Suspect in food stamp fraud back in court

A Chandler woman who is charged with obtaining food stamps by fraud has been ordered to return to court next month. A $10,000 bench warrant that was issued for Valerie Marie Cox, 47, the same day she was charged, was returned and filed in July.

Lincoln County

Marriage Licenses Thomas Scott Bond and Lou Ann Sample, both of Meeker. Judah Charles Wood and Amy S. Johnson, both of Prague. Probates In the Matter of the Probate of Will for Dwayne Burton Hoppes.

Pottawatomie County

Marriage Licenses Dewayne Edward Obermeyer and Tammy Louise Ballard, both of McLoud. Antonio Frederick McDonald and Crystal Louise Reed, both of Meeker. Collace Wayne Baird Jr. and Dawn Michelle Lytle, both of Shawnee. Glenn Earl Sponseller and Sharon Faye Bowden, both of Shawnee.

Return of the Pottawatomie Co. Fair

It was good to see the Pottawatomie County Free Fair return last week after sitting out a year due to COVID-19. Lincoln County held its annual fair the previous week, although it still held a fair last year as well.

Letter to the editor

Dear Editor, Gone are the days when I could pick up a newspaper and find 15-20 ads for garage sales and make my plans as to where to go. Now, people put them on Facebook and if you’re not Facebook friends, you don’t get that information. Even if you have an ad, you can still put it on Facebook.

Meeker panel: No excessive force

A Review Board has determined a Meeker Police officer did not use excessive force as he was attempting to take a driver into custody during an incident on Saturday night of Labor Day weekend.

Homecoming Queens

Demi Manning, left, was crowned the 2021 Prague Homecoming Queen Friday night. Macy Buoy, above, was crowed queen at North Rock Creek’s first ever high school homecoming. 

Letters to the editor

A Letter from a Meeker Citizen, Early in the week, when I heard of the firing of Meeker’s Town Administrator, Dickie Walton, I imagined all kinds of misdeeds on his part. As I learned from The Lincoln County News today, there were no charges of any kind leveled against Walton.

Letters to the editor

Dear Editor: This letter is just to make a few comments about the recent firing of the Meeker City Manager by the town board on August 25th as reported in the newspaper on September 2. First I would like to commend Dickie Walton for his nearly four years of public service to the town of Meeker.