Lincoln County News

BRIAN BLANSETT

BRIAN BLANSETT

Cold weather

I came back to the house Monday after driving to the newspaper office and thought: “That’s weird. It looks like the trash can is smoking.” Turns out, it was smoking. About an hour earlier, I had cleaned out the fireplace ashes and tossed a plastic sack of them into the trash can.
MIKE McCORMICK

MIKE McCORMICK

Worrisome school trends

I saw and read last Friday where a student showed up at a Middle School in Oklahoma City with a weapon and fired it in the bathroom of the facility. Thank goodness no one was injured, but the school was on a lockdown for awhile.

Town Talk

Don and Ta at GiGi’s donuts are back from vacation and the donut shop is once again open for business. I don’t know how Stroud made it without a donut shop for as long as we did, before GiGi’s opened. Everyone was missing their morning donuts but no worries, the donuts are back!

Wellston woman injured in crash

A three-vehicle traffic collision on SH 66 west of Wellston injured a Wellston woman after she was pinned for nearly 30 minutes. State Trooper Conner Fryrear identified the injured woman as Andrea M. Clardy, 37.

Arrests made in burglaries

Lincoln County Sheriff’s deputies have arrested several individuals reportedly connected with recent burglaries in a couple of different cases. In one, several driver’s licenses, Social Security cards and credit cards were confiscated. Some of those allegedly involved face multiple charges.

Chandler Council approves sub-division plat

The Chandler City Council approved the final plat for Phase One of the Chandler Meadows subdivision at their monthly meeting on Jan. 1, among other items. The first phase has about 59 lots, though the entire subdivision, when finished, will have 240 homes, according to City Manager Jason Orr.
Downtown Chandler looked like Minnesota for a while on Sunday as snow flakes fell and gravel trucks and blades moved through. See the article on Page 2A. Photo/Brian Blansett

Downtown Chandler looked like Minnesota for a while on Sunday as snow flakes fell and gravel trucks and blades moved through. See the article on Page 2A. Photo/Brian Blansett

THE BIG CHILL

Sgt. Aaron Bennett. Photo/Brian Blansett

Sgt. Aaron Bennett. Photo/Brian Blansett

Resource officers: Building trust

It takes a unique person to be a school resource officer, according to Sgt. Aaron Bennett with the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office. Bennett has been the SRO at Chandler Schools since fall 2019.
Alison Kay Rye

Alison Kay Rye

Alison Kay Rye

Surrounded by family, AlisonKayRyewent to be with the Lord, Sunday, December 31, 2023 after being diagnosed with InfluenzaA. She was 59 years old. Alison was born July 18, 1964 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma to the late Benny and Francis Benson.
Randall Dwight Thompson

Randall Dwight Thompson

Randall Dwight Thompson

Long time resident, Randall Dwight Thompson passed from this life on January 4, 2024, at his home in Agra, Oklahoma. His care has been entrusted to Palmer Marler Funeral Homein Cushing. Randy was born on November 27, 1968, in Agra, Oklahoma, to parents Carl and Linda (Hubbard) Thompson.