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The following information is provided by Blackwell police.

BLACKWELL — The 2021 Crop ID Champions are Austin Grossardt, Blackwell FFA and OK-Okies 4-H club, and Jacob Merhoff, Newkirk Go-Getters 4-H.

OKLAHOMA CITY —  House Minority Leader Emily Virgin, D-Norman, hosted an interim study Thursday focused on exploring Oklahoma’s state sales tax on groceries.

PONCA CITY —  The Pioneer Tech Foundation Roast is set for 7:15 p.m. Nov. 4 at PTC Conference Center.

PONCA CITY — The Los Angeles, California-based, shared electric scooter company, Bird Rides, is bringing e-scooters to Ponca City. 

OKLAHOMA CITY — The latest Epidemiology Report from the Oklahoma State Department of Health shows that the fully vaccination rate of Kay County residents is 41 percent, an increase of 1.1 percent since Sept. 8.

NEWKIRK — Friday is the last day to apply for voter registration in order to be eligible to vote in the Oct. 12 Ponca City School bond election.

PERRY— The Oklahoma Highway Patrol reports that two Perry teens were injured in a one-vehicle accident that occurred at 5:52 p.m. Tuesday on U.S. 77 west of County Road 080, west of Perry, in Noble County.

The following information is provided by the Kay County Detention Center.

TONKAWA — The Kay County Health Department will be providing COVID vaccines at Northern Oklahoma College on Thursday, Sept. 16 at the Student Union from 9 a.m. – 2 p.m.