Helping hands

It’s been all about people helping one another, neighbors willing to help neighbors, friends assisting friends, strangers helping strangers. That is what is going on in neighborhoods throughout Shawnee and surrounding areas.

Town Talk

He has arrived! Stroud’s very own Bugle Boy is proudly standing on Main Street in Ed. Smalley Centennial Park watching over our Veteran’s Memorial.

Editorial

Lincoln County commissioners are moving a little closer to having a new jail addition and renovation in place, although it’s still months away. During a special meeting in late February, they voted to give the go ahead for final design plans for the jail expansion and renovation.

Hearing set for Agra man

A preliminary hearing has been scheduled for an Agra man facing three felonies with minors. Kenneth Taylor Simpson, 21, was formally charged on Oct. 24, 2022 in Lincoln County District Court with lewd acts to a child under 16, sodomy of a child under 16 and second degree rape.

Trial set in neglect case

A Lincoln County resident facing a total of two felonies and two misdemeanors in two separate cases has been ordered to stand trial. Brandon Matthew Tarpenning, 40, who deputies say resides in the Harrah area, was first charged in Lincoln County District Court on Dec. 30, 2022 with child neglect.

Baseball memories

The other evening as I was coming home from a meeting, I drove by a Little League baseball game. It was good to see all the young kids playing ball and lots of parents gathered around cheering for their team.

Important missed moments

BAYLEE BLANCARTE Every Wednesday I take the newspapers to Tryon post office. This Wednesday was no different. On my drive I saw two separate mothers with toddlers playing on the trampolines in their yards.

Town Talk

Thursday, April 20th, is a busy day of activities which includes Route 66 Metal Detecting Club at 7:00 p.m. at City Hall, Stroud Community Clothing Ministry open 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. and the Stroud Middle School baseball team in Meeker for a game against the Bulldogs at 5:00 p.m.

Hearing set in cultivation case

Preliminary hearings have been scheduled for two men from Okmulgee arrested by Lincoln County deputies and charged with cultivating a Controlled Dangerous Substance after 386 marijuana clone plants were seized. Quing Li Zheng, 55, and Wei Goa, 41, were each charged Nov.

Town Talk

Town Talk Table Trivia is back, by popular demand! Join us Wednesday, April 19th at 6:00 p.m. at the American Legion building for a night of fun and trivial information.