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PTC Board Member JD Soulek Receives All State School Board Award

Ponca City, OK – The Oklahoma State School Board Association recently honored five school board members from across Oklahoma as this year’s 2023 All-State School Board, recognizing their outstanding service to their communities, school district, and state. JD Soulek, long time board member for Pioneer Technology Center (PTC) is from Zone 2,...

Ret. WPD Captain, Longtime Community Member Gary Utt Laid To Rest Friday

A retired Winfield police captain and longtime community member passed away last week.Gary Utt died May 30 in Wichita."We were saddened to learn of the passing earlier this week of Retired Captain Gary Utt," the Winfield Police Department said in a Facebook post late last week. "Gary hired on with our department in 1960,...

RCB Bank Announces New Board Member Lee Evans

CLAREMORE, Okla. – RCB Bank is pleased to announce that Lee Evans of Evans & Associates will be joining the Bank as a board member.“Lee has been an important part of our bank as a member of our market board for the last eight years,” said RCB Bank President and CEO Roger Mosier. “He...

NOC terminates employment of theatre faculty member

  Northern Oklahoma College officials announced today that Mr. Anthony Luetkenhaus is no longer employed at Northern Oklahoma College. After further investigation and proven violations of NOC policies, he was terminated from his employment at NOC on Monday, May 3, within three business days of the onset of this investigation.   Additionally,...

NOC suspends theatre faculty member

  Late Wednesday night, April 28, Northern Oklahoma College administration became aware of allegations against Technical Director and professor of Theatre, Anthony Lee Luetkenhauson the Tonkawa campus. Law enforcement was invited to campus early Thursday morning to investigate.   Luetkenhauson was arrested that afternoon and was suspended from this position effective...

Ponca City Public Schools Grieves Loss of Board Member

The Ponca City Public School district is grieving the recent loss of PCPS Board of Education member Dr. David Kinkaid, who passed away on Wednesday, December 30, 2020. Dr. Kinkaid is an owner and operator of Kinkaid’s Veterinary Clinic and has been a board member in the district since 2006 representing Ward...

Missing Ponca Tribal Member Found Safe

The Ponca City News is reporting that a Ponca Tribal member that went missing recently was found safe.Katie Lynn Brown was last seen in the 300 Block of N. Pine & Palm Street in Ponca City on December 8 and was believed to be in Ponca City or Tulsa.After going missing for 20 days,...

PTC Biomedical Sciences Academy member selected as state officer for HOSA

Kenny Endl, a member of the Biomedical Sciences Academy at Pioneer Tech, has been elected as a state officer for HOSA, a CareerTech student organization. Endl is a senior at Woodland High School in Fairfax. He will serve as the Small School Representative on the officer team and takes his oath in November. For...

Ark City Public Schools Staff Member tested for COVID-19

A Summer School staff member for Ark City Public Schools has been tested for COVID-19.While there are no test results or diagnoses at this time, in an exercise of caution, Ark City Public Schools are contacting families whose children may have been in close proximity to this person. These calls are strictly precautionary at...

PCPS Mourning the Loss of Staff Member

From Mary Ladd at Ponca City Public Schools."The Ponca City Public School District is mourning the loss of a member of our school family.  Elaine (Nikki) McGee, the Guidance Office Secretary at Po-Hi, passed away suddenly in the early morning hours of Wednesday, March 4.  Please pray for comfort and peace for Nikki’s family...