Lincoln County News

Chandler womn sentenced

A Chandler woman facing a felony and two misdemeanors has waived her preliminary hearing, pleaded guilty and been sentenced. A Chandler man facing the same charges, who has pleaded innocent, has waived a jury trial and asked for a bench trial.

Wellston woman killed in crash

A Wellston woman died recently in a two-vehicle collision in the city of Wellston, the Oklahoma Highway Patrol reported.State Trooper Chad Pape, of the Traffic Homicide Unit of the Oklahoma Highway Patrol, identified the woman who died as Amber Leafty, 46.

Arraignment set in child sex abuse

A Prague man facing 12 counts of child sexual abuse following his arrest by area law enforcement authorities has waived his preliminary hearing and his arraignment has been set.Formal charges were filed in Lincoln County District against Riley Draper, 35.
Playoff intensity

Playoff intensity

Playoff intensity

Dale’s defending state champion boys and girls teams moved to within a game of returning to the state tournament by dominating their regional tournaments last week.Chandler and North Rock Creek won their districts and moved into the winners’ brackets of the regional tournament.
Sports week in photos

Sports week in photos

Sports week in photos

Left, Chandler senior Jaylee Ventris drives the lane against Beggs in the Lady Lions’ district victory. Chandler plays Bethel at 6:30 p.m. Thursday at Bethel in the regional tournament.

Charges dropped, but new one filed

Two first degree rape charges have been dismissed against a defendant and a new felony was filed in which he pleaded to and drew a deferred term. has been scheduled for a jury trial in February.

Two trials, two guilty verdicts

Two jury trials involving criminal cases were conducted in the January Pottawatomie County jury term and both juries returned guilty verdicts.There were also multiple juvenile cases tried as well. The two criminal cases conducted were the State of Oklahoma v.

$50k bench warrant issued for court no-show

A $50,000 bench warrant has been issued for the arrest of Chandler man due in court on a felony charge and two misdemeanors filed against him in January of 2024.And another $50,000 benchwarrantwasissued for his arrest in January of this year in a separate case on a felony charge.
Winning Friends

Winning Friends

Winning Friends

I was thumbing through some very old photos the other day and came across a photo that will be, for whatever reason, always a keepsake.It’s a photo of our grade school basketball team at Christ The King School in Oklahoma City.

Tryon man pleds innocent on firearm charge

A Tryon man facing a felony firearms charge after what has been described as a reported “gunbattle”betweenhim and another individual has entered an innocent plea during his arraignment.