NORTH WALES, Penn. — Area attorney, C. Scott Loftis, of Loftis Law Firm, has been selected to the 2023 list as a member of the Nation’s Top One Percent by the National Association of Distinguished Counsel. 

The following information is provided by Blackwell police.

OKLAHOMA CITY — Oklahoma Highway Patrol spokeswoman Sara Stewart said Rosendo Enrique Rivero, 25, has been identified as the bank robbery suspect killed in a shootout with troopers last week on I-35.

PONCA CITY — Ponca City fire units and police responded at 10:24 p.m. Monday night to the 500 block of north Elm for a report of a structure fire.

TONKAWA —  Northern Oklahoma College and the Ponca City Rotary Club partnered to provide dictionaries to each 3rd grade student at Tonkawa Elementary School.

OKLAHOMA CITY – House Majority Floor Leader Jon Echols, R-Oklahoma City, on Thursday passed the Lori Brand Patient Bill of Rights in the Oklahoma House of Representatives.

NEWKIRK — Early voting begins Thursday March 30 for voters in Kay County. 

NEWKIRK — A Perkins resident convicted in Creek and Payne counties on grand larceny charges is wanted in Kay County on a felony count of knowingly receiving and or concealing stolen property after a felony conviction.

The following information is provided by Ponca City police.

OKLAHOMA CITY — Sen. Bill Coleman, R-Ponca City and Sen. Roland Pederson, R-Burlington have been named by Senate Pro Tem Greg Treat, R-Oklahoma City, to his previously announced senate economic development select committee.