Stroud Honor Rolls

Stroud High School has released its honor rolls for the firat semester.

Kingdom of Heaven

I know everyone has heard this before that Jesus came to show us the way. This is really serious. He died to prove He was the One and He fulfilled everything that was said He would. He even wrote in many places about how to find Him and to show the way.

Lucky dog

My audiologist threw up her hands as if defending herself from a vampire. “Oh, no!” she said, pretty much as if... well, as if a vampire were on her desk. Fortunately for both of us, there were no vampires. Merely the remnants of the hearing aid for my right ear.

Welcome to the world, Charlee

Late afternoon on January 16th 2020 I decided to take a nap. I woke up around 3 hours later and realized my water had broke!

Town Talk

Long-time Stroud resident Delmer Summers suffered a terrible loss when his home went up in flames this past Saturday. His daughter Kalah resides with him but was not home at the time. I spoke with Delmer, and he told me he was lighting a kerosene heater when it just blew out on him.

Dale Board of Education meeting

During the most recent Dale Board of Education meeting, School Supt. Will Jones provided board members revenue comparisons of December 2021 and December 2022. In December of 2021, warrants totaled $2,427,862 and in December 2022 the figure was $2,585,539 which is $157,677 more.

The quest for missing items

Sunday afternoon I started searching for a couple of things in a desk drawer that I knew I could put my hands on pretty quickly. Or at least I thought I could. To me, they are significant because of my involvement in an organization that I have been part of more than 3½ decades.

McLoud approves election resolution

McLoud City Council members during their most recent meeting adopted a resolution for the notice of election this year. City Manager Cody Roe said Wards 1 and 2 will be up for election this year.

Arson charged in local jail fire

A $50,000 bench warrant has been issued for the arrest of a Prague man on an arson charge and an Oklahoma City man has been charged along with him. A formal felony charge of first degree arson was filed last month in Lincoln County District Court against Peyton Jade Nash, 22.

A twist to Story Time

Sandy Helm, longtime Assistant Librarian/ Children’s Librarian at the Chandler Public Library is retiring Jan. 23. The library staff and board are having a small reception for Ms. Helm after Story Time at 10 a.m. on Jan 17 in the Community Room of the Library.