OKLAHOMA CITY — Recently Oklahomans have been calling and emailing my office in overwhelming numbers.  They’ve been sending me copies of their utility bills.  They’ve been stopping me in the parking lot, at stores and in the street.  They’re angry, upset, and even tearful.  These 2021 winter storm charges have just started hitting their already-inflated energy bills; they want to know what these are and how this happened.

OKLAHOMA CITY — The Oklahoma State Department of Education announced today that 90 Oklahoma high schools have received the College Success Award from GreatSchools.org. Now in its fifth year, the annual recognition honors public high schools that excel at preparing students to enroll and succeed in college, as determined by available data in each state.

OKLAHOMA CITY -— Oklahoma Attorney General John O’Connor is partnering with the Oklahoma Press Association to host open records and open meetings seminars in five locations across the state beginning Sept. 26.

OKLAHOMA CITY — Attorney General John O’Connor has announced the recipients of the 2023 Safe Oklahoma Grant, which distributed $2 million among 58 statewide law enforcement agencies including the The  8th District Attorney’s Drug Task Force, which received $10,388; Newkirk police, $5,000, and the Osage County Sheriff’s Office, $15,863.

UPDATE: Baeza Jr. has been arrested and booked in the county jail

NEWKIRK — Warrants with a total bond of $200,000 are issued for Jose Francisco Baeza Jr., 35, Ponca City, by the Kay County District Court.

SAN ANTONIO, Texas – Rep. Ken Luttrell, R-Ponca City, was elected to serve on The Energy Council’s Center for Legislative Energy and Environmental Research  Board of Directors at the 2022 Annual Meeting last week in San Antonio, Texas.

NEWKIRK — A bench warrant is issued by the Kay County District Court for Megan Lyn Logan, 31, Wichita, Kan.

NEWKIRK — Rodney Ray Colwell, 61, Ponca City, entered a no contest plea in Kay County District Court to a felony count of assault with a deadly weapon and a misdemeanor charge of reckless driving.

UPDATE: Clement has been arrested and booked in the county jail

NEWKIRK — A warrant with bond endorsed at $2,500 is issued for Bryce Christopher Clement, 21, Tonkawa, by the Kay County District Court.

PONCA CITY — Ponca City police and Kay County deputies responded to the 800 block of west Otoe at 8:23 p.m. Monday night for a report of a stabbing.