Town Talk

Congratulations to Coach Josh Presley and the Stroud High School Tigers football team for another great win this past week against the Gore Pirates. The Tigers dominated the Pirates with a win of 54 to 6.

Tigers 54, Gore 6

Next week: Rematch with Fairvew Stroud’s offense hung half a hundred for the sixth straight game and the defense stymied Gore except for one play Friday.

Playoff football

Three Lincoln County football teams played in the second round of the playoffs, with Stroud winning to advance to the class A quarterfinals while Meeker fell to Washington, 56-7, and Prague lost to Victory Christian, 52-39.

Arraignment set in Stroud man’s death

A Jennings man facing a manslaughter charge or in the alternative negligent homicide has been bound over to stand trial in the death of a Stroud man. Brent Lee Nobles, 43, was charged in Lincoln County District Court March 23. A $15,000 bench warrant was issued at that time for his arrest.

Street progress

Vickie Lynn Burge Rodden

Vickie Lynn Burge Rodden, 76, ran to Jesus on October 22, 2023, peacefully in her sleep. Vickie was born February 7, 1947, in Enid, Oklahoma to loving parents, Emerson and Essie Beck Burge. VickiegraduatedfromMeekerHighSchoolin1965.

Gloria June (Troyer) Mendenhall

Gloria June (Troyer) Mendenhall of Chandler, OK passed peacefully from this life into the loving arms of Jesus in the early morning of October 31, 2023, surrounded by her loved ones. She was born on September 17, 1930, in Barnsdall, Oklahoma to Basil and Grace (Snyder) Troyer.