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Garfield Kindergarten Teacher Named Teacher of the Year

Darcey Austin, kindergarten teacher at Garfield Elementary, was named the 2024 Ponca City Teacher of the Year during a celebration on Tuesday night at the Ponca City Schools Concert Hall. Other finalists included Jill Klein from Ponca City High School and Jeremiah Belt from West Middle School. “I would like to...

PCPS Mourns Loss of Garfield Educator

Ponca City Public Schools mourns the loss of longtime Team PCPS member Judy Swain, who died on Tuesday morning.Judy was hired by PCPS before the start of the 1998-1999 school year and served as a substitute teacher for the district three years prior to that. She spent her first year at Lincoln Elementary and...

Garfield Elementary Ready for School Year

The first day of school for Ponca City Public School students is Wednesday, Aug. 18. One of the elementary schools ready to welcome back students is Garfield Elementary, located at 600 south Eighth Street.Katy Thomason, principal at Garfield Elementary,...

Two Garfield Students Win Prizes for Reading

At Garfield they are currently reading “The One and Only Ivan” as thei One Book One School.  They are asking comprehension questions, having students turn in answers, and drawing for prizes. This week Karsen Garrett and Zoey...

New COVID-19 deaths for Garfield, Kay and Payne counties Wednesday

The Oklahoma State Department of Health is reporting 1,078 new COVID-19 cases on Tuesday, Feb. 16. Oklahoma’s seen 415,858 COVID-19 cases overall as 18,600 cases are active. The number of active cases is 963 less than Tuesday.28 additional virus-related deaths were documented Wednesday to put Oklahoma’s death toll to 4,089. This includes two Garfield...

Kay, Garfield, Noble and Payne counties all see one new virus-related death Thursday

The Oklahoma State Department of Health is reporting 1,677 new COVID-19 cases for Oklahoma on Thursday, putting the state at 409,401 overall cases with 23,111 cases being active.OSDH documented 48 new virus-related deaths on Wednesday, putting Oklahoma's death toll to 3,948. One death being for Kay County individual from Tonkawa. Garfield, Noble and Payne...

Winter Storm Warning For Grant And Garfield Counties Going Into 2021

The National Weather Service in Norman has issued a Winter Storm Warning for Grant and Garfield counties in northern Oklahoma from 6 p.m. New Year's Eve Thursday until noon on New Year's Day Friday.Other counties included in the warning at this time are Woods, Alfalfa, Ellis, Woodward, Major, Dewey, Custer, Blaine, Washita, Caddo and...

2.0 magnitude earthquake in southeastern Garfield County early Monday

The U.S. Geological Survey Team is reporting that a 2.0 magnitude earthquake occurred at 5:51 a.m. Monday morning with an epicenter about 3.1 miles west of Lucien in southeastern Garfield County.This was not the only earthquake to happen in the same area as a 2.3 magnitude earthquake occurred at 1:27 p.m. Sunday with an...