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Pontotoc County is a county in the south central part of Oklahoma. As of the 2020 census, the population was 38,065. [1] Its county seat is Ada. [2] The county was created at statehood from part of the Chickasaw Nation in Indian Territory. It was named for a historic Chickasaw tribal area in Mississippi.
Ada is a city in and the county seat of Pontotoc County, Oklahoma, United States. [4] The population was 16,481 at the 2020 United States Census . The city was named for Ada Reed, the daughter of an early settler, and was incorporated in 1901. [ 5 ]
Inmates sleep in a cell in the medium custody section of the Ada County Jail, Oct. 17, 2023. The jail’s infrastructure is from 1995, even as the number of its inmates has doubled.
The Ada News is a daily newspaper published five days a week in Ada, Oklahoma. The publication's coverage area includes Pontotoc County and portions of Coal County, Garvin County, Hughes County, Johnston County, Murray County and Seminole County. The newspaper is published Tuesday through Friday and Saturday. [1]
Despite the jail’s overcrowding, the number of arrests throughout Ada County has declined in the last 10 years. In 2022, law enforcement agencies throughout the county made 10,495 arrests ...
Oreo arrived at the shelter with a bloody nose and in a state of shock, Pennsylvania rescuers said. ... Kids use kitten as ball to play catch, shelter says. ... the Association for Needy and ...
KCNP (89.5 FM) is a radio station [2] licensed to Ada, Oklahoma, United States. The station is currently owned by the Chickasaw Nation. [3] The Chickasaw Nation owns three additional transmitters that simulcast KCNP – KAZC 89.3 in Dickson, KTNG 97.3 in Connerville, and KWPV 104.5 in Wynnewood.
Wintersmith Park is located on the southeastern edge of Ada. It is south of 18th Street, east of Scenic Drive and west of Country Club Road. The park contains 150 acres (0.61 km 2) of land, Wintersmith Lake, a public swimming pool and splash park, a lodge, courts for basketball, softball, volleyball and horseshoes, a 1.5-mile (2.4 km) lighted trail, eight picnic pavilions, a playground, a dog ...