Special county meeting

Lincoln County commissioners, during a special meeting this week, awarded a bid for construction of the west wall and the stem wall at the Lincoln County Fairgrounds. They also formed a committee for a possible courthouse remodel and jail expansion.

Preliminary hearing set in pot bust

A preliminary hearing has been scheduled for the owner of two Lincoln County marijuana growing operations after his facilities were seized and shut down in February. A formal charge was filed Feb.

Hearing set for Chandler man accused of felonies

Pre-preliminary hearings have been continued to later this month for a Chandler man facing multiple felonies in three separate cases. Christopher Allen Michael Hyde, 20, was charged Nov. 10 in Lincoln County District Court with knowingly receiving or concealing stolen property.

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Stroud baseball tournament

Rain on Thursday of last week condensed the Stroud Summer Tournament into a one-day affair on Friday, with Stroud and Meeker kicking it off with a 9 a.m. start. Above left, Meeker catcher Kayde Massey frames a pitch on the inside corner and bottom left, Kendall Vaughn singles to right.

Meeker hires three teachers

Meeker’s Board of Education hired four new teachers and accepted the resignation requests of three others during its meeting this week. The board also approved a contract for the transportation of natural gas for the 2022-2023 school year and approved an insurance quote for 2022-2023.

Softball champions

The 13U Slam, which has players from Wellston, Chandler, Stroud and Meeker, won the Del City Softball Championship this weekend by sweeping five opponents.

Rays celebrate 40th

The family of Jim and Laurie Ray announced that they will celebrate their 40th Wedding Anniversary on Sunday, June 19, 2022. The Wellston couple was married June 19, 1982. Among those honoring them are their son and grandson C.J.

Maddens celebrate 60th Anniversary

A come and go reception honoring Mike and Joyce Madden for their 60th wedding anniversary was hosted by their children, Cindy Steele and Mitch and Cathy Garrett, at the First Baptist Church, 912 East First Street in Chandler, on Sunday, June 12.

Fried tomatoes

I was watering the garden Monday evening and mentally encouraging the tomatoes to go ahead and get ripe as quickly as possible. We have 10 plants and I have been checking them three or four times a day, looking forward to the first tomato of the summer.