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Baseball Showcase at Cowley College to take place October 13

With an opportunity for high school students to display their abilities in front of invited scouts and college coaches, the Cowley College Baseball Showcase will be held on Sunday, October 13, at the Tiger Baseball Field in Arkansas City. The showcase will include a professional style format. The athletes will run...

Family Fun Day at Marland’s Place August 16th

Join us at Marland's Place for our annual Family Fun Day! This year we have all new bounce houses, a backpack and school supply giveaway and free haircuts! Plus, we will have some of our favorite food trucks like I'd Smoke that BBQ, Marshall's Kitchen, the Wiener Wagon, Surf's Up Snowcones and the Rusty...

Burn Ban now in place for Kay County

On Monday, Kay County Commissioner’s placed Kay County under a 2 week Burn Ban.The deadline for the 2 week Burn Ban is Feb. 28 unless rescinded by commissioners.Any outdoor burning is prohibited during this time. Commissioner’s will reevaluate on February 28.A burn ban is also in effect for Noble and Payne counties.

Ponca City Wrestlers Place in Nationals

Three Ponca City wrestlers placed at the United States Junior Open Championship national wrestling tournament held last weekend in Oklahoma City. As a team, Ponca City finished in seventh place. Wrestlers from junior high and high school teams participated.Chris Kiser won the championship at 106 pounds. Garrett Short placed third at 75 pounds and...

A warm place to stay on Christmas for those who need it

The Givers Organization of Ponca City has raised enough money to rent all the rooms at Rose Stone Inn for 2 days (24th and 25th) so that those with no warm place to go will have a warm place to stay. Now... The Givers wants to feed them.Osage Country Meat Market has donated 2...

Ponca City Energy takes first place at OMA Electric Safety Competition

The Oklahoma Municipal Alliance recently sent out a congratulations to Ponca City Energy who placed first at the OMA Annual Electric Safety Competition in Oklahoma in the category for cities with a population over 10,000.The crew delivered a perfect safety record for 2020. The utility’s personnel went the year without a reportable lost work...

Po-Hi Academic Team Earns Place in State Tournament

The Ponca City High School Academic Team competed in the Area Academic Bowl Tournament held in Stillwater on January 16, 2021. The team defeated Edmond Santa Fe in their second round. They lost to Area Champion Stillwater in the third round and defeated Deer Creek (Edmond) in the 5th round to secure their spot in...

Election Officials Warn Voters About About False Polling Place Text Messages

Oklahoma State Election Board Secretary Paul Ziriax issued a voter alert on Monday, October 19, 2020, warning voters about a text message that was received by a voter, that falsely claimed the voter’s polling place had changed. The complaint has been referred by election officials to law enforcement.The text message falsely advised the voter...

PCPS Face Coverings Team Store Still Open To Place Your Order by August 3

The Ponca City Public Schools Face Coverings Team Store is now open through August 3, 2020! Available for purchase are youth and adult size masks and adult size activity masks, or neck gaiters. A sizing guide is available for viewing at the Team Store (link below), but elementary children will definitely need a youth...