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Election July 13

News Staff
Tuesday, June 29, 2021
Voters throughout Lincoln County will decide two propositions during a special election on Tuesday, July 13. Proposition 1 is for establishing a countywide ambulance service district and Proposition 2 is for construction of a new county jail.

Independence Day events

News Staff
Tuesday, June 29, 2021
It’s almost the Fourth of July weekend, and towns across Lincoln County are having events. Chandler will have a fireworks show at 10 p.m. at Bell Cow Lake on July 4. It will be put on by the Chandler Fire Department, and there is no cost.
Emma Janes

Emma Janes

Wellston seniors

News Staff
Tuesday, June 29, 2021
We switched the names on two photos in our package on Wellston seniors. Here are the corrected names and photos.

Pottawatomie County

News Staff
Tuesday, June 29, 2021
Marriages James Vernon Boise, Tecumseh, and Kimberly Dale Peterman, Moore. Katelyn Haley Creech and Candace Michelle Deer, both of McLoud. Anthony Allen Digregorio and Alyssa Rae Williams, both of Yukon. Tyler Shane Edwards and Kelsie Lynn Williams both of Blanchard.
Sweeping up Chandler

Sweeping up Chandler

Sweeping up Chandler

News Staff
Tuesday, June 22, 2021
Greg Huffman, Elizabeth Golliver and Kim Huffman, pictured at right, clean up dirt from Manvel Avenue during the Chandler Sweeps event last Thursday. On the bottom left, Ryan Sawatski and Sara Massie drive a golf cart and hand out water bottles to volunteers.
In the top photo is a memorial stone that the A Company Ace High 22/12 Calvary in the 1st Air Cavalry placed in the Route 66 Interpretive Center. Bob Gallagher and Donald Stewart are seen, on the bottom left, sitting together catching up. Doyle Miller, on the bottom right, is seen looking around at the various veterans and family members that came to the reunion. Photos/Lily Huff

In the top photo is a memorial stone that the A Company Ace High 22/12 Calvary in the 1st Air Cavalry placed in the Route 66 Interpretive Center. Bob Gallagher and Donald Stewart are seen, on the bottom left, sitting together catching up. Doyle Miller, on the bottom right, is seen looking around at the various veterans and family members that came to the reunion. Photos/Lily Huff

Gathering to remember

News Staff
Tuesday, June 22, 2021
Adorned with roses, ribbon and an American flag, the table was set for the guests that would never arrive. The table was set for the soldiers that died in Vietnam in the A Company Ace High 22/12 Cavalry in the First Air Cavalry in the 1970 tour.

10 more COVID cases in the counties

News Staff
Tuesday, June 22, 2021
The number of new cases in Pottawatomie and Lincoln Counties attributed to COVID-19 has risen by only 10, Oklahoma State Department of Health figures show. No new deaths have occurred in either county since the last report, according to the OSDH.

Hearings set for Stroud pair in abuse case

News Staff
Tuesday, June 22, 2021
Pre-preliminary hearings have been scheduled for a Stroud couple charged with abuse and enabling abuse of their three children, but the woman reportedly was a victim of domestic violence herself. Vernon James Reinhardt, Jr.

Dale hires new employees

News Staff
Tuesday, June 22, 2021
The Dale Board of Education Monday evening hired three new support staff employees and appointed a custodian and co-custodian of two funds. Acting School Sup. Ky Wilkins said Jeanna Hartman was hired as the new high school secretary.

CIC holds bean dinner

News Staff
Tuesday, June 22, 2021
The Citizens for the Improvement of Chandler are having a bean dinner fundraiser at 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. on Friday, June 25. The cost is $8 per person, and you can purchase tickets by contacting a C.I.C. officer or member, or you can purchase tickets at the door.
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