Charles Lee Cox

Charles Lee Cox was born March 31, 1960 in Greeley, Co. to Tony and Theo (Morris) Cox. He died July 17, 2022 in Oklahoma City at the age of 62. He worked at Allied Roofing in Stroud for many years.

Erma Anderson

Erma Anderson, age 90, died July 15, 2022, surrounded by her family at her daughter, Anita, and son-in-law, Dondi’s home in Perkins, Okla. Erma was born on Oct. 17, 1931 in Cherryville, Miss. to Otto and Martha Pyatt. She met Ray Anderson and they married shortly after on Sept.

Jane Hefley Kaufman

Jane Hefley Kaufman of Carney, Okla. passed away July 10, 2022, at the age of 77. Jane was born Dec. 17, 1944, in Beloit, Kan., her parents were Lee and Irene Hefley. Jane grew up in Downs Kansas, attended school there until she graduated with her classmates in 1962.

Epic pays $600K to former Sen. Sharp

Former State Sen. Ron Sharp has been awarded $600,000 as a settlement in a suit with Epic Charter Schools. Sharp, during a recent interview since the award was announced, commented, “Epic did a very good job of destroying my integrity and reputation.

Griffin to be inducted in Hall of Fame

Former Guthrie and Chandler basketball coach Bob Griffin will be inducted into the Oklahoma Coaches Association Hall of Fame this weekend. The patriarch of a family of coaches, Griffin will be inducted at a banquet at the Southern Hills Marriott Hotel in Tulsa on Saturday night.

Wellston man faces felonies

Pre-preliminary hearings have been scheduled for a Wellston man facing a total of a dozen charges, among them four felonies, that were filed in two separate cases. They were filed within two weeks of one another.

Hearing aids

My phone rang on Friday and I nearly jumped out of my skin.

The power of a driver’s license

My wife Pat and I recently learned how important holding onto a driver’s license and keeping it current can be. Neither of us had thought about it much really. But we definitely learned something that hopefully we’ll never forget.

Town Talk

Stroud has many great things going on which always makes me appreciate our small town. I can tell I’m getting older because I find “old things” and tradition means more to me each day.

Fatal collision on turnpike

A Missouri woman died and another woman was injured in a traffic collision involving three vehicles early Tuesday on the Turner Turnpike west of Stroud, the Oklahoma Highway Patrol reported.