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UPDATE: Warrant issued for Sheppard on Aug. 24

NEWKIRK — On Aug. 24 a bench warrant with an application to accel was issued for Sheppard. Bond is endorsed at $5,000. Anyone with information on her location is asked to call police.

NEWKIRK — Brian Thomas Haley, 58, Ponca City, entered a no contest plea in Kay County District Court to a felony count of first degree manslaughter and was given a suspended sentence.

NEWKIRK — Newkirk firefighters and paramedics found themselves engaged in two emergencies at the same time Monday evening.

PONCA CITY — The Ponca City Board of Commissioners conducted three public hearings during the Aug. 28 regular session including ones on sidewalk cafés and parklets.

PONCA CITY — The Ponca City Board of Commissioners  approved a zoning ordinance to change the zoning of the Hartford Square Shopping Center, 400 east Hartford, from Local Commercial to General Commercial.

NEWKIRK — Braman teen and now convicted murderer, Kirk Adam Shirley, 18, was sentenced to life in prison with all but 30 years suspended today in Kay County District Court.

NEWKIRK — A court date is set for Robert James Henley, 70, Newkirk, in Kay County District Court.

PONCA CITY — City Manager Craig Stephenson addressed city commissioners Monday about the upcoming Labor Day Holiday and other events at the city commissioner meeting.

OKLAHOMA CITY — The Oklahoma Conservation Commission and the Oklahoma Association of Conservation Districts, organizers of the upcoming screening of To Which We Belong at Rodeo Cinema on Sept. 7, are honored to announce a significant addition to the post-screening panel discussion. 

BLACKWELL — An Edmond man is dead and a Florida resident in critical condition following a fatality accident that occurred at 5:34 a.m. Sunday on I-35 near mile marker 221 near Blackwell.