The trial for a woman who was employed as a full time in-home nurse and charged with child abuse has been continued again, this time the October jury docket. Candice Elizabeth Bootenhoff, 39, of Luther was formally charged Oct.

Meeker’s Board of Education this week approved continuing contracts for certified staff, support staff and for extra duty for the 2024-2025 school year. Board members also voted to employ Melissa Newport as a Middle School teacher and accepted the resignation of Tommy Williams, custodian/maintenance.

Westbound I-44/Turner Turnpike and the Stroud Service Plaza will be closed between state Highway 99 and the Stroud Service Plaza from 9 p.m. Friday to 6 a.m.

A Lincoln County Jail inmate already facing multiple felonies and a misdemeanor, has a new felony filed against him following a disturbance in the jail in which property was allegedly damaged. A formal charge of malicious injury to property over $1,000 was filed April 19 in Lincoln County District Court against Eliah Lively, 25, of Wellston.

Lincoln County commissioners this week approved a budget contract with the OSU Extension Office and also approved the ARPA Funds Expenditure Documentation form for the OSU Extension Office building. County Clerk Alicia Wagnon said there is $1,128,380 remaining in the ARPA funds and reminded commissioners the funds must be under contract by the end of 2024.

Heavy thunderstorms with powerful winds and rain late Monday night and early Tuesday knocked out power to some Lincoln County residents and businesses, but no injuries have been reported. Lincoln County Emergency Management Director Charlotte Brown said power outages were reported in Carney, Tryon and Agra.

Several kids participate in a bullseye game at the 7th Annual Bell Cow Crawfish Festival on May 3, hosted by the Chandler Area Chamber of Commerce. The festival brought out a strong showing from 5 to 8 p.m. at the Route 66 Pavilion with its all-you-caneat crawfish buckets. There was also live music, a cornhole tournament, bouncy houses and plenty of crawfish. Photo/Emily Kalka