September 2022

Ponca City Oktoberfest schedule of events

1 year ago By Calley Lamar Calley@poncacitynews.com

The 39th Annual Ponca City Oktoberfest will be held on Saturday, Oct. 1 and Sunday, Oct. 2 at the Marland Mansion Estate. As with previous years, this event will see a variety of activities, vendors and entertainment including live music, food vendors, craft booths, children’s areas with large inflatables, train rides, bungee trampoline, rock climbing, carnival games and the sports tent featuring all the big football games of the weekend.

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At conference short on GOP voices, Biden says US can end hunger

1 year ago By Ellyn Ferguson Cq-roll Call

President Joe Biden told several hundred people Wednesday that he envisions a U.S. with fewer deaths from diet-related diseases and parents better able to put food on the table.

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A one vehicle accident

1 year ago By News Staff

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Milwaukee dodges Cardinals’ threats, can force rivalry rematch in playoffs

1 year ago By Derrick Goold St. Louis Post-dispatch

MILWAUKEE — With the NL Central crown in their pocket and time to kill on their hands, the Cardinals cannot do anything to change their postseason position in the coming days, but they had one more last chance to shape who they might face.

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Jeff Woodward

1 year ago By Calley Lamar Calley@poncacitynewsc.om

Captain Jeff Woodward grew up in the Oklahoma Panhandle and worked in southwest Kansas as a police officer before moving to Ponca City. A family member in Ponca City suggested that he should start working with the Ponca City Police Department.

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Today in History

1 year ago By News Staff

Today is the 273rd day of 2022 and the ninth day of autumn. TODAY’S HISTORY: In 1935, the Boulder Dam (later renamed the Hoover Dam) was dedicated.

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AARP Smart Driver Course offered Oct. 10 and 11

1 year ago By News Staff

Looking for an opportunity to lower your auto insurance premiums and update yourself on changes in the driving landscape and motoring rules. This course includes the latest related information as well as strategies for driving safely longer. Harmony Missionary Baptist Church and AARP is holding a “Smart Driving course at 6-9 pm on Monday & Tuesday, October 10 & 11, 2022 at the Church; 2230 North Union Street #1554; Ponca City, OK. Participant must attend both nights to receive certificate. The course is open to the public.

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OU football: Sooners’ defense looking to bring back physicality against TCU

1 year ago By Jesse Crittenden The Norman Transcript, Okla.

Sep. 28—The Oklahoma defensive line had performed like one of the nation’s best through three weeks.

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Lawmakers to allocate $1.87 billion this week

1 year ago By Paul Monies Oklahoma Watch

By the end of the week, Oklahoma lawmakers are expected to allocate nearly all of the state’s $1.87 billion in federal coronavirus relief funds when they come back for a special session. The projects to be funded include millions for broadband upgrades across the state and scores of programs for water infrastructure, workforce development and training, as well as health care and technology upgrades.

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Police Blotter

1 year ago By Disturbance

- At 3:23 am on Sept. 28, the reporting party advised there was a group of four subjects screaming in the alleyway at 420 S. Washington. Officers advised the subjects left when they saw them. Unable to locate.

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