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Officer, Resident Suffer Cut Wounds Following Disturbance Call At AC Home; Suspect Hospitalized

Saturday, August 20 by Lyman James

An officer and others suffered cut wounds early Saturday morning in Arkansas City.According to a news release from the Ark City Police Department, officers were called at approximately 5:18 a.m. to the 400 block N. A Street via an open line 911 call.Upon arrival, officers found an active disturbance between family members.Police encountered a 43-year...

Ponca City Resident arrested for Child Pornography

Thursday, April 21 by Lyman James

On 4/21/2022, Ponca City Police Department investigators arrested Ponca City Resident, 39 year old George Robert Castanon for Manufacturing and Possessing Child Pornography and Felony charges of Peeping Tom. On 4/19/2022, Castanon’s girlfriend found disturbing content on a portable media storage device owned by Castanon. When she viewed the content, Castanon’s...

Ponca City resident injured in accident Friday in Yukon

Monday, February 21 by Lyman James

The Oklahoma Highway Patrol reported that a personal injury collision occurred at about 4:19 p.m. on Friday on Interstate-40 westbound, about 0.2 miles west of Garth Brooks Blvd in Yukon, OK in Canadian County.The patrol said the accident involved a 2003 Honda motorcycle driven by Reuben Stokley (SIC), 43, of Ponca City, OK. Stokley...

Newkirk resident killed in rollover accident in Blackwell

Monday, January 31 by Lyman James

A Newkirk resident was killed in a rollover accident that occurred at 2:14 a.m. Friday in Blackwell on State Highway 11 near 13th Street.Jacob Wade Randol, 29, was traveling west on highway 11 in a 2001 Ford Ranger, when he crossed 13th Street, entered the eastbound lanes and continued off the road into a...

Three charged after stealing weapons and ammunition from Kay County resident

Wednesday, April 7 by Lyman James

In the early morning hours of Sunday April 4, 2021, the Kay County Sheriff’s Office was called to an address in reference to a burglary in progress.Deputies arrived and spoke with the home owner who stated that several firearms and over 1000 rounds of ammunition had been stolen. The home owner then stated the...

Stillwater resident killed in fatal accident in southwest Oklahoma

Tuesday, May 26 by Lyman James

Two Stillwater residents were involved in a fatal accident on Saturday west of Altus in Jackson County, one of the residents being killed.The accident happened at 6:54 p.m. Saturday on State Highway 6, 1 mile south of U.S.Highway 62. 49-year-old William Sebrant of Stillwater was driving a 2007 Ford Pickup that wrecked. Sebrant was...

Ponca City nursing home resident tests positive for COVID-19

Tuesday, May 19 by Lyman James

Officials at Ponca City Nurisng & Rehabilitation confirmed on Monday that a resident has tested positive for COVID-19, making it the second case at the nursing home since March.This puts Kay County at 50 cases of the virus overall, with three active cases. Osage County has 91 cases with 18 active. Data from the...

Seventh Kay County resident dies from COVID-19

Wednesday, April 29 by Lyman James

The Oklahoma State Department of Health has documented 63 more positive COVID-19 cases as of Wednesday, bringing Oklahoma's statewide total to 3,473 cases since testing started.In addition, a seventh individual from Kay County has died from COVID-19, a female in the age 65 and older group. Six more COVID-19 related deaths were documented as...

Oklahoma resident tests positive for COVID-19 in Cowley County, Kansas

Friday, April 24 by Lyman James

The Cowley County Public Health Officer, Thomas Langer, said in a press release on Friday that Cowley County, Ks. has recorded it's second case of COVID-19 since March 8, 2020.The confirmed illness is attributed to an adult female who is an Oklahoma resident that was tested in Cowley County on April 22, 2020. According...

Eighth Osage County resident dies from COVID-19; No new cases for Kay County

Tuesday, April 14 by Lyman James

An eighth person has died in Osage County due to the ongoing COVID-19 disease, a female in the 65 and older age group.. Osage County also has 3 new COVID-19 cases bringing their overall total to 59.While new changes occurred in Osage County, not much has changed for Kay County and other local counties....

Fourth Kay County resident dies from COVID-19

Monday, April 13 by Lyman James

The Oklahoma State Department released their daily update at 11 a.m. on Monday, April 13, with information showing that a fourth person in Kay County has died due to the coronavirus. The person was a man in the age 65 and older group. As for positive cases reported dating back to March, Kay County...

Third Kay County resident dies from COVID-19, Oklahoma up to 1,524 COVID-19 cases as of Wednesday

Wednesday, April 8 by Lyman James

According to the Oklahoma State Department of Health, a third Kay County resident has died due to COVID-19. This is the second death from the virus within Kay County in the last 48 hours. However, no new cases have been reported in Kay County where the total remains at 33The number of reported COVID-19...