Hearings set in homicide

Preliminary hearings have been scheduled for a man charged with first degree murder and two other felonies and for two others facing accessory to murder and desecration of a human corpse.

Wellston man in court in shooting

A pre-preliminary hearing has been continued for a Midwest City man, facing three felonies following a Lincoln County shooting near Wellston in February that injured a person. Casey Mac Wilson, 42, was formally charged in Lincoln County District Court on Feb.

Going to state

Lincoln and Pott County schools made emphatic statements in the regionals last week, sending three slow-pitch softball teams and 36 individuals and relay teams in track and field to the state championships this week.

Steve Mathis

Steve Mathis was born on February 21, 1960 and died April 20, 2023. There will be a private interment only.

Patricia (Pat) Ann Herber

Patricia (“Pat”) Ann (Anderson) Herber went to her reward on Friday April 21, 2023, at the age of 60. Pat was born on December 5, 1962 in Cushing, Oklahoma to the late David Lee and Mary Marie (Heizelman) Anderson.

Tony Jake “TJ” Simek

Tony Jake “TJ” Simek, a life long resident of Prague, passed away on Tuesday, April 11, 2023, at the age of 81. TJ was born on December 4, 1941 in Prague, Oklahoma. He was the son of Tony Fred and Lillian Rosetta (Turner) Simek. TJ grew up in Prague and attended Prague Schools.

Larry Phillip Jackson

Larry Phillip Jackson was born June 8, 1962 in Norman, Oklahoma to Troy and Phyllis (Gay) Jackson. He passed away April 16, 2023 in Oklahoma City at the age of 60. Larry grew up in Del City, graduating with the Del City High School class of 1980.

Murray Family

Dakota, Ma’Kenna, Eleanor and William Murray departed this life too soon on April 21, 2023. Dakota Lynn Murray was born April 20, 1994 in Cushing, OK. He was the son of Jimmy Don Murray. He graduated from Stroud High School in 2012.

Hearing set for driver in high-speed chase

A pre-preliminary hearing has been set for a driver in a high speed pursuit that reportedly started in Perkins, went down U.S. 177 clear to I-40 and ended at the Dale Middle School after partially running through a farmer’s wheat field. The driver, identified as Roderick David Pope, Jr.