Tri-County Herald

Meeker school board meeting

Meeker Board of Education members this week voted to offer contracts to four new teachers and accepted the resignation of one other teacher.Without going into executive session, board members voted to offer contracts to the following for the 2025-2026 school year.
Jacob Snovel accepts the award for Best Oklahoma Feature for the film “Anywherwe” at the deadCenter Film Festival in Oklahoma City on Saturday. Photo/Jennifer Pryor

Jacob Snovel accepts the award for Best Oklahoma Feature for the film “Anywherwe” at the deadCenter Film Festival in Oklahoma City on Saturday. Photo/Jennifer Pryor

Chandler film wins awards

There was more than the 25th anniversary to celebrate at this year’s deadCenter Film Festival in Oklahoma City. Two men with connections to Lincoln and Pottawatomie counties received awards.

Arrest made in Embezzlement

AChandlerwomanhas been arrested for allegedly embezzling $170,000 from a Meeker business and she was transported to the Lincoln County Jail in Chandler.Meeker Assistant Police Chief Scott Wilson identified the woman as Lesa Manning, 64.
David Timmons helps kids race down Main Street at the Stroud Arts activity area during Stroud Summer Fest on Saturday. Bottom

David Timmons helps kids race down Main Street at the Stroud Arts activity area during Stroud Summer Fest on Saturday. Bottom

Festive weekend

Terry Lee Mullendore

Terry Lee Mullendore was born July 3, 1955, to Melvin and Louise (Miliken) Mullendore. He passed away May 24, 2025, at his home in Wellston at the age of 69.Terry was preceded in death by his parents. Survivors include his brother and best friend, along with other family and friends.

Shirley June (Moody) Johnson

Shirley June (Moody) Johnson passed away on Sunday, December 22, 2024, at the age of 81, in Lawrence, Kansas. She was born on November 1, 1943, to Myron Moody and Coleene Chapman in Oklahoma City.Shirley graduated from Davenport High School in Davenport, Oklahoma, in 1961.
Vicki Lynn (Heath) Butler

Vicki Lynn (Heath) Butler

Vicki Lynn (Heath) Butler

A Life Fully Lived Vicki Lynn (Heath) Butler was born December 9, 1946, in Chandler, Oklahoma, to parents Leonard and Jeanne (Bailey) Heath. She departed this life on June 6, 2025.
Roger Dean Foulks

Roger Dean Foulks

Roger Dean Foulks

December 31, 1943 – June 3, 2025 Chandler, Oklahoma Roger Dean Foulks passed away peacefully at his home in Chandler, Oklahoma, on Tuesday, June 3, 2025, at the age of 81.He was born on December 31, 1943, in San Francisco, California, to Roy and Ella (Duncan) Foulks.
Robert “Joe” Remington

Robert “Joe” Remington

Robert “Joe” Remington

Robert“Joe”Remington, 73, of Prague, Oklahoma, passed away peacefully on May 30, 2025, in Tulsa, Oklahoma.Joe was born on May 9, 1952, in Stillwater, Oklahoma, to Robert L. “Bob” Remington and Florence Lorene (Manning) Remington.