Hurricane center continues tracking system in Atlantic
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The National Hurricane Center continue to track a system in the northeastern Atlantic Ocean with a small chance to become a subtropical depression or storm. In its 8 a.m.
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Ponca City resident to appear on Kansas TV program
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A long-time Ponca City resident, Royce Caldron, will be a guest on a program titled “Identity Quest” that is produced by KTWU-TV in Topeka, Kansas. This series features guests who are selected to have their genealogical brick walls researched. In genealogy, a brick wall refers to when someone has reached a dead end in their search for someone on their family tree.
Oklahoma board approves first religious charter school
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Despite the threat of lawsuits, an Oklahoma educational board on Monday approved the nation’s first application for public tax dollars for a religiously affiliated virtual charter school. The Statewide Virtual Charter School Board voted 3-2 to approve a revised application by St.
Business Council meeting held on June 6
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The Ponca City Chamber of Commerce Business Council held their regular monthly meeting on Tuesday, June 6 at 8 am. Ben Evans called the meeting to order.
Dr. Marsh Howard named Vice President for NOC Stillwater
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Dr. Marsh Howard has been selected to lead the Northern Oklahoma College Stillwater campus as the new vice president for NOC Stillwater and grant development for the college and will assume his new duties June 5, 2023.
Over 2,000 Oklahoma Law Enforcement Officers are currently trained in ODMHSAS Crisis Intervention
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The Oklahoma Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuses Services (ODMHSAS) celebrated a critical milestone this May, during National Mental Health Awareness Month. ODMHSAS has officially trained 1,000 more law enforcement officers in Crisis Intervention Training (CIT).
Prince Harry irks London judge by skipping first day of trial for daughter’s 2nd birthday party
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Prince Harry was accused of wasting the court’s time in his phone-hacking lawsuit against a tabloid newspaper and left the London judge overseeing his case “visibly irritated” because he did not show up for the first day of his trial, as the judge had instructed him.
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PCPS SUMMER FEEDING PROGRAM Ponca City Public Schools will be participating in the Summer Food Service Program. Meals will be provided to the children without charge ages 1-18 and are the same for all children regardless of race, color, national origin, sex, age or disability, and there will be no discrimination in the course of the meal service. Meals will be provided on a first-come, first-serve basis, at the sites and times as follows: Dine In Only; Open Site
Police Blotter
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May 31, 2023 Disturbance - At 12:02 am, the reporting party advised of hearing five gunshots in the area of 404 S. Oak.
Cardin, Hagerty aim to fund modernization panel for US diplomacy
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Crises including the COVID-19 pandemic and the 2021 fall of Afghanistan underlined the State Department’s need for an agile and capable workforce that can get to global hot spots to help Americans and allies as needed.