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Candidate filings

News Staff
Tuesday, February 4, 2025
CandidatesinLincolnandPottawatomieCountiesbegan filing for municipal offices on Monday of this week. The filing period closed at 5 p.m. on Wednesday.Those who filed for office on Monday include: City of Chandler: For Mayor, Kent McVey. For Ward 1, four-year term, Richard Evans.

Bond revoked for Stroud man

News Staff
Tuesday, February 4, 2025
A $50,000 bond has been revoked for a Stroud man facing two rape charges and two other felonies following his arrest by the Stroud police chief and a new bond has been set.

Charges in assault on officers

Mike Mccormick Staff Writer
Tuesday, February 4, 2025
A Chandler man is facing three felonies and two misdemeanors for allegedly assaulting three officers with the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office and another individual.Three charges of assault and battery on a police officers were formally filed in December against Royce Walker Weathers, 31.

Suspended sentences after blind plea

News Staff
Tuesday, February 4, 2025
By Mike McCormick Staff Writer A defendant whose case began nearly three years ago following his arrest by Highway Patrol troopers on the Turner Turnpike has entered a guilty blind plea and been handed suspended prison terms.

Battling the flu

Emily Kalka Staff Writer
Tuesday, February 4, 2025
Many schools in Lincoln and Pottawatomie Counties are still struggling as more flu cases roll in.According to Viral View, a website managed by the Oklahoma Department of health, the state is at high risk for influenza, and moderate risk for COVID-19 and RSV.

County creates EMS district

Mike Mccormick Staff Writer
Tuesday, February 4, 2025
Lincoln County commissioners this week voted to acknowledge the Nov. 5, General Election results and officially document the passage of the Emergency Medical Service District 522 district by voters.
Chandler High School FCCLA members recently placed first at the Regional Star Event. All the winners have qualified for the state competition to take place in March. Pictured from left to right are Damien Best, won in Work Readiness Job Interview; Victoria Lail-Sanders, won in Job Interview; Bailey Treanor, won in Children’s Literature; and Tyler Frazier, wone in Work Readiness Table Setting. Photo Submitted/Cynthia Snider, FCCLA Coach

Chandler High School FCCLA members recently placed first at the Regional Star Event. All the winners have qualified for the state competition to take place in March. Pictured from left to right are Damien Best, won in Work Readiness Job Interview; Victoria Lail-Sanders, won in Job Interview; Bailey Treanor, won in Children’s Literature; and Tyler Frazier, wone in Work Readiness Table Setting. Photo Submitted/Cynthia Snider, FCCLA Coach

Going to state

News Staff
Tuesday, February 4, 2025
Sgt. Earl Roy “Pete” Lester, Jr.

Sgt. Earl Roy “Pete” Lester, Jr.

Stroud dedicates street to Purple Heart recipient

Emily Kalka Staff Writer
Wednesday, January 29, 2025
On Jan. 13, a Purple Heart Memorial Highway sign was placed on the west end of Main Street in Stroud in honor of Sgt. Earl Roy “Pete” Lester, Jr.Lester, who was from Stroud, was killed in action in the Vietnam War on June 14, 1971.

OG&E offers $60k STEM scholarship

Emily Kalka Staff Writer
Wednesday, January 29, 2025
The Oklahoma Gas & Electric Company (OG&E) is offering the Positive Energy Scholarship to three students pursuing majors in STEM fields, according to a press release.They will award $15,000 per year, renewable annually for up to four consecutive years, for a total of $60,000 per recipient.

Child abuse trial set

Mike Mccormick Staff Writer
Wednesday, January 29, 2025
A jury trial has been scheduled for a woman who was employed as a full time in-home nurse and charged with child abuse following her arrest by Lincoln County deputies.Candice Elizabeth Bootenhoff, 39 at the time, of Luther was formally charged Oct.
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