Opinion

Staff column

Staff column

Important missed moments

BAYLEE BLANCARTE Every Wednesday I take the newspapers to Tryon post office. This Wednesday was no different. On my drive I saw two separate mothers with toddlers playing on the trampolines in their yards.

Town Talk

Thursday, April 20th, is a busy day of activities which includes Route 66 Metal Detecting Club at 7:00 p.m. at City Hall, Stroud Community Clothing Ministry open 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. and the Stroud Middle School baseball team in Meeker for a game against the Bulldogs at 5:00 p.m.

Hearing set in cultivation case

Preliminary hearings have been scheduled for two men from Okmulgee arrested by Lincoln County deputies and charged with cultivating a Controlled Dangerous Substance after 386 marijuana clone plants were seized. Quing Li Zheng, 55, and Wei Goa, 41, were each charged Nov.

Town Talk

Town Talk Table Trivia is back, by popular demand! Join us Wednesday, April 19th at 6:00 p.m. at the American Legion building for a night of fun and trivial information.
Easter

Easter

Easter

Easter Sunday comes a little early this year. This coming Sunday is Easter and I had someone ask me the other day was I ready for it. I answered I guess I was. The entire weekend, Saturday and Sunday, is forecasted to be really nice, warm temperatures, highs in the 70s.

Town Talk

If you’re reading your paper on Wednesday, April 5th, then it’s your lucky day. The American Legion Auxiliary is holding a Facebook Live bake sale tonight. This event will take place from 6:00 p.m.- 7:00 p.m.
Reviewing SQ820

Reviewing SQ820

Reviewing SQ820

Now that the dust has settled and it’s been more than three weeks since State Question 820 was overwhelmingly rejected by Oklahomans, I thought I’d weigh in a little bit on its demise. First, I thought the proposition to legalize recreational marijuana in the Sooner state would probably pass.

Chop shop suspect to stand trial

One defendant in an alleged chop shop operation has been ordered to stand trial, an arraignment has been set for another and the pre-preliminary hearing has been continued for a third.

Town Talk

Have you seen the new sign over what was once Main Street Family Clinic? It now says Utica Park Clinic. Congratulations to Bronwyn Howard, Peggy Gardner and all their staff on this new merger.

Letter to the editor

To the editor, Recent claims by scientists that our planet Earth has been rotating on the same axis for at least 286 million years.