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Defensive End Graham Hill from North Rock Creek High School puts heavy pressure on the quarterback at the Citizen Potawatomi Nation All Star Bowl. Photo/Rick Hester

All Stars hit the field and court

News Staff

Wednesday, June 4, 2025

Chandler film to play at deadCenter Film Festival

Emily Kalka Staff Writer

Wednesday, June 4, 2025

The feature length movie “Reverence” was film in Chandler in late 2023 and is the first feature to be screened at the 2025 deadCenter Film Festival in Oklahoma City.An Oklahoma movie is getting its big screen debut. Officially.

Man with 10k pot plants enters blind guilty plea

Mike Mccormick Staff Writer

Wednesday, June 4, 2025

A Chandler man who allegedly obtained an OMMA license and OBNregistrationfraudulently and who has been charged with trafficking illegal drugs with more than 10,000 marijuana plants that were discovered and destroyed has entered a blind guilty plea and drawn a suspended prison term.

Get your motor runnin’

Staff Writer

Wednesday, June 4, 2025

Two participants from last year’s Route 66 Road Rally post in front of the Davenport Welcome Sign. This year, it’s one of two checkpoints in the town. Photo/Midpoint Corridor EMILY KALKA Any given day, hundreds or more of cars drive down historic Route 66.

Tatum Crouch

Crouch, Wright win scholarships

News Staff

Tuesday, May 27, 2025

The P.E.O. Sisterhood International awarded scholarships to Shakoda Wright and Tatum Crouch, both recent graduates from Chandler High School.The local chapter, Chapter AN, awarded Shakoda Wright a $500 scholarship.

Stroud man faces felony

Mike Mccormick Staff Writer

Tuesday, May 27, 2025

A Stroud man who has several prior felony convictions is facing a new felony.Charles Buchanan Fields, 54, was formally charged in Lincoln County District Court March 31, 2025 with possession of contraband by an inmate.He appeared before Associate District Judge Joe Dobry March 28.

Lisa Smith stands in her back garden while holding one of her home produced jars of salsa. Photo/Bradley Jager

Because of a wind-blown apple

Bradley Jager Staff Writer

Tuesday, May 27, 2025

When a strong Oklahoma wind knocked apples from her tree, Lisa Smith didn’t know it would change her life.“That’s what started the whole thing,” said the Chandler homesteader. “Was the wind knocking down my apples.

Stroud’s graduating seniors posed for a class photo prior to graduating at the Stroud 66 Coliseum last week. Photo/Beth Young

Class of 2025

News Staff

Tuesday, May 27, 2025

Wellston man faces two new charges

News Staff

Tuesday, May 27, 2025

A Wellston man previously convicted of several felonies faces a new felony and a misdemeanor.William Lee Willis, 51, was formally charged in Lincoln County District Court March 31, 2025, with domestic assault and battery by strangulation and resisting an officer.

Man pleads not guilty to 5 child porn felonies

Mike Mccormick Staff Writer

Tuesday, May 27, 2025

A Chandler man who reportedly secured a job with Oklahoma Juvenile Affairs in Tecumseh and faces five felonies related to alleged crimes dealing with child pornography has pleaded innocent and is scheduled for a felony docket in August.

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