August 2021

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Major structural damage, flooding seen in Louisiana

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New Orleans warned residents to stay indoors as fires burned out of control and more than a million people were without power a day after Ida rolled ashore as a powerful hurricane. The storm, which packed some of the most powerful winds ever to hit the area, drove a wall of water inland when it made landfall Sunday as a Category 4 hurricane about 60 miles south of New Orleans.

Happenings

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KAY COUNTY RETIRED EDUCATORS TO MEET The Kay County Retired Educators Association will be having its first meeting of the current school year on Wednesday, September 15, 2021, at 11:30 a.m. It will be held at Ground Round in Ponca City in their designated meeting room area and lunch will be Dutch treat by ordering off the menu.

Police Blotter

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Extra Patrol - At 5:49 am on Aug. 27, reporting party requested an officer in reference to some suspicious male kids in the area of the Valero on Grand, they appeared like they were scoping the place out to do a beer run. Officers advised.