Team Boettcher To Make Second Trip Into Afghanistan

EDITOR'S NOTE: Ponca City native Mike Boettcher, well known correspondent in television, . . . (Published Wed, Sep 1, 2010) Read The Entire Story Here


Storm Damage

OSAGE COUNTY resident Frank Lewis sorts through the remains of a mobile home and . . . (Published Wed, Sep 1, 2010) Read The Entire Story Here


Tough Intersection

OFFICER ELLIOT LINDSEY directs traffic after the four-way stop sign at the intersec . . . (Published Wed, Sep 1, 2010) Read The Entire Story Here


Will Seek New Members

MEMBERS OF the 2010-11 Ponca City Main Street board of directors met recently to co . . . (Published Wed, Sep 1, 2010) Read The Entire Story Here


Emergency Sirens To Sound Thursday

The testing of the Ponca City emergency siren warning system will be held at noon, every Thursday, according to emergency management operations director Paula Cain. The test is scheduled throughout the year. Cain said that in case of inclement weather . . . (Published Wed, Sep 1, 2010) Read The Entire Story Here


PCDA Retreat At Evans Ranch Set Thursday

By LOUISE ABERCROMBIE News Business Editor Ponca City Economic Development Authority (PCDA) will be conducting a retreat Thursday beginning at 8 a.m., at Evans Big Fork Ranch. The retreat, according to David Myers, executive director, is to discuss th . . . (Published Wed, Sep 1, 2010) Read The Entire Story Here


Suspended Sentence

NEWKIRK — Hugh Lee A. Terrell Jr. 33, Ponca City, entered a plea of guilty in Kay County District Court to a felony count of child abuse by mental injury. Terrell was arrested by Ponca City police in January of 2010 and is accused of threatening to rape . . . (Published Wed, Sep 1, 2010) Read The Entire Story Here


Ponca City Man Facing Charges in Federal Court

NEWKIRK — The case against Rufus Taiwan Shines, 34, Ponca City, has been dismissed in Kay County District Court. However on Aug. 19, Shines was indicted in Federal Court on charges of possession with intent to distribute cocaine base, and a felon in pos . . . (Published Wed, Sep 1, 2010) Read The Entire Story Here


Pleas No Contest as Sex Offender

NEWKIRK — John Wayne Jones, 61, Ponca City, entered a plea of no contest in Kay County District Court to a felony count of failure to register as a sex offender. Jones was arrested by Ponca City police on June 30, 2009 in the 300 block of South Perry an . . . (Published Wed, Sep 1, 2010) Read The Entire Story Here


Pleads Guilty To Sexual Acts; Sent to DOC

NEWKIRK — Michael Blanton Farris, 63, Ponca City, entered a plea of guilty in Kay County District Court to a felony count of lewd indecent proposals acts to a child under the age of 16, manufacturing child pornography, and possession of a child pornograph . . . (Published Wed, Sep 1, 2010) Read The Entire Story Here


News Briefs

Free Food — To those who qualify. Thursday from 6 to 7 p.m., Agape Church of Christ, 705 East Hubbard Road. Bring social security card and ID card. ————— Sixties Clothes: Hippie, Mod, dashikis, bellbottoms, albums. Upstairs Marland Mall, Friday- Sunda . . . (Published Wed, Sep 1, 2010) Read The Entire Story Here


Nearly News

The Ponca City Art Association art show which opens Sunday will feature Bill Huebert's woodcarvings in one of the display galleries, Curtis Chism's acrylics/oils surrounding a large painting by Maxine Warren in another room, with selected pieces from the . . . (Published Wed, Sep 1, 2010) Read The Entire Story Here


Man Facing Accusation Of Threats Set for Court

NEWKIRK — A Ponca City man accused of making threats to Kay County Commissioner Dee Schieber is scheduled to appear in court on Oct. 6. Joe Eugene Widener, 44, is charged in Kay County District Court with a misdemeanor count of placing obscene and or th . . . (Published Wed, Sep 1, 2010) Read The Entire Story Here


Local Woman Killed

A 31-year-old Ponca City woman was killed in an accident on Interstate 35 at 5:11 p.m. Tuesday. Virginia Darie Lockett was pronounced dead at the scene from a head injury, the Oklahoma Highway Patrol reported. The collision occurred at mile marker 203 . . . (Published Wed, Sep 1, 2010) Read The Entire Story Here


Judge's Former Wife Faces Creek County District Court

DRUMRIGHT — The former wife of Kay County Special Judge Lee Stout is scheduled for arraignment in a Creek County District Court on Oct. 7. Michelle Ione Ramsey-Stout, 35, was arrested by Drumright police July 2 and later charged with endeavoring to manu . . . (Published Wed, Sep 1, 2010) Read The Entire Story Here


Case Dismissed

NEWKIRK — The case against a 23-year-old Kaw City man accused of sexually assaulting a woman at McDonald's in May of 2009 has been dismissed in Kay County District Court. Oscar E. Cortes was charged with a felony count of sexual battery. According to . . . (Published Wed, Sep 1, 2010) Read The Entire Story Here


Case Dismissed

NEWKIRK — The case against David Wayne Dick, 39, Ponca City, has been dismissed in Kay County District Court. Dick was arrested by Ponca City police on Dec. 21, 2009 in the 300 block of South Thirteenth Street and later charged with a felony count of do . . . (Published Wed, Sep 1, 2010) Read The Entire Story Here


Raye Dawn Smith Hearing

By SHARON ROWEN News Staff Writer NEWKIRK - Kay County District Judge D . . . (Published Wed, Sep 1, 2010) Read The Entire Story Here


Work Continues

STEEL WORK is shown in progress today at Robson Field House as renovation and improvement constructio . . . (Published Tue, Aug 31, 2010) Read The Entire Story Here


Cutting Time

CONTINENTAL CREDIT officers and the Ponca City Area Chamber of Commerce held a ri . . . (Published Tue, Aug 31, 2010) Read The Entire Story Here


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