Stroud Masons make donations to FFA, Stroud Arts

The Masonic Lodge in Stroud recently presented checks to the Stroud Future Farmers of America booster club and to Stroud Arts. At left, Master Mason Ray Lynum presents a check for $5,000 to Larry Hall of the FFA Booster Club.

Resurfacing for SH18 to start next week

Resurfacing of SH 18 between Meeker and Chandler is expected to begin shortly after the July 4 holiday, Meeker’s Town Administrator has confirmed. Town Administrator Dickie Walton stated he was told by an Oklahoma Department of Transportation official the project will begin Tuesday, July 6.

Formal charges in grow house bust

The owner of a major marijuana growing operation that was seized by law enforcement officers has been formally charged with two felonies, but has failed to make her initial appearance in court. Sai Ying Lin, 48, of Tryon, was formally charged in Lincoln County District Court June 22.

McLoud hires new deputy city clerk

The McLoud City Council appointed a new deputy city clerk during its most recent meeting and members also tabled five agenda items. Mayor Stan Jackson declared after the meeting, “We tabled more items tonight than we have at any other meeting since I’ve been mayor.

Lincoln County Democrats to meet

The Lincoln County Democrats will meet 7 p.m., Thursday, July 8, at the County Courthouse in Chandler. There will be discussion on the upcoming bond issue election as well as planning activities for the County Fair.

PUBLIC RECORDS FOR LINCOLN AND POTTAWATOMIE COUNTIES

Lincoln County Marriage Licenses Shawn Lee Short Jr. and Cassandra Lynn Bond, both of Wellston. Probates In the Matter of the Petition for Letters of Administration for Leland Louis Green Squires. Civil Cases BancFirst Vs. Lindsey K. Braswell and St. Cloud Classics LLC - Replevin.

Flooding in Chandler

Water couldn’t drain fast enough in the bottoms along Bell Cow Creek in Chandler following the heavy rains Monday and early Tuesday morning.

Historic Shawnee Trail

The sun rises and the smell of cowboy coffee and biscuits pierce the once still air, sending a fragrant alarm to the sleeping cowboys. Men hastily dress, and mount their horses.

Lincoln County Commissioners

Lincoln County commissioners have approved the Fiscal Year 2022 Estimate Needs and they also have been approved by the Lincoln County Excise Board. The commissioners’ action came during its most recent regular meeting. Chairman Lee Doolen said the Estimate of Needs totals approximately $7 million.

Sewer money for Meeker

Rowynn Ricks, left, Andy Allen of the Oklahoma Water Resources board presented the Meeker Public Works Authority with a check for $1,635,000, which will go toward rebuilding and replacing the town’s manholes and repairing 17,000 linear feet of sewer line.