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Incitement hearing set

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A pre-preliminary hearing has been continued for a Lincoln County Jail inmate who was charged last November with incitement to riot. David Keith Miller, about 31, was formally charged Nov.

Meeker Town Board

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Meeker’s Town Board of Trustees this week approved a supplemental budget for the fiscal year of 2023-2024 and agreed to tear down the old car wash east of the Fire Department. Mary Conner, Town Clerk and Treasurer, said the supplemental budget approved is for $101,298.

Champs:

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North Rock Creek’s Maddox Motley (left, the defending Class 4A state champion, and Chandler’s J. Duncan, the defending Class 3A state champion, clear the final hurdle Saturday in the 110-meter event at the Chandler track meeting.

Life in prison in fatality

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A woman convicted last month of second degree murder in the death of a Prague man who died from injuries in a traffic collision 3½ years ago has been sentenced to life in prison. Haley Jordan Price, 30 at the time, was charged in Lincoln County District Court on Apr.

Chandler gets ballfield grant

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The City of Chandler has won a $650,000 grant from the Oklahoma Route 66 Commission to create a new park next to the Route 66 Interpretive Center. The project will include an event plaza, lighting and a public art piece by Chandler resident Jerry McClanahan, wellknown nationally and internationally for his EZ66 guidebook.

Intersection still closed after train derailment

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A Lincoln County Road intersection closed March 30 after 22 cars from a freight train derailed east of Davenport remains closed as the company prepares to lay new track. Sgt.

Murder suspect captured in Lincoln County

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Lincoln County deputies with assistance from other area law enforcement agencies have captured a suspect wanted on a murder warrant out of Tulsa County. Sgt.

Board accepts resignations

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Chandler Board of Education members this week accepted the resignations from several personnel and approved contracts with several entities and individuals. School Supt.

No contest in animal cruelty

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Two women from Wellston who were charged last year with multiple counts of animal cruelty have each pleaded no contest to each of the charges. Forty-nine charges of cruelty to animals were filed in Lincoln County District Court on Aug.