Meeker Elementary Spring Honor Roll Superintendent’s Honor Roll First Grade

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Spring hunt

Acouple of weeks ago, my good friend Steve Buoy and I journeyed out towesternOklahomaand enjoyed a spring turkey hunt.We each bagged a gobbler.It was good to see that the turkey population appears to be coming back in the areas we hunted and in those nearby as well.

A changed life in prison

My mom called my older brother and me into her room, saying my dad called and explained my Uncle Shayne had been charged with a felony.At 10 years old, I didn’t know what to think, I panicked in sadness for hours as I cried myself to sleep on my mom’s floor.

Town Talk

The American Legion Auxiliary will be putting flags on veteran’s graves at the cemetery on Thursday, May 23rd at 9:00 a.m. If you are available, come out and volunteer. We have close to eight hundred flags that need to be placed at graves.

Trial set for ex-substitute teacher

A former Wellston substitute teacher facing five sexrelated felonies with minors has been set for a felony disposition docket in September and a jury trial has been scheduled for October.

Lincoln County Commisioners meeting

Lincoln County commissioners this week approved a budget contract with the OSU Extension Office and also approved the ARPA Funds Expenditure Documentation form for the OSU Extension Office building.

Meeker: No action on indenture

Meeker’s Town Board of Trustees voted 4-1 this week to hold up and take no action on a Trust Indenture for purchasing and selling property for the Town’s Industrial Trust Authority.Instead, they decided to set up a special meeting at 6 p.m.

Texan arrested

A Texas motorist who was stopped on the Turner Turnpike arrested and charged with a drug offense has made his initial appearance.Son Chi Nguyen, 45, of Richmond, Texas was charged in Lincoln County District Court Nov. 2 with unlawful possession of a Controlled Drug with intent to distribute.

Council revamps process for weed, trash abatement

EMILY KALKA Staff writer The Chandler City Council voted at their monthly meeting on May 14 to revamp weed and trash abatement, removing public hearings on these issues from council meetings and making them an administrative process.The council discussed the change in April’s meeting.