Recycling event in Wellston

The Oklahoma Turnpike Authority (OTA), the Oklahoma Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ), the Lincoln County Sherriff’s Office, the Town of Wellston, Keep Oklahoma Beautiful, and RTR Environmental will host a free recycling event at the Oklahoma Turnpike’s Wellston maintenance yard, located at...

Museum fund-raiser

Louella Herndon serves an Indian taco to Judy Mascho during the Lincoln County Historical Society fundraiser on Wednesday, June 2.

Area swimming pools opening soon

It’s summer time, and local swimming pools are opening. The Chandler public pool is currently closed, but they are hoping to open sometime in the next couple of days according to the city manager, James Melson. Once it opens, the hours will be Tuesday, Thursday and Sunday from 1 p.m. - 5 p.

GOLDEN ANNIVERSARY

The children and grandchildren of Michael and Gail (Brown) Walters would like to extend their love and best wishes upon their 50th Wedding Anniversary. The couple was married June 11, 1971. Their children are Steve and his wife Lacey and daughter Monica and her husband Tim.

Children invited to VBS

Children aged kindergarten through fourth grade are invited to “Rocky Railway” Vacation Bible School at First Christian Church in Chandler. The event will be 6-7:45 p.m., Monday, June 14, through Thursday, June 17.

Stroud preparing for SummerFest 2021

This is the Seventy-Second article in a semipermanent column for Stroud Arts that appears in the Stroud American. The mission of these articles is to inform, educate and inspire you, the reader, to Make Art Happen in your life and the life of our community. This Saturday, June 12, from 10 a.m.

Stroud Middle School: Honor Society, students of the month

Stroud Middle School - Oklahoma Middle School Honor Society Row 1 - Alena Cockrum, Jose Velasquez, Wyatt Ralston, Conner Wright, Peyton Lee, Brayden Davis, Sam Mccammon, Arlie Burke, Aiden Young, Brody Robinson, Trystan Baker, Izabellah Greene, Max Hoover Row 2 - Erin Sellers, Trinity Stewart,...

Meeker MS honor students named

Officials at Meeker Middle School released the honor rolls for the second semester of the 2020-2021 school year. The following students were on the Superintendent’s Honor Roll.

Cemetery conditions on Memorial Day

As we decorated graves at four different cemeteries Memorial Day weekend, I looked around and some of what I saw was really disappointing. Pat and I and her mother went to two cemeteries in Shawnee on Saturday afternoon.

Walk for the Warriors

Chandler Jr. High Student Council Walked for the Warriors in downtown Chandler on May 6, 2021, as they worked to raise funds to contribute to the Wounded Warriors Project. They raised $1,645.