Stroud American

Brenda Sue Rambin

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Brenda Sue Rambin (Speer), 67, of Rockport, Texas, passed away at her home peacefully on February 11, 2024. Brenda was born on August 7, 1956, in Cushing, Oklahoma.

Chester Irvin Leach

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Chester Irvin Leach, 85, passed away on Thursday, March 8, 2024, at his home in Tryon, Oklahoma. Chester was a life-long resident of Lincoln County, Ok.

Grace May Wilson

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Grace May Wilson was born August 17, 1939, in Hominy to Jim and Beulah (Martin) Gaines. She passed away March 4, 2024, in Oklahoma City at the age of 84.

David Patterson Grady

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DavidPattersonGrady was born on March 20, 1940, in Glasgow, Scotland, to Benjamin Adams Grady and Willamina Chrissy (Irving) Grady. He passed away at home in Wellston on March 9, 2024, with his wife, Sandra, by his side.

Rotarians of month announced

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Mia Callegan, Breanna Guinn and Kalee Peery have been named student Rotarians of the Month for March. Mia Callegan is the daughter of Josh and Jessi Floyd and the younger child of five siblings.

Deferred sentences in pot case

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Two men from Okmulgee who were scheduled to stand trial during the upcoming jury term have pleaded no contest to reduced charges and drawn deferred terms. Lincoln County deputies arrested the two in November of 2022 The deputies reportedly seized 386 marijuana clone plants.

Trial ahead for grow house defendant

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A Prague man has been bound over on several felonies stemming from a reported crime spree he went on following a reported armed burglary he and a Shawnee man allegedly committed last October. Shawn David Morgan, 31, of Prague, was charged in Lincoln County District Court Oct. 25, 2023 with three felonies. He was taken into custody on Nov. 1 after he had eluded law enforcement since the armed burglary of the marijuana grow on Oct. 22.

Guilty plea in child porn case

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A Stroud man facing two felony counts dealing with child pornography has pleaded guilty and been sentenced to prison. John Mack Byrd., Jr., 43, was formally charged July 29, 2022 in Lincoln County District Court with possession of child pornography and using access to computers to violate Oklahoma State statutes.

Sentencing continued in shooting

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Sentencing of a Chandler man has been continued on amended charges in a shooting on Easter Sunday night in 2023 that injured a teenage girl. Jodie Jones, 44, was formally charged April 11, 2023 in Lincoln County District Court with assault and battery with a deadly weapon and felony discharging firearm into a dwelling.

Chandler board rehires principals

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Chandler Board of Education members this week rehired their four principals for the next school year and approved a couple of policies among other items. School Supt.