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Lizzy Pryor of the Chandler color guard keeps her focus intense during the halftime performance at the Chandler-Prague football game Friday night. Chandler won the game, 45-7, and will host Stroud in their annual rivalry game this week and Prague goes to Meeker for their annual Highway 62 showdown. Both games will kick off at 7 p.m. Photo/Brian Blansett

Lizzy Pryor of the Chandler color guard keeps her focus intense during the halftime performance at the Chandler-Prague football game Friday night. Chandler won the game, 45-7, and will host Stroud in their annual rivalry game this week and Prague goes to Meeker for their annual Highway 62 showdown. Both games will kick off at 7 p.m. Photo/Brian Blansett

Eye on the storm

News Staff
Wednesday, September 16, 2026
The Wellston and Carney fire departments bring up the end of the funeral procession through Wellston for firefighter Joe Flake on Saturday. First responders from all over the state lined the streets of the town. Photo/Emily Kalka

The Wellston and Carney fire departments bring up the end of the funeral procession through Wellston for firefighter Joe Flake on Saturday. First responders from all over the state lined the streets of the town. Photo/Emily Kalka

Fire departments honor fallen firefighter

Emily Kalka Editor
Wednesday, September 16, 2026
Fire departments and first responders from around the state attended the funeral this weekend for Wellston volunteer firefighter Joe Flake.The departments lined the road leading through downtown Wellston with trucks and personnel, providing one last send-off for Flake as his funeral procession made...

Wellston firefighter dies after grass fire

Emily Kalka Editor
Wednesday, September 9, 2026
A Wellston firefighter lost his life on Monday evening, following a grass fire that destroyed over 200 acres.Wellston Fire Chief Todd Beesley released a press statement on Tuesday announcing the death of Joe Flake.According to the statement, Flake joined the department four months ago after...
Meeker FFA hosts picnic

Meeker FFA hosts picnic

Meeker FFA hosts picnic

Mattie Hurley Meeker Ffa Reporter
Wednesday, September 9, 2026
The Meeker FFA Chapter kicked off another exciting year with its annual FFA Picnic on August 25.
North Rock Creek High School counselors Ashley Moody, left, and Jennifer Barnett stand at the front of the school’s dedicated concurrent enrollment classroom as students work on online Seminole State College courses. Certified teacher Tessa Russell manages the classroom and monitors students’ progress throughout the semester.

North Rock Creek High School counselors Ashley Moody, left, and Jennifer Barnett stand at the front of the school’s dedicated concurrent enrollment classroom as students work on online Seminole State College courses. Certified teacher Tessa Russell manages the classroom and monitors students’ progress throughout the semester.

NRC students get headstart on college courses

News Staff
Wednesday, September 9, 2026
SEMINOLE STATE COLLEGE - Nearly one in every five students at North Rock Creek High School is also a Seminole State College student.This fall, 106 of North Rock Creek High School’s approximately 500 students are taking SSC courses through concurrent enrollment, the largest group from any single...
Smoke rises from a field after fire departments extinguished a grass fire near Kendrick on Aug. 20. Photo/Emily Kalka

Smoke rises from a field after fire departments extinguished a grass fire near Kendrick on Aug. 20. Photo/Emily Kalka

Woman charged with 2nd deg arson

Emily Kalka Editor
Wednesday, September 9, 2026
A woman has been charged with two felony counts and one misdeam- enor count following a fire near Kendrick on Aug. 20.Sarha Nichole Kilgore, 37, was charged with one felony county of arson in the third degree, one felony count of endangering human life during arson and one misdeamenor county of...
Kicks on Rt. 66

Kicks on Rt. 66

Kicks on Rt. 66

News Staff
Wednesday, September 9, 2026
The cast of Lincoln County On-Stage’s upcoming production “Route 66” are ready to take audiences on a journey down the Mother Road.
Albert Ashwood Photo/Emily Kalka

Albert Ashwood Photo/Emily Kalka

Chandler resident recalls time at Ground Zero

Emily Kalka Editor
Wednesday, September 9, 2026
Most Americans can recall at the drop of a hat what they were doing and where they were on Sept. 11, 2001.Some of us were in classrooms, watching the horror play out on a TV screen. Some were at work or driving to work. Or at home.Albert Ashwood was sitting in his office, like many others.

District 23 DA submits resignation letter

Emily Kalka Editor
Wednesday, September 9, 2026
District 23 District Attorney Adam Panter submitted his resignation, effective Sept. 30.In a letter of resignation to Gov. Kevin Stitt, Secretary of State Benjamin Lepak and Executive Coordinator Kathryn Brewer of the Oklahoma District Attorney’s Council, Panter said that due to circumstances...
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