Mauro, Rivas selected as May Lions

The Lion’s Club has named Hayli Mauro and Tyson Rivas May Lions of the Month. Haylie Mauro is the daughter of David and Traci Mauro and maintains a 4.0 grade point average while taking advanced classes in English for four years and math for one.

McLoud man not guilty

A McLoud area man who was accused two years ago in the fatal stabbing of his grandfather was found not guilty during a non-jury trial earlier this month. A first-degree manslaughter charge was filed on May 28, 2019 in Lincoln County District Court against Thomas J. Beeson, who was then 18.

COVID increases

The number of new cases in the area attributed to COVID-19 has jumped slightly in Pottawatomie and Lincoln Counties, Oklahoma State Department of Health figures show. No new deaths have occurred in Pottawatomie County but there has been one in Lincoln County since the last report.

County approves block grant

Lincoln County Commissioners this week approved a Community Development Block Grant-20 grant and signed the contract.

Charges filed in strangulation case

A $10,000 bench warrant has been issued for the arrest of a man for allegedly assaulting a woman by strangulation in Agra. Formal felony charges of domestic assault and battery by strangulation were filed in April in Lincoln County District Court against Randall Dwight Thompson, 52.

Lincoln County

Marriage Licenses Kaleb Dalton Roberts and Tylie Brook Fent, both of Wellston. Justin Bailey Smith and Emmie Grace Robertson, both of Chandler. James Edward Pool and Joanne Sue Hall, both of Meeker. Bryce William Watlington and Jennafer Denise Seaton, both of Wellston.

Area students earn OBU degrees

Oklahoma Baptist University in Shawnee conferred degrees upon 277 students during the University’s 107th Spring Commencement, held in five separate ceremonies Friday, May 14, and Saturday, May 15. The ceremonies took place in Raley Chapel’s Potter Auditorium on OBU’s campus.

Prague reading

Starting June 1, the Haynie Public Library in Prague will have their annual Summer Read for all ages. For more reading incentive, the library has added weekly Grab and Go Bags for ages 12 and under in addition to the Reading Challenge.

Updates from Meeker Town Hall

1. Update on Quapaw 15 (Meeker Lake) A. I talked to Valerie Glasgow USDA/ NRCS Design Engineer for this project. She said that A&E Conservation works has completed the study for the Lake and now it goes into a review stage that last 2 months.

Need more mural entrants

This is the Seventyfirst 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.