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State Game Warden Jacob Harriet, who is assigned to Lincoln County, stands in a field where wild hogs have uprooted a portion of a crop in the Sparks area. Harriet and State Game Warden Mike France, assigned to Pottawatomie County, indicate numbers of wild hogs are increasing across both counties. Photo/Brian Blansett

State Game Warden Jacob Harriet, who is assigned to Lincoln County, stands in a field where wild hogs have uprooted a portion of a crop in the Sparks area. Harriet and State Game Warden Mike France, assigned to Pottawatomie County, indicate numbers of wild hogs are increasing across both counties. Photo/Brian Blansett

Wild hog damage

News Staff
Tuesday, April 9, 2024
Wild hogs in Lincoln and Pottawatomie counties are increasing and continue to root up land and destroy crops, according to a couple of area state game wardens.Jacob Harriet, a game warden assigned to Lincoln County who also assists in Pottawatomie County, said, “they are just steadily rising.
Emi McGuire

Emi McGuire

Rotary students of the month announced

News Staff
Wednesday, April 3, 2024
Emi McGuire and Braxton Estes have been named student Rotarians of the Month for April.Emi McGuire is the daughter of Bruce and Niki Mc-Guire.After graduating, McGuire will attend Oklahoma Baptist University to obtain a bachelor’s degree in Exercise Science with a Pre-Allied Health Emphasis.

Warrant issued in embezzlement

News Staff
Wednesday, April 3, 2024
A $500,000 bench warrant has been issued for the arrest of a construction company owner who has been charged with embezzlement.

School elections

News Staff
Wednesday, April 3, 2024
Voters in four school districts inside Lincoln County decided Board of Education races in Tuesday’s General School Election and one of those also had a bond proposition.Voters in a fifth school district inside the county helped decide a bond proposal.
Burglary charge related to fire

Burglary charge related to fire

Burglary charge related to fire

News Staff
Wednesday, April 3, 2024
A Stroud man who admitted he and another individual were inside a building when it went up in flames last October has been charged with burglary.Formal charges of second degree burglary were filed in Lincoln County District Court March 26 against Joshuah Dylan Standley, 33.

Identities released in fatal house fire

News Staff
Wednesday, April 3, 2024
The two bodies discovered inside a house in Stroud nearly a week after it burned in early March of 2023 have been identified, Stroud Police Chief Clint Gaylord confirmed this week.

Grow house defendant set for trial

News Staff
Wednesday, April 3, 2024
A Prague man who earlier was bound over on several felonies stemming from a reported crime spree he went on following a reported armed burglary he and a Shawnee man allegedly committed last October has been set for the felony disposition docket and scheduled for trial.

Federal indictment on gun charges

News Staff
Wednesday, April 3, 2024
A defendant already charged in Lincoln County with two felonies and a misdemeanor has been indicted by a federal grand jury.Jameel Rasheed Wilkins, 37, was indicted last week on firearms and ammunition charges. Currently he sits in the Lincoln County Jail in Chandler.

Driver pleaeds guilty in pursuit

News Staff
Wednesday, April 3, 2024
A driver who led law enforcement officers in a high speed pursuit that reportedly started in Perkins and ended at the Dale Middle School has pleaded not guilty.The pursuit went partially through a local farmer’s wheat field.The driver, identified as Roderick David Pope, Jr.
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