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PTC receives Gold Star Award for 21st year

8 months ago By News Staff

Ponca City, OK- Pioneer Technology Center (PTC) received the Gold Star School Award from the Oklahoma Association of Career & Technology Education (OKACTE). This designation, sponsored by OKACTE, provides recognition to technology center districts with outstanding programs designed to meet a broad spectrum of community needs.

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PBR announces 2023 Class of Heroes and Legends inductees to be honored Sept. 9 at National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum in Oklahoma City

8 months ago By News Staff

Oklahoma Freedom Assistant Coach and 2009 PBR World Champion Kody Lostroh to Receive Ring of Honor, while Sooner State bovine and threetime World Champion SweetPro’s Bruiser to receive Brand of Honor OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla. – The PBR (Professional Bull Riders) today announced the 2023 class of Heroes and Legends inductees, marking the first group of individuals who have had an extraordinary impact on Western sports to be inducted into the organization’s soon-to-belaunched Hall of Fame at the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum in Oklahoma City.

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Sooner Care set to begin disenrollment

8 months ago By Lee Guthrie | Tahlequah Daily Press, Okla.

Aug. 16—State officials are warning area residents using Sooner Care to supplement their health care needs that they need to check their eligibility or risk losing coverage.

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Oklahoma State University changes infrastructure to protect wildlife

8 months ago By Alisa Boswell-gore

Oklahoma State University is now one of the first major research universities in the U.S. to prioritize the reduction of bird-window collisions with the completion of a $118,000 project.

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How It’s Done: Disposing of poison oak, poison ivy requires caution

8 months ago By Skyler Hammons | Tahlequah Daily Press, Okla.

Aug. 15—With the primetime for poison ivy and poison oak being from April to about October, some may be looking to dispose of the plants in a safe manner.

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Today in History

8 months ago By News Staff

Today is the 230th day of 2023 and the 59th day of summer. TODAY’S HISTORY: In 1587, Virginia Dare became the first English child born in the Americas.

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What’s been learned during Oxford shooter’s hearing to see if life sentence is fair

8 months ago By Kara Berg The Detroit News

The fourth and final day of the hearing to determine whether the Oxford shooter is eligible to be sentenced to life in prison without parole is set to begin Friday morning with a rebuttal witness from prosecutor who is expected to argue that the shooter was not mentally ill.

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Sirens were silent during the Lahaina fire. Maui’s emergency chief says he doesn’t regret it

8 months ago By Jeremy Childs Los Angeles Times

As officials review the emergency response to the Lahaina fire and what could have been done differently, one question continues to pop up: Why weren’t there sirens? Herman Andaya, who leads Maui’s Emergency Management Agency, addressed the issue during a Wednesday afternoon news conference that grew tense at times as reporters asserted that the decision not to use sirens could have led to loss of life. “Do you regret not sounding the sirens?” asked a reporter with CBS News.

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NASA’s tale of two towers:

8 months ago By Richard Tribou Orlando Sentinel

NASA’s Artemis program has one tower standing and one just getting started. Mobile launcher 1 (ML-1), which endured some significant damage after its use on the Artemis I mission last November, has been undergoing repairs and enhancements in preparation for its reuse on next year’s planned Artemis II flight, the first with humans on board.

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Police Blotter

8 months ago By News Staff

Aug. 11, 2023 Domestic - At 2:32 am, the reporting party requested an officer to go over to 3605 C St. in reference to a female that was intoxicated and destroying property. Officers advised this was a standby for property. No report.

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