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.

Town Talk

The Stroud Chamber of Commerce held their annual banquet this past week. President Erin Bradley emceed the event, and it was well attended.

County transactions need to be public

Openness should be supreme when it comes to meetings and records of public bodies. We see and hear of boards, councils, other public bodies that either ignore or attempt to skirt the Open Meetings and Records Act. Non-profits are subject to the law when they receive any kind of public funding.

Keeping on walking

About eight years ago I started trying to take a walk each day to help me get more exercise. I usually tried to walk around a mile, some days a little less, some a little more. With my cell phone on my hip, it’s easy to keep track of the steps I’m taking and how far I go.

Arraignment on two felonies

A driver facing two felonies for running a pair of roadblocks has waived his preliminary hearing and his arraignment has been scheduled. Joshua Wade Pleasant, 34, Shawnee, was formally charged in Lincoln County District Court on Aug. 1, 2022 with two felony counts of running a roadblock.

Town Talk

When you and your husband had your first child and then every conversation after that was about that child, do you remember saying to your spouse, “What did we talk about before this baby?” Well, that’s how I feel about Project Bugle Boy.

Cell phones

We live in a technological world. I get that. It seems technological advances are moving so quickly it’s mind boggling to people like me. Someone asked me several years ago what we did before we had cell phones. He was a person in his 60s and he is a person I’d consider tech savvy.