It’s your year, really

To every football fan willing to compete, it’s almost that time of year again.Before we know it, it’ll be time to draft our teams for the 2024-25 season.The league commissioner sets up every detail of the fantasy season as each competitor bickers to them about their preferences.Once the dust...

Good friends and good times

Last weekend my wife Pat and I journeyed down to our place at Lake Eufaula.It was only the second time for us to go there for the weekend this year.

Letter to the editor

To the editor: On my way back from Shawnee one evening last week, I stopped in Meeker at a convenience store.Well, I locked my pickup doors with the keys still inside.Told the store clerk of my dilemma and she called the Meeker Police Department.

Hearing set in turnpike drug case

A preliminary hearing has been scheduled for a driver on the Turner Turnpike who was arrested and charged as the result of the seizure of 85 pounds of marijuana.Formal charges of trafficking in illegal drugs were filed March 7 t his year in Lincoln County District Court against Zeng Ling Wang, 49,...

Meeker hires new personnel

Meeker Board of Education members recently hired four new personnel for the 2024-2025 school year and voted to approve two forms for nutrition that will allow all students attending Meeker schools this year to have free breakfasts and lunches.Without going into executive session, the board members...

HOSA students win big at conference

Students in Gordan Cooper Technology Center’s Practical Nursing and Health Career program recently competed and placed in the HOSA International Leadership Conference in Houston, according to the center.Gordon Cooper had eight gold medalists, two silver medalists, and three bronze medalists at the...

Tryon man faces felony

A Tryon man is facing a felony firearms charge after what has been described as a reported “gun battle” between him and another individual.Cary Cline, 61, was formally charged in Lincoln County District Court July 12 this year with possession of firearm after former felony conviction.He appeared...

Manslaughter charge

A Texas man who faces a manslaughter charge is scheduled to make his initial appearance in August.A formal charge of first degree manslaughter was filed March 22 this year in Lincoln County District Court against Travis Smith, 46, of Dallas, Texas.A $100,000 bench warrant was issued for his...

Bendele wins titles

Sandy Bendele from Chandler recently won world champion in Amateur Select Ranch Trail and Amateur Ranch Horse classes with her horse, Playboys Shining, at the World Championship Horse Show, also known as the Palamino World Show, held on the Illinois Fairgrounds in Springfield, Illinois, on July...

Texas driver faces charge

A driver from Texas was recently stopped and arrested on the Turner Turnpike and faces a felony drug count after 62 pounds of marijuana were seized.Xuejin Yan, 28, of League City, Texas was formally charged in Lincoln County District Court on July 12 with trafficking in illegal drugs.He appeared...