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‘Not guilty’ plea entered in neglect case

News Staff
Tuesday, April 9, 2024
A Prague woman facing a single count of child neglect who waived her preliminary hearing and has pleaded not guilty.Her husband, Lou Earl Nelson, was charged with four felonies for alleged crimes against minors.Lynette Marie Ausborn, 43, was charged in Lincoln County District Court Nov.

Charges dropped in aggravated assault case

News Staff
Tuesday, April 9, 2024
Aggravated assault and battery charges against three defendants have been dismissed.Michael Adam Norris, Joseph Daniel Dearmond and Jordan Sean Thomason, all Lincoln County Jail inmates at the time, were charged in Lincoln County District Court on Jan. 23, this year, with felonies.

Prelim hearing set for Texas man on drug trafficking

News Staff
Tuesday, April 9, 2024
Apreliminary hearing has been scheduled forTexas man facing two drug-related felonies following his arrest by a Highway Patrol trooper on the Turner Turnpike in Lincoln County.Cheng Dong, 36, of Allen, Texas was formally charged in Lincoln County District Court Nov.

Marijuana bust on Turner Turnpike

News Staff
Tuesday, April 9, 2024
An arrest of a driver on the Turner Turnpike recently resulted in the seizure of 85 pounds of marijuana and a felony drug charge being filed.Formal charges of trafficking in illegal drugs were filed March 7 in Lincoln County District Court against Zeng Ling Wang, 49, of Frederick, Md.

Hearing set on kidnapping, other charges

News Staff
Tuesday, April 9, 2024
Preliminary hearings have been scheduled for a McLoud area man who faces felony kidnapping and domestic assault and battery by strangulation charges in addition to other felonies. A misdemeanor charge was also filed against him.Eliah Lively, 24, was formally charged Sep.
State Game Warden Jacob Harriet, who is assigned to Lincoln County, stands in a field where wild hogs have uprooted a portion of a crop in the Sparks area. Harriet and State Game Warden Mike France, assigned to Pottawatomie County, indicate numbers of wild hogs are increasing across both counties. Photo/Brian Blansett

State Game Warden Jacob Harriet, who is assigned to Lincoln County, stands in a field where wild hogs have uprooted a portion of a crop in the Sparks area. Harriet and State Game Warden Mike France, assigned to Pottawatomie County, indicate numbers of wild hogs are increasing across both counties. Photo/Brian Blansett

Wild hog damage

News Staff
Tuesday, April 9, 2024
Wild hogs in Lincoln and Pottawatomie counties are increasing and continue to root up land and destroy crops, according to a couple of area state game wardens.Jacob Harriet, a game warden assigned to Lincoln County who also assists in Pottawatomie County, said, “they are just steadily rising.
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Rotary students of the month announced

News Staff
Wednesday, April 3, 2024
Emi McGuire and Braxton Estes have been named student Rotarians of the Month for April.Emi McGuire is the daughter of Bruce and Niki Mc-Guire.After graduating, McGuire will attend Oklahoma Baptist University to obtain a bachelor’s degree in Exercise Science with a Pre-Allied Health Emphasis.

Warrant issued in embezzlement

News Staff
Wednesday, April 3, 2024
A $500,000 bench warrant has been issued for the arrest of a construction company owner who has been charged with embezzlement.

School elections

News Staff
Wednesday, April 3, 2024
Voters in four school districts inside Lincoln County decided Board of Education races in Tuesday’s General School Election and one of those also had a bond proposition.Voters in a fifth school district inside the county helped decide a bond proposal.
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