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Meeker to convert buses to CNG

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Tuesday, February 13, 2024
Meeker Board of Education members this week rehired four administrators and also approved converting the district’s school buses to CNG.

Two die in crash on Highway 18

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Tuesday, February 13, 2024
Two men from Meeker have died in a head-on collision south of Meeker on SH 18, the Oklahoma Highway Patrol reported. State Trooper Nathan Battershell identified the two men who died as Scott M. Howe, 56 and Caleb J. Barbour, 41. The collision occurred at around 6:38 a.m.

Stroud man waives hearing on rape, porn charges

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Tuesday, February 13, 2024
A Stroud man has waived his preliminary hearings on four felonies, including two for first degree rape, one for possession of child pornography, and one for soliciting sexual conduct or communication with a minor by use of technology. Shamus Jack Palermo, 49, was formally charged Sep.

Chandler Board of Education

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Tuesday, February 13, 2024
Chandler Board of Education members this week approved the calendar for the 2024/2025 school year and also voted to approve the 2022/2023 audit report presented by Ralph Osborn’s CPA firm. School Supt. Scott Baade stated the student dropout report for 2022 was 2.10 percent.

Guilty on lewd acts charge

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Tuesday, February 13, 2024
A Lincoln County jury has found a Cushing man innocent of two charges and guilty of one and recommended his punishment in the case. Joseph Lee Rolan, 43, two counts of lewd or indecent acts to a child under 16 after former conviction of two or more felonies.

JUDGE RESIGNS

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Tuesday, February 13, 2024
Lincoln County District Judge Traci Soderstrom, suspended since last October when the State Supreme Court filed a petition seeking her removal from office, has resigned her position. The resignation was effective as of 5 p.m. Feb. 9.
We had a strange few days of weather in Central Oklahoma, going from highs in the 70s last week to alternating snow, rain and sleet on Sunday, all without the temperature going below freezing. If you slept late on Monday and everything was melted before you went outside, here is a view taken Monday morning looking down Eighth Street from Manvel in Chandler. Photo/Brian Blansett

We had a strange few days of weather in Central Oklahoma, going from highs in the 70s last week to alternating snow, rain and sleet on Sunday, all without the temperature going below freezing. If you slept late on Monday and everything was melted before you went outside, here is a view taken Monday morning looking down Eighth Street from Manvel in Chandler. Photo/Brian Blansett

Weird weather

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Tuesday, February 13, 2024
Carol Oswalt

Carol Oswalt

Former student donates kidney

News Staff
Tuesday, February 13, 2024
It’s not often that students get to be heroes to their teachers. For English teacher Carol Oswalt, that’s exactly what happened when a former student stepped up and offered to donate a kidney. “It’s pretty amazing,” she said while tearing up. “I loved her when I had her as a student.
Colton Burbach

Colton Burbach

Lions of the month announced

News Staff
Tuesday, February 6, 2024
Colton Burbach and Ashlee Beatty have been named the February Lions of the Month by the Lions Club. Colton Burbach is a senior at Chandler High School and in his second year of the computer networking technology program at Gordon Cooper Technology Center.

Trial set for Sparks man

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Tuesday, February 6, 2024
A jury trial has been scheduled for the ongoing jury term for a Sparks man charged with four felonies and two misdemeanors. Formal felony charges were filed May 4, 2022 in Lincoln County District Court against James Leonard Smothers, 41 following his arrest by Lincoln County deputies.
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