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TYLER, TEXAS — Walter Aaron Ritch, 36, Cleburne, Texas, who is charged with 13 felony child sexual abuse offenses in Kay County District Court, was reportedly arrested in Smith County, Texas, Wednesday afternoon on the Kay County warrant. As of Thursday morning he was still in the Smith County Jail.

PONCA CITY —  Household Hazardous Waste Day is set for 9 a.m. until 1 p.m. on Oct. 24 in the north parking lot at the Phillips 66 Ponca City Refinery, near South Avenue and Oak Street. Residents should enter from Oak Street.

NEWKIRK — The woman accused of trying to run over a male subject near a business on north 14th Street is scheduled for a status docket on Nov. 13.

NEWKIRK — The Kay County Courthouse Centennial Celebration will be held 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Oct. 28 at the courthouse square.

OKLAHOMA CITY – Senators Bill Coleman, R-Ponca City, and Warren Hamilton, R-McCurtain, held an interim study to discuss solutions to water infrastructure and water quality challenges plaguing rural communities across the state.

NEWKIRK — A jury trial is set for Sept. 7, 2027 in a domestic case filed in Kay County District Court in 2024.

PONCA CITY—  More than 20 educators from the Ponca City area attended an energy workshop sponsored by Phillips 66 and the National Energy Education Development (NEED) Project. Held Sept. 30 at the Phillips 66 Ponca City Refinery Training Center, the workshop gave attendees the opportunity to explore the science of energy and energy sources and take engaging, energy-focused lessons and activities back to their students.

STILLWATER — Dr. Mandy Seward of Newkirk was one of three Kay County residents who spoke at interim study this week regarding Autism. During her presentation Seward said she was charged in Kay County District Court with abandoning a child and spent nearly 18 months getting the case dismissed. Stillwater attorney and former Ponca City Municipal Judge, Paige Lee, represented Seward in the case.

By SHANE FARLEY I cowleypost.com

COWLEY COUNTY, Kan. — An Arkansas City man was killed Sunday night in a crash involving a motorcycle and a car on U.S. 77 Highway in southern Cowley County.

KILDARE — Kay County deputies responded at 2:53 p.m. today to the area of 11th Street and Church Street in Kildare for a report of a subject armed with knife making threats of violence against occupants of a residence.