Fred ErwinTalley was bornFebruary3,1954,in Oklahoma City to Olta and Claudia (McClure) Talley. He passed away April 18, 2024, in his home in Wellston at the age of 70.

Elzina Lynn Pierce was born April 5, 1963, in Gilroy, California, to John and Donna (Overbay) Pierce. She passed away unexpectedly April 15, 2024, at the age of 61.

Shirley Ann (Taylor) Denney,77,passedaway on Friday, April 19, 2024, in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Shirley was born June 14, 1946, in Cushing to Jay and Audine (Hagar) Taylor.

A pre-preliminary hearing has been continued for one of two men charged with an armed grow burglary last October. Christopher Lamar Irving, 38, from Shawnee, was formally charged Nov.

A Stroud man facing a first degree murder charge related to the distribution of Fentanyl, a Controlled Dangerous Substance, has waived his preliminary hearing and his arraignment is scheduled. Formal charges were filed in Lincoln County District Court Dec.

Above, Stroud sophomore Peyton Davis broke the 43-year-old school record in the 200 meter dash last week at the 66 Conference track meet last weekend. She clocked a time of 26.2, eclipsing the 2.63 by Barbara Seibel in 1981. Photo/Beth Young.

Wild hogs remain rampant throughout different portions of Lincoln and Pottawatomie Counties and they are continuing to damage property in various areas. A better solution needs to be considered than is in place now.

It’s been nine years now that I started trying to walk each day in hopes of getting more exercise. I usually try to walk around a mile, some days a little less, on some more.

Most of us have that teacher—the one who made school worth it or fun. Maybe they believed in you when no one else did, pushing you in all the ways you needed to be pushed to recognize your own potential.