Sheriff’s Office Shop With A Cop

The Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office held its Shop With A Cop Thursday. Members of the department shopped with a family of three boys, ages 13, 10 and 7. The children got to pick out toys and clothes, as well as some groceries.

Stroud Masons donations

Above, Master Mason Eldon Gordon presents a check to Linda. Smith, president of the Stroud School Foundation, and Joe Shelhope, member of the Stroud School Foundation. The check is for $6,000, with $3,000 raised by the Parkview fall carnival and the Masonic Lodge matching it.

Contraband case to go to trial

A Chandler man has been bound over to stand trial on three felonies in July in connection with a Harrah man already in jail on a murder charge who was facing five additional felony counts.

Hearings continued for Sparks suspect

A preliminary hearing has been scheduled for a Sparks man facing three felony counts following his arrest by Lincoln County deputies. Brandon Allen Walker, 43, was formally charged in Lincoln County District Court on Oct.

Conference set in manslaughter mistrial

A status conference has been scheduled for a Tulsa woman charged with first degree manslaughter and multiple other felony offenses whose trial was declared a mistrial earlier this year and is to be retried.

Hearing continued in pursuit

A pre-preliminary hearing has been continued for a driver facing two felonies and a pair of misdemeanors following a pursuit that began in Meeker and ended in Chandler in Lincoln County. Joshua Wade Pleasant, 34, Shawnee, was formally charged in Lincoln County District Court on Aug.

Hearing waived in Stroud crash

The driver of a vehicle that struck and seriously injured a Stroud youth who was driving a motorcycle in July has waived his preliminary hearing.

Meeker sets election

TheMeekerTownBoard this week adopted a resolution calling for the election of the Town in 2023. The board also spent a brief time in two executive sessions before returning and approving pay increases for three employees.

Dale extends contract for school superintendent

Dale’s Board of Education has voted to extend the contract of its superintendent by a year beginning in July of 2023 and members also hired two new people. The board held a special meeting Dec.12 rather than on Dec. 5 due to illness of some members.

Lewis retires from OTA

Chandler resident Barry Lewis, shown at right with his wife, Demetra, retired after 31 years with the Oklahoma Turnpike Authority and was honored with a reception Sunday at the Route 66 Interpretive Center.