1,000 points

Leah Brannon lays in a bucket in the regional tournament against Newkirk, reaching the 1,000-point mark for her career with the Chandler Lady Lions. Photo/Mario Holland

Area sports week in pictures

Clockwise from left: Hayden Brooks (24) puts up a fade-away jumper for Davenport against Porter Consolidated in the regional tournament at Shawnee. Photo/Brian Blansett George McKiddie (24) makes a move in the lane against Erik Harron of Vanoss Monday night at Kellyville.

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander is Making Up for Lost Time

When star Thunder guard Shai Gilgeous-Alexander missed 10 games with an ankle sprain in January and February, it gave other OKC players a chance to step up.

Meeker seats annexation meeting

The Meeker Town Board has scheduled an Open Public meeting for discussion only of the proposed annexation of around eight square miles into the Town limits. The special meeting is scheduled for 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday, March 15 and will be held at the First Baptist Church in Meeker.

Champion steer at county show

McKayla Hunt from Carney with her Charlois steer, which was the grand champion steer at the Lincoln County livestock show last week. Results and more photos will appear in next week’s edition. Photo/Brian Blansett

McLoud Council

The McLoud City Council during its most recent meeting established a Review Committee for the McLoud TIF District by appointing several persons to it.

Judith Ann (Malm) Friskup

Judith Ann (Malm) Friskup, age 81, of Muleshoe, Texas, died Wednesday, February 23, 2022 in Muleshoe. She was born August 15, 1940 to Roy and Louella Malm in New Ulm, Minn. She married her high school sweetheart, Kent Friskup, on October 10, 1959.

Marjorie May Webb

Marjorie May Webb of Riley, Kan., was born May 12, 1936, in Chandler. She died Thursday, February 17, 2022, in Clay Center, Kan., at the age of 85. Webb, the daughter of Perry C. and Orah L. (Melson) Myers, married Gordon L. Webb on December 8, 1958.

Jimmy Beaird

Jimmy Beaird was born to Curley and Gertrude (Hornbeak) Beaird on July 28, 1957, in Los Angeles, Calif. He died Monday, February 14, 2022, in Cushing, Okla., at the age of 64 years. Jimmy, a 1975 graduate of Stroud High School, built houses and cars and worked for TRW in Redondo Beach, Calif.

Carol Ann Small Gamel

Carol Ann Small Gamel of Depew, Okla., was born December 13, 1941, in Washington, Ind. She died Saturday, February 19, 2022, in Tulsa, Okla. She was 80 years old. Gamel, the daughter of Robert Marion and Vivian Terry Small, married Ron Gamel on November 9, 1967, in Opa-locka, Fla.