NRC names students of the month

North Rock Creek has announced its students of the month for February.

Shawnee woman faces felony DUI

A Shawnee woman faces a felony count of driving while under the influence of alcohol following her arrest this month in Prague.Formal charges were filed Jan. 6, 2025 in Lincoln County District Court against Angelina Elaine Bell, 26.

Sports week in photos

Dale’s players signal their fourpeat in the fourth quarter of the Pirates’ state championship game with Pocola.

Area basketball

Positives to Daylight Savings

Daylight SavingsTime returned this past weekend. According to the calendar, we’ll have it until Nov. 2 when it goes back.Personally, I’m an ardent supporter of Daylight Savings Time and making it permanent in our state woul d be a good deal.However, there is a hitch.

Making sweet music to State

Area bands breezed through districts this week, with four high schools Chandler, Prague, Stroud and North Rock Creek -- heading to state.TheChandlerWindSymphony hopes to get a threepeat sweepstakes award this year.

Dispositional hearing set in lewd acts with minor case

A man charged with four counts of sex related actswithaminorandwho has pleaded innocent and was scheduled for trial this month, has been set for a dispositional hearing.Formal charges were filed July 26, 2023 in Lincoln County District Court against Bradley Jacobs, 20, address unknown.

Prague man to make 1st appearance in drug case

A Prague man facing a total of 10 felonies and one misdemeanor in two cases filed within 17 days of one another is scheduled to make his initial appearance today after a $250,000 bench warrant issued for his arrest was returned and filed recently.

Four in a row!

Dale High School’s Pirates captured their fourth straight state championship Saturday, overwhelming Pocola 60-20. The Pirates held Pocola to only seven points in the entire first half. Dale’s girls were looking for a repeat championship, but lost to Oklahoma Bible in the semifinals.