Winning Friends

I was thumbing through some very old photos the other day and came across a photo that will be, for whatever reason, always a keepsake.It’s a photo of our grade school basketball team at Christ The King School in Oklahoma City.

Tryon man pleds innocent on firearm charge

A Tryon man facing a felony firearms charge after what has been described as a reported “gunbattle”betweenhim and another individual has entered an innocent plea during his arraignment.

Keep the state income tax

Governor Kevin Stitt and a number of lawmakers are insistent on cutting the state income tax this year and eventually seeing it eliminated altogether.Yet, he and those same lawmakers haven’t indicated they have come up with any new revenue stream to replace that income.

Town Talk

Play ball, baseball season has arrived! The Stroud Middle School season kicks-off next week, Tuesday, March4th.Theseason opener will be against the Prague Red Devils. The game is scheduled for 5:00 p.m. at Stroud Tiger Field.

Chandler man recieves $10k bench warrant for 3 felonies

A$10,000 bench warrant has been issued for the arrest of a Chandler man wanted for three felonies and two misdemeanors.Jeremy Paul Sisco, 32, was formally charged in Lincoln County District Court in late November 2024 and the $10,000 bench was issued at that time.

County Livestock Show Results

Pottawatomie County Results Heifer Show EnglishAOB Class 1-Katie Haysmer, Dale FFA, 1st Breed champion - Katie Haysmer, Dale FFA HerefordClass 2 - Jazmyn Arthur, NRC FFA, 1st MaineClass 2 - Emma Bellah, McLoud FFA, 1st Santa GertrudisClass 1 - Emma Bellah, McLoud FFA, 1st BreedChampion-Emma Bellah,...

UCO releases honor rolls

The following students havemadetheUniversityof Central Oklahoma’s honor rolls:Chandler President’s Honor Roll Anderson, Jillian Haley, Delaney Paige Mccalip, Caroline Marie Melson, Braden J.Robbins, Shayla Robbins, Brittany N.

Winter storm

The second winter blast for this year that brought the coldest temperatures yet apparently caused few problems in either Lincoln or Pottawatomie Counties last week.Lincoln County Emergency Management Director Charlotte Brown said earlier this week, “We had no fatalities.

Dora (Swinford) Brewer-Wilson

Dora (Swinford) Brewer-Wilson, a former resident of the rural McLoud area near Jacktown, died on February 12, 2025, at FountainBrook Assisted Living, Midwest City, Oklahoma. She was born in Wellston, Oklahoma, on October 23, 1925, to Roy andAgnes (Green) Swinford.