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BRIAN BLANSETT Staff column

BRIAN BLANSETT Staff column

Christmas chili

As I tip-toe into the new year, I have a list of things I’d like to see in the next 12 months. Here’s my list. Maybe you have one of your own. 1. A change of political heart throughout the country. If you are my age, you lived through and remember several dark periods of American history.
MIKE McCORMICK Staff Column

MIKE McCORMICK Staff Column

New Year’s Resolutions, 2024

While we have just started a new year, it’s taken me a little longer to jot down the resolutions for the coming 12 months. I’m hoping 2024 will be a good year, maybe a little better than 2023 and that I and our family will go through it without some of the challenges we faced the past 12 months.

Prague woman charged in rape

An 18-year-old Prague woman faces two felonies, one of them first degree rape, and another Prague woman has been charged with enabling child sexual abuse and child neglect. Taylor Jo Bittle was charged in Lincoln County District Court Dec.

One to trial, two arraigned

A jury trial has been scheduled for one of four persons from Wellston charged with child neglect and two others have been arraigned. The fourth is scheduled for arraignment later this month. The four were residing in the same residence with nine children at the time of their arrest.

Kingdom of Heaven

One of the first things that we make a big mistake in is to confess that Jesus died for our sins, and knowing this, we do not accept Him as Lord, so we go about claiming to be saved but not doing what He said.

Trial set in manslaughter

A bench trial for an Ada woman charged with first degree manslaughter, in the alternative second degree murder, has been scheduled. The original charges of first degree manslaughter and feloniously driving while under the influence of alcohol were filed in Lincoln County District Court on Apr.

Armory incident

The Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office took into custody over the weekend an individual who reportedly had barricaded himself in the National Guard Armory in Chandler. Sgt. Aaron Bennett, Public Information Officer for the Sheriff’s Office, said that at approximately 8:46 a..m.
Tyson Pittman, left, and Logan Hand watch with Wellston Gifted and Talented teacher Nicole Reeves as their robot completes its task of locating a Coca-Cola can, grasping it and depositing it in a container. Photo/Brian Blansett

Tyson Pittman, left, and Logan Hand watch with Wellston Gifted and Talented teacher Nicole Reeves as their robot completes its task of locating a Coca-Cola can, grasping it and depositing it in a container. Photo/Brian Blansett

2023 -Year in review

2023 was quite a year, with triumphs, tragedies and, sometimes, humor. Here’s a look back at the events of the year. - Several Lincoln County contestants completed in the International Finals Youth Rodeo that kicked off in early July at the Heart of Oklahoma Exposition Center in Shawnee.
Leo the Lion (senior Ashlee Beatty), the mascot for Chandler High School, dances on the sidelines during the Cheez-It Citrus Bowl half-time show in Orlando, Florida on Jan. 1. Beatty was one of 50 mascots from high schools across the United States selected for the All-American squad and invited to perform. Musician Gavin DeGraw was the guest performer during the show. Beatty is the first mascot from CHS to make All-American.

Leo the Lion (senior Ashlee Beatty), the mascot for Chandler High School, dances on the sidelines during the Cheez-It Citrus Bowl half-time show in Orlando, Florida on Jan. 1. Beatty was one of 50 mascots from high schools across the United States selected for the All-American squad and invited to perform. Musician Gavin DeGraw was the guest performer during the show. Beatty is the first mascot from CHS to make All-American.

Leo’s time to shine