Lincoln County News

Hearing set in Fentanyl death

News Staff
Wednesday, January 24, 2024
A preliminary hearing has been scheduled for a Stroud man facing a first degree murder charge related to the distribution of Fentanyl, a Controlled Dangerous Substance. Formal charges were filed in Lincoln County District Court Dec. 6, 2023 against Dillon Young, 30.
Focus on distracted driving

Focus on distracted driving

Focus on distracted driving

News Staff
Wednesday, January 24, 2024
I noticed that the Oklahoma Highway Patrol along with other law enforcement agencies reportedly are cracking down on distracted driving between now and Jan. 31. Received a press release indicating such early last week that it was beginning Jan. 17 and running for a two-week period.

Editorial

News Staff
Wednesday, January 24, 2024
Gov. Kevin Stitt’s call for a special session that starts next Monday, one week ahead of when the Legislature convenes for four months, is a needless waste of taxpayer money. The governor called the session to take up a cut in the state income tax.
Icy driving

Icy driving

Icy driving

News Staff
Wednesday, January 24, 2024
I woke up Monday morning and, sure enough, the weather forecasters had gotten it right. There was a thin layer of ice covering everything outside.

Town Talk

News Staff
Wednesday, January 24, 2024
You can definitely tell its winter in Oklahoma. Due to the cold temperatures and icy conditions Stroud schools were closed on Monday and Tuesday and many businesses had to close or adjust their “open” hours. Many people were asking about school closings on Facebook.

Trial moved until May

News Staff
Wednesday, January 24, 2024
The trial for a woman who was employed as a full time in-home nurse and charged with child abuse has been continued until the May jury docket. Candice Elizabeth Bootenhoff, 39, of Luther was formally charged Oct. 31, 2022 in Lincoln County District Court with felony child abuse.

Kingdom of Heaven

News Staff
Wednesday, January 24, 2024
We all need to remember that Jesus taught the kingdom of God, and that’s what He said we must enter into. So, we really need to take seriously the fact that Jesus died so that we can be forgiven, and now we can enter in, but we must remember the ways of man are not found there.
Rodney Barnett, foreground, and Virgil Wilson break ice off the sidewalk at the Lincoln County Courthouse Monday morning following the storm that came through Sunday evening. The second winter storm in a week, it closed schools and offices and the roads in Lincoln and Pott County were slick and dangerous. Photo/Brian Blansett

Rodney Barnett, foreground, and Virgil Wilson break ice off the sidewalk at the Lincoln County Courthouse Monday morning following the storm that came through Sunday evening. The second winter storm in a week, it closed schools and offices and the roads in Lincoln and Pott County were slick and dangerous. Photo/Brian Blansett

Winter 2.0

News Staff
Wednesday, January 24, 2024
Oklahoma’s first ice storm of 2024 brought with it treacherous and hazardous road conditions, closed some schools and forced others to go virtual.
Benjamin T. Walkingstick

Benjamin T. Walkingstick

Benjamin T. Walkingstick

News Staff
Tuesday, January 16, 2024
Benjamin T. Walkingstick’s exceptional life of charity, success and civic duty began on October 29, 1930, in Tahlequah, Oklahoma, and ended on December 27, 2023, in Chandler, Oklahoma. Ben was an incredible man with more accomplishments, awards and recognitions than are possible to list.
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