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Happenings

3 months ago By News Staff

“THE JOURNEY TO HEALING AFTER A LOSS” SUPPORT GROUP OFFERED AT HOSPICE OF NORTH CENTRAL OKLAHOMA Hospice of North Central Oklahoma will host a 6-week grief support group entitled “The Journey to Healing after a Loss” beginning Wednesday, January 24th.

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These lawmakers are still invested in banning congressional stock trades

3 months ago By Justin Papp Cq-roll Call

Mike Johnson had hardly settled into his new office after winning the speaker’s gavel last October when Abigail Spanberger came knocking on stocks. “I implore you to bring bipartisan legislation” to the floor that would ban members of Congress from trading individual stocks, the Virginia Democrat wrote in an Oct.

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US, Mexico to hold cabinetlevel migration talks in DC on Friday

3 months ago By Eric Martin Bloomberg News

Biden administration cabinet officials will host their Mexican counterparts Friday in Washington for meetings focused on reducing the record number of migrants crossing the southern U.S. border.

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Pakistan’s army strikes back at Iran as both sides urge calm

3 months ago By Khalid Qayum And Kamran Haider Bloomberg News

Pakistan’s military carried out targeted strikes against militant hideouts in Iran on Thursday, responding to an attack by Tehran a day earlier in a rare escalation of tensions that both sides signaled they don’t want to see get worse.

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U.S. & World Briefs

3 months ago By News Staff

Melting Greenland has lost 1 trillion tons more ice than thought The Greenland ice sheet, an expanse of frozen water about three times the size of Texas, is disappearing much faster than previously thought, according to new research, and the difference may already be affecting the distribution of heat around the world. The mass of ice lost between 1985 and 2022 has been underestimated by as much as 20%, or more than 1,000 gigatons (1 trillion metric tons).

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Today in History

3 months ago By News Staff

Today is the 19th day of 2024 and the 30th day of winter. T ODAY’S HISTORY: In 1915, two German zeppelins dropped bombs on the towns of Great Yarmouth and King’s Lynn in England.

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Attucks Community Center to serve as extreme weather overnight station

3 months ago By News Staff

The Attucks Community Alliance has acted and opened the Attucks Community Center to serve as the extreme weather overnight station beginning Jan. 17.

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Community seminar series underway

3 months ago By Calley Lamar Calley@poncacitynews.com

The first day of a new series of community seminars addressing various issues was held on Tuesday, Jan. 16 at the First Christian Church located at 210 N. 5th Street. It should be noted, that while the seminars are being held at the church, the discussions are not religious in nature.

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Chamber holds meet and greet with Brian Bingman

3 months ago By Calley Lamar Calley@poncacitynews.com

The Ponca City Chamber of Commerce held a meet and greet in the Chamber Board Room on Wednesday, Jan. 17 to provide chamber investors the opportunity to meet with Brian Bingman, a candidate for Corporation Commissioner.

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Espresso On The Go spreads caffeine to Kay County

3 months ago By Dailyn Emery Dailyn@poncacitynews.com

Espresso On The Go - Coffee Truck LLC has made a name for itself by spreading joy, and of course caffeine, to the people of Kay County. Originally known as the Nova Coffee Truck, Espresso On The Go has gone through a rebrand in the new year. The original owner, Tate Burdick, opened the Nova Coffee Truck in 2022 and spent a year touring the local areas offering drinks to locals. In September of 2023, Burdick announced that the Nova name would be opening a location in partnership with Sugar and Grind on Grand and in the wake was selling the Nova Coffee Truck.

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