presents a Spring Concert Tuesday, April 27 at the Kinzer Performing Arts Center at 7:30 p.m.   The NOC Concert Band, College Choir, and Chamber Singers will be performing.   The choir will be performing selections on Hope, Chamber Singers: Making of...

NCOAC to meet, elect officers Oct. 27

The North Central Oklahoma Arts Council will hold their annual meeting Tuesday, Oct. 20 at the Art Center of Tonkawa (ACT) located at 200 E. Grand at 5:30 p.m.   Board members and friends of the NCOAC are invited to attend.   The meeting was moved from its original Oct. 20...

Mask/Gaiter Orders through PCPS Team Store Delivered to Sites August 27

The Ponca City Public School Wildcat masks and gaiters ordered through the Ponca City Team Store will be delivered to sites by the end of the day on Thursday, August 27. They are packaged by name, and they will be sent home with the students on Friday or Monday, August 28 or 31. If patrons ordered and had masks/gaiters...

Cowley County up to 27 COVID-19 cases

Across the state line in Kansas, Cowley County continues to see a climb in the number of COVID-19 cases as they've had 27 cases overall as of Monday evening.There have been nine new cases reported since Friday. There are 23 cases active at this time.The rise in cases is related to an outbreak that...

Ponca City releases COVID-19 update for Friday, March 27

Due to Governor Stitt’s Fourth Amended Executive Order 2020-07, the City of Ponca City is also taking these steps to slow the spread of COVID-19:The Marland Mansion & Estate, Marland’s Grand Home, Library, Utility Billing Office, Senior Center, and RecPlex will remain closed through Thursday, April 16.