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The Oklahoma Academy to host listening session at City Hall

9 months ago By Calley Lamar Calley@poncacitynews.com

Housing has become a major problem in many communities across the country. Around 70% of young adults1 have a harder time buying houses than their parents did, and the with rise in inflation and interest rates, building costs have soared. The impact of this is a shortage of housing for both homeowners and renters.

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Wheeler Dealers choose Oklahoma City for July campout

9 months ago By News Staff

PONCA CITY, OK – July can be a hot time for camping. This year the Wheeler Dealers Camping Club chose the Roadrunner RV Park in Oklahoma City which had an air-conditioned building for meals and games and visits to area museums.

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What’s hot and what’s not

9 months ago By Gail Ellis

STILLWATER, Okla. – Many gardeners were surprised this summer when their jalapeno plants began producing an unidentified yellow pepper.

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Cimarron Fall Ag Conference offering 6 CEU’s for pesticide applicators

9 months ago By News Staff

OSU Extension Educators in Kay, Logan, Noble, Payne, Pawnee and Osage Counties have teamed up to offer a Fall agriculture conference. This conference supplies needed continuing education units (CEU) for pesticide applicators.

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Health deadlines pile up as Congress adjourns for August

9 months ago By News Staff

WASHINGTON -- Lawmakers leave town at the end of this week with a lengthy to-do list, several health programs expiring Sept. 30 and very few work days left.

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Oxford suspect wanted ‘to be remembered through all of history’ for shooting up school

9 months ago By Kara Berg The Detroit News

PONTIAC, Mich. — Months before he fatally shot four students at his high school and injured several others, Ethan Crumbley wrote that he wanted “to shoot up the school” and “be remembered through all of history,” according to testimony Thursday to determine if he should be sentenced to prison without the chance of parole.

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A relentless heat wave that refuses to let up brings danger to California, Southwest

9 months ago By Hayley Smith Los Angeles Times

For nearly a month, millions of people across the American Southwest have sizzled, sweated and sweltered under a heat wave that refuses to let up. Day after day, residents from Fresno to Phoenix have endured triple-digit temperatures and hot, restless nights that have offered little relief.

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Police Blotter

9 months ago By News Staff

July 24, 2023 Field Interview - At 2:53 am, an officer conducted a field interview with two subject that were running at Oak and Oklahoma. Suspicious Person/Vehicle - At 8:27 pm, an employee at Stop N Go requested an officer in reference to a red Jeep Cherokee with unknown tag that was parked there for a couple days.

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Edibles are main cause of Oklahoma marijuana overdoses, accidental consumption

9 months ago By Jazz Wolfe Oklahoma Watch

In 2022, 583 cases of accidental marijuana consumption were reported to the Oklahoma Poison Center. Almost half involved a child under 6 and most involved edibles.

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Happenings

9 months ago By News Staff

RIBBON CUTTING AND OPEN HOUSE FOR THE NEW PONCA CITY POLICE STATION The City of Ponca City and the Ponca City Police Department will have a Ribbon Cutting and Open House for the new Ponca City Police Station, on Monday, July 31, 2023, from 2:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. The Ribbon Cutting will be at 2:00 p.m. followed by the Open House. The new Police Station, located at 300 E. Oklahoma Avenue, will be open for the public to enjoy comeand- go tours of the facility.

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