Felony assault in Stroud

A Stroud woman suffered facial injuries recently during an altercation with a man who now faces two felonies and a misdemeanor. Daniel Kyle Lee, 35, was formally charged in Lincoln County District Court with aggravated assault and battery and domestic abuse assault and battery.

Burglary charges in Meeker

A Meeker man is facing a first degree burglary charge following his arrest by law enforcement officers in late July. Formal charges of first degree burglary were filed in Lincoln County District Court on July 30 against Michael Jay Stone, 32.

Felony charges in Meeker case

A Meeker resident faces two felonies and two misdemeanors after he was found slumped over his vehicle in the middle of a Lincoln County intersection. Two felony drug charges were filed in Lincoln County District Court Aug. 4 against Ray Dean Hagar, 63.

Carney goes virtual due to COVID

Struck suddenly by an onslaught of new COVID-19 cases at the elementary level, Carney Public Schools in Lincoln County began virtual classes this week.

Local COVID cases rise by 300

The number of new positive COVID-19 cases in Pottawatomie and Lincoln Counties has risen by more than 300 since the last report, Oklahoma State Department of Health figures show. One new death also has been reported in Lincoln County, according to the OSDH.

Card of Thanks

Thank you! The Central Baptist Church Family, Pastor James E. Reed Sr. and Mrs. Frankie Humphrey would like to thank Parks Brothers Funeral Home, First Baptist Church of Chandler for the excellent service provided during the Homegoing services of the Reverend Frankie Humphrey.

Stroud Arts

This is the Eighty First article in a semipermanent column for Stroud Arts that appears in the Stroud American. The mission of these articles is to inform, educate and inspire you, the reader, to Make Art Happen in your life and the life of our community.

Oops! Bad info from OBN leads to... Raid on legal pot farm

Going on information from the Oklahoma Bureau of Narcotics that a marijuana growing operation in Lincoln County was illegal, a Special Operations team raided what is an apparently legal operation. “OBN gave us inaccurate information.

Meeker: Regrouping on hearing

Meeker’s Town Board this week officially canceled the annexation public hearing that was scheduled for next Monday night, Aug. 23, and decided the next step.

First-degree murder charge in Stroud shooting

A Harrah man charged in the February murder of a 21-year-old Stroud resident has been bound over to stand trial on a first degree murder charge.