Chandler headed to prison

A Chandler man with at least one previous conviction facing two new felonies has entered guilty pleas to both and drawn prison time on each count.Formal charges were filed in Lincoln County District on March 24, 2025 against Scott Grady Sweeden, 46.

Editorial

Local school boards, like all other public entities, are expected to comply with the state’s Open Meeting Law.In fact school board members are required to attend and complete a certain number of hours of education and the Open Meeting Act is part of that.There’s a good reason for the law.

Town Talk

The date for the Oklahoma 500-Mile Yard Sale Extravaganza is fast approaching. It will be held on May 2nd and 3rd and 28 towns are participating, Stroud being one of them. The deadline to be placed on the master list is April 25th at noon. Register online at www.ok500mileyardsale.

Letter to the editor

Get ready for COVID 2.0, only this time it won’t be a virus that disrupts the economy. In this case it will be in the form of an indirect sales taxation known as the Trump Tariffs that will cripple the American economy and cause havoc around the world.

Cleanup

Easter Sunday was a great day with the family. We even had the grandson Liam spend a night with us over the weekend.My wife Pat had gone over Friday afternoon to be with our daughter Meghan in Norman and she brought him him back with her early Friday evening.

Weber re-elected Meeker mayor

Meeker Town Board of Trustees this week approved a supplemental budget for the town and re-elected its mayor and vice mayor for twoyear terms. A new board member was also sworn in after he earlier won election unopposed.

Life sentences for Prague man

A Prague man who earlier pleaded guilty to 12 counts of child sexual abuse has been sentenced by plea agreement to life in prison on all counts running concurrently.Formal charges were filed in Lincoln County District on Nov. 8. 2024 against Riley Draper, 35.

Hotel coming down

It’s been over a month since Dr. Theresa McKinzie, owner of The Lincoln County Animal Hospital, has been able to work out of her office at 1218 Manvel.She’s set up in a small house next door - allegedly the oldest in Chandler - unable to work at full capacity, she said.