Lincoln County News

Commissioners meeting

Mike Mccormick Staff Writer
Wednesday, October 22, 2025
Lincoln County commissioners this week approved the 2025-2026 budget and agreed to the Lincoln County Fairgrounds Tobacco Settlement Endowment Trust Wellness policy.Commissioners also adopted a resolution appointing Joss Bennett from the Arlington Fire Department as a new District 1 Lincoln County...

Meeker town board meeting

Mike Mccormick Staff Writer
Wednesday, October 22, 2025
Meeker Town Board of Trustees this week approved the certification for the REAP Grant and set the dates for the 2026 meetings each month.Trustees will hold their regular meetings on the third Monday of each month beginning at 6 p.m. If that Monday falls on a holiday, the meeting will be held on the...

Hearing set on manslaughter

Mike Mccormick Staff Writer
Wednesday, October 22, 2025
A Meeker man facing a first degree manslaughter charge after the vehicle he was driving was involved in a fatal multiple traffic collision in Lincoln County in late August has made an initial appearance and a further hearing has been scheduled.Michael Lee Angel Figueroa, 31, was charged in Lincoln...

Deferred sentence

Mike Mccormick Staff Writer
Wednesday, October 22, 2025
A Shawnee woman faces a felony count of driving while under the influence of alcohol following her arrest in Prague earlier this year has entered a guilty plea received a deferred sentence.Formal charges were filed Jan. 6, 2025 in Lincoln County District Court against Angelina Elaine Bell, 26.
Kaci Dennis, Communications Outreach Coordinator from CVEC (middle), stands with Chloe Gross from Chandler (left) and Addison Richardson from Prague at the 25th Annual Flag Retirement Ceremony on Oct. 14. The two students won CVEC’s annual flag essay contest in the middle school (Gross) and high school (Richardson) divisions. Photo/CVEC

Kaci Dennis, Communications Outreach Coordinator from CVEC (middle), stands with Chloe Gross from Chandler (left) and Addison Richardson from Prague at the 25th Annual Flag Retirement Ceremony on Oct. 14. The two students won CVEC’s annual flag essay contest in the middle school (Gross) and high school (Richardson) divisions. Photo/CVEC

Cross country state

News Staff
Wednesday, October 22, 2025
Lincoln and Pott counties will be well-represented at the state cross country meet at North Rock Creek on Saturday.The meet begins with Class 4A girls at 8:30 a.m., followed by 4A boys at 9 a.m.Class 2A girls will run at 10:30 a.m. and the boys at 11 a.m.Class A girls will run at 12:30 p.m. and the...

Chandler awards wastewater bid

Emily Kalka Staff Writer
Wednesday, October 22, 2025
The Chandler Municipal Authority awarded a bid to Orr Construction for the Wastewater Treatment Plant expansion at their regular meeting on Oct. 14.The bid was for about $3.88 million and was the lowest of the four received.
Ground has been broken at the new high school being built in Prague. See Page 2A for the full story. Photo/Kimberly Fleak

Ground has been broken at the new high school being built in Prague. See Page 2A for the full story. Photo/Kimberly Fleak

New Prague High School

News Staff
Wednesday, October 22, 2025
Lloyd Ray Cowger

Lloyd Ray Cowger

Lloyd Ray Cowger

News Staff
Wednesday, October 22, 2025
Lloyd Ray Cowger, 81, passed away peacefully in his sleep on October 13, 2025, in his home that he built in 1972. He was born on November 4, 1943, in Pasadena, California, and was adopted at three days old by his parents, Jesse and Zola Inez Cowger.
Connie L. Helfenbein

Connie L. Helfenbein

Connie L. Helfenbein

News Staff
Wednesday, October 22, 2025
Connie L. Helfenbein, 67, of Stillwater, passed away on Saturday, October 4, 2025, at the OSU Medical Center in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Funeral services were held at 1:00 p.m. on Tuesday, October 14, 2025, at the Strode Funeral Home Chapel. Interment followed in the Carney Cemetery.
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