No phones

Last week my good friend Steve Buoy and I journeyed out to western Oklahoma and enjoyed a fall turkey and quail hunt.While the quail season that began Nov. 9 continues to Feb. 15, 2025, the fall gun turkey season’s last day is Friday. Nov. 22.

No phones

Recently, I accompanied my wife to have her car serviced at a dealership where she purchased it from. She asked me if I wanted to go with her, indicating she thought it would only take a couple of hours to have it done.

Town Talk

Stroud’s Tree Lighting Ceremony is an event for the whole family to enjoy. It will take place this Saturday, November 16th, at 6:00 p.m. in Ed. Smalley Centennial Park.The full event will last from 3:00 p.m. until 7:00 p.m. Vendors and food trucks will be set up along Main Street.

Letter to the editor

The Stroud Tigers HS football team has a record for the 2024 season that is 10 wins and zero losses through week 10. This is the first time for a record like this in quite a while. A metropolitan paper had Stroud rated No.

Veterans Day

Veterans Day is coming up next Monday, Nov. 11. The nation will honor all the brave men and women who have been, and those who still are, willing to serve their country.

Ex-sub found guilty

By Mike McCormick Staff Writer A Lincoln County jury has found a former Wellston substitute teacher guilty on two counts and not guilty on three and fixed punishment at three years on each of the guilty counts.

Town Talk

The sons of Vera Teters Quinn Bierd along with their families will be celebrating Vera’s 90th birthday on Saturday, November 16th at First Assembly of God Church in Stroud from 2:00 p.m. until 4:00 p.m.

Ode to the old rock house

Most people who grew up in Lincoln County probably had a haunted house or two nearby. In high school, there were always murmurings about which ones were “really” haunted and the best to sneak out to in the middle of the night.

Town Talk

Mark your calendars, tie a string around your finger and set your alarm to remind yourself to vote on November 5th. All elections are important but especially one where we are deciding who will guide our country, the President of the United States.

Letters to the editor

To the Editor: I am writing to express my concerns about the upcoming proposal for Lincoln County to form an Emergency Medical Service District, funded by a recurring ad valorem tax of three mills on the dollar of assessed property valuation.