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The Ponca City Chamber’s annual Santa Bucks Giveaway is still underway, and despite pressures from the ongoing pandemic, they’ve already distributed over one million tickets. “This year we have more Santa Buck Giveaway participants than we have ever had,” said Rich Cantillon, Chamber President.

The Northern Oklahoma College Fine Arts Division is hosting an online concert Dec. 17 at 7:30 p.m.

This year has been a different one for both Soroptimist International of Ponca City (SIPC) and Living Hope Pregnancy Center. In past years Living Hope has held a dinner event with speaker and many SIPC members have attended.

Rockstar and frontman from heavy metal mroup Texas Hippie Coalition James Richard Anderson aka “Big Dad Ritch” stopped by local restaurant Lakeside Grill over the weekend and had himself an XL chicken fried steak.

Oklahoma’s seven Republican Presidential electors will cast their ballots for incumbent President Donald Trump shortly after 10 a.m. Monday.

When University of Oklahoma student Leslie Miller’s niece realized in the spring she probably had COVID-19, before it was clear how widespread the pandemic would be, she tried not to talk about it. Even though there were still many unknowns about the disease, including how it spread, her niece did not want to be stereotyped as someone who parties or acts irresponsibly, said Miller, who is working toward a Ph.D in sociology.

It’s no secret that Disney is one of the largest entertainment studios in the industry. Disney has recently announced a massive amount of new shows and projects during its 2020 Investor Day on Dec. 10.

The COVID-19 virus has tried to put a stop on some of the service projects East Middle School Student Council does every year. However, it has not stopped them. They have tried to find several service projects they can accomplish. One of these service projects was to make pillows for the kindergarten students at Garfield Elementary. Members started making the homemade pillows in mid-October. The pillows are made of fleece and cotton stuffing. East teacher and Student Council Sponsor Susan Schatz reported, “This group has put a lot of effort into this service project, and they have enjoyed their time making them. We hope the children will enjoy the pillows.”

LEXINGTON, Ky. — Injected COVID-19 vaccines may not be the only preventative measure against coronavirus by the end of 2021.

People with a significant history of allergies should not currently receive the COVID-19 vaccine from Pfizer Inc. and BioNTech SE, the U.K.’s National Health Service said, after two people experienced reactions from the shots.