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150 years in prison

News Staff
Tuesday, January 2, 2024
A Wellston man has been sentenced to 150 years in state prison for crimes against minors. Jason Wayne Womack, 41, was convicted by a Lincoln County jury in October and the jury recommended he spend 150 years in state prison.

Lincoln County Commissioners

News Staff
Tuesday, January 2, 2024
Lincoln County commissioners this week reappointed Lee Doolen as their chairman and Marlin Miller as vice chairman. They also made several appointments and took no action on allowing the Sac and Fox Tribe to handle engineering of eight bridges.

Prague woman charged in rape

News Staff
Tuesday, January 2, 2024
An 18-year-old Prague woman faces two felonies, one of them first degree rape, and another Prague woman has been charged with enabling child sexual abuse and child neglect. Taylor Jo Bittle was charged in Lincoln County District Court Dec.

One to trial, two arraigned

News Staff
Tuesday, January 2, 2024
A jury trial has been scheduled for one of four persons from Wellston charged with child neglect and two others have been arraigned. The fourth is scheduled for arraignment later this month. The four were residing in the same residence with nine children at the time of their arrest.

Kingdom of Heaven

News Staff
Tuesday, January 2, 2024
One of the first things that we make a big mistake in is to confess that Jesus died for our sins, and knowing this, we do not accept Him as Lord, so we go about claiming to be saved but not doing what He said.

Trial set in manslaughter

News Staff
Tuesday, January 2, 2024
A bench trial for an Ada woman charged with first degree manslaughter, in the alternative second degree murder, has been scheduled. The original charges of first degree manslaughter and feloniously driving while under the influence of alcohol were filed in Lincoln County District Court on Apr.

Armory incident

News Staff
Tuesday, January 2, 2024
The Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office took into custody over the weekend an individual who reportedly had barricaded himself in the National Guard Armory in Chandler. Sgt. Aaron Bennett, Public Information Officer for the Sheriff’s Office, said that at approximately 8:46 a..m.
Tyson Pittman, left, and Logan Hand watch with Wellston Gifted and Talented teacher Nicole Reeves as their robot completes its task of locating a Coca-Cola can, grasping it and depositing it in a container. Photo/Brian Blansett

Tyson Pittman, left, and Logan Hand watch with Wellston Gifted and Talented teacher Nicole Reeves as their robot completes its task of locating a Coca-Cola can, grasping it and depositing it in a container. Photo/Brian Blansett

2023 -Year in review

News Staff
Tuesday, January 2, 2024
2023 was quite a year, with triumphs, tragedies and, sometimes, humor. Here’s a look back at the events of the year. - Several Lincoln County contestants completed in the International Finals Youth Rodeo that kicked off in early July at the Heart of Oklahoma Exposition Center in Shawnee.
Leo the Lion (senior Ashlee Beatty), the mascot for Chandler High School, dances on the sidelines during the Cheez-It Citrus Bowl half-time show in Orlando, Florida on Jan. 1. Beatty was one of 50 mascots from high schools across the United States selected for the All-American squad and invited to perform. Musician Gavin DeGraw was the guest performer during the show. Beatty is the first mascot from CHS to make All-American.

Leo the Lion (senior Ashlee Beatty), the mascot for Chandler High School, dances on the sidelines during the Cheez-It Citrus Bowl half-time show in Orlando, Florida on Jan. 1. Beatty was one of 50 mascots from high schools across the United States selected for the All-American squad and invited to perform. Musician Gavin DeGraw was the guest performer during the show. Beatty is the first mascot from CHS to make All-American.

Leo’s time to shine

News Staff
Tuesday, January 2, 2024

Pair sentenced in child sex cases

News Staff
Tuesday, December 26, 2023
A Chandler man has drawn multiple life terms and his wife also has been sentenced on sex-related crimes with a minor. Formal charges were filed in Lincoln County District Court on Sep. 21, 2022 against Destiny Ann Lowe, 39, and her husband Robert Wayne Lowe, 41.
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