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State Sen. Grant Green, R-Wellston, signs his oath of office on Statehood Day at the Capitol.

State Sen. Grant Green, R-Wellston, signs his oath of office on Statehood Day at the Capitol.

Green signs oath of office

News Staff
Thursday, December 8, 2022

Commissioners adopt sales tax resolution

News Staff
Thursday, December 8, 2022
Lincoln County commissioners this week adopted a resolution and election proclamation calling for renewal of the one cent county sales tax to be put on the Feb. 14, 2023 ballot. Commissioners, during their Nov. 21 meeting, voted 2-1 for the election and to change some of the ballot language.

Murder defendant pleads to five unrelated charges

News Staff
Thursday, December 8, 2022
A man awaiting a jury trial on a first degree murder complaint has pleaded guilty to five additional felonies in another case and drawn five prison terms to run concurrently with one another. Cole Berginer Guy, 19 at the time, and now 20, was formally charged Feb.
Many of the communities in Lincoln County had their Christmas parades and celebrations Saturday evening. Beckett Jackson and Blake McLain from Wellston, above, took advantage of the photo booth in the Lincoln County Courthouse during Chandler’s festival. Holding the frame for them is Justin Kelley. For photos from the Stroud parade, please see Page 5A. For photos from the Chandler parade, see Page 6A. Photo/Brian Blansett

Many of the communities in Lincoln County had their Christmas parades and celebrations Saturday evening. Beckett Jackson and Blake McLain from Wellston, above, took advantage of the photo booth in the Lincoln County Courthouse during Chandler’s festival. Holding the frame for them is Justin Kelley. For photos from the Stroud parade, please see Page 5A. For photos from the Chandler parade, see Page 6A. Photo/Brian Blansett

Christmas cheer!

News Staff
Thursday, December 8, 2022

Hearings on sex charges

News Staff
Tuesday, November 29, 2022
Preliminary hearings have been scheduled for a Shawnee man facing a total of nine-related sex charges with minor. Five felony charges of lewd or indecent acts to a child were originally filed Aug. 25 in Lincoln County District Court against Danny Ray Weeks, Jr., 52, of Shawnee.

Bench warrant issued

News Staff
Tuesday, November 29, 2022
A bench warrant has been issued for a man who failed to make his initial appearance on Nov. 3 on two felony counts. Joseph Sean Young, 54, was arrested by Lincoln County law enforcement officers on Sep. 11 and formally charged Sep.

Hearing continued on strangulation charges

News Staff
Tuesday, November 29, 2022
A pre-preliminary hearing has been continued until next month for a Wellston man, facing a new felony andamisdemeanorafterhis arrest by Lincoln County deputies. Aformal felony charge of domestic abuse by strangulation or attempted strangulation was filed in Lincoln County District Court on Oct.

Hearing continued in Stroud collision

News Staff
Tuesday, November 29, 2022
A pre-preliminary hearing has been continued again for the driver of a vehicle that struck and seriously injured a Stroud youth who was driving a motorcycle in July. The 15-year-old Stroud youth, who has not been identified due to his age, was taken to St.

Fatal crash in county

News Staff
Tuesday, November 29, 2022
A woman from Jennings died the day after Thanksgiving in a traffic collision on U.S. 177 south of Carney in Lincoln County. State Trooper Chad Pape identified the woman who died as Teresa Jennings, 64.
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