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East Side ground-breaking

East Side ground-breaking

East Side ground-breaking

News Staff
Tuesday, June 11, 2024
Chandler Public Schools broke ground on a new media and music center at East Side Elementary and a new track fieldhouse at the high school/junior high complex on Thursday, according to Renaissance Architecture.

Librarian to retire

News Staff
Tuesday, June 11, 2024
Carmen Harkins, head librarian at the Chandler Public Library, is retiring after 35 years, according to a press release from the library.Her last day will be June 28, and the library invites patrons to stop by between now and then to wish Harkins well in her retirement.
Rt. 66 mural

Rt. 66 mural

Rt. 66 mural

Jentezen Smith Staff Writer
Tuesday, June 11, 2024
In blue jeans, a denim jacket and a tan brown hat, Bob Palmer stood admiring his artwork with a big white smile across his slightly paint covered face.The 73-year-old muralist, Bob Palmer, is in the 40th year of running his own painting business.

Early voting begins

Mike Mccormick Staff Writer
Tuesday, June 11, 2024
Early voting begins today for the June 18 primary election across Oklahoma and voters can take advantage of that at the Lincoln County and Pottawatomie County Election Boards.Lincoln County Election Board Secretary Melissa Stambaugh said early voting is open to all voters.

Deputy fired

Mike Mccormick Staff Writer
Tuesday, June 11, 2024
A Lincoln County deputy has pleaded no contest to two misdemeanor charges and has been dismissed from his job by the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office.Formal charges were filed on May 30 this year in Lincoln County District Court against Christopher Hyde.

Lincoln County News wins awards

News Staff
Tuesday, June 11, 2024
The Lincoln County News and staff members won six first-place awards at the Oklahoma Press Association annual convention last week.

Dale gets $1.7 million grant for buses

Mike Mccormick Staff Writer
Wednesday, June 5, 2024
The Dale School District is receiving more than $1.7 million to purchase clean school buses as part of the Biden Administration’s Investing in America agenda.

Meeker approves new trust indenture, officers

Mike Mccormick Staff Writer
Wednesday, June 5, 2024
Meeker’s Town Board of Trustees this week approved a new Trust Indenture document for purchasing and selling property for the Town of Meeker’s Industrial Trust Authority.Trustees also approved the 2024-2025 General Fund and Public Works Authority budgets.

Arraignment continued

Mike Mccormick Staff Writer
Wednesday, June 5, 2024
An arraignment has been continued for a Harrah man on a manslaughter charge or in the alternative negligent homicide after his four-year-old son reportedly jumped from his pickup truck and was run over by the vehicle.

Meeker, Stroud reclassified

Jentezen Smith Staff Writer
Wednesday, June 5, 2024
In the 2024 high school football season, two Lincoln county schools are transitioning to class 2A II as Stroud moves up from class A and Meeker joins the new division.
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