Stroud powerlifters at state

Davenport Chamber Banquet March 20

Davenport Chamber of Commerce will hold its annual banquet at 6 p.m. March 20 in the fellowship hall of the First Baptist Church. Tickets are on sale in advance for $20 and may be bought at Central Oklahoma Telephone Company’s office in Davenport.

Beware selfies

Voters in Lincoln County are reminded to keep the integrity of the election system in mind, when going to the polls next week.

Town Talk

When you and your husband had your first child and then every conversation after that was about that child, do you remember saying to your spouse, “What did we talk about before this baby?” Well, that’s how I feel about Project Bugle Boy.

Cell phones

We live in a technological world. I get that. It seems technological advances are moving so quickly it’s mind boggling to people like me. Someone asked me several years ago what we did before we had cell phones. He was a person in his 60s and he is a person I’d consider tech savvy.

Charges filed in shooting near Wellston

A Midwest City man, who already has been convicted of at least 18 felonies, faces three more following a Lincoln County shooting near Wellston last month that injured a person. Casey Mac Wilson, 42, was formally charged in Lincoln County District Court on Feb.

Hearings set on charges of running roadblocks

A pre-preliminary hearing has been scheduled for a driver facing two felonies for running a pair of roadblocks. Joshua Wade Pleasant, 34, Shawnee, was formally charged in Lincoln County District Court on Aug. 1 with two felony counts of running a roadblock.

Hearing set in Meeker case

A Meeker man charged for an incident about 1½ years has made his initial appearance and a hearing has been scheduled. Charles Lee Green, 67, was formally charged Feb.

Weeks to stand trial

A Shawnee man facing more than 30 felony charges of sex-related crimes with minors has been bound over to stand trial and his arraignment has been set. The 34 felony charges were formally filed in Pottawatomie County District Court on Dec. 15, 2022 against Danny Ray Weeks, Jr., 52.

Kingdom of Heaven

At one time I never thought anything about it if I sneezed, and someone would say bless you. Later after I learned what being blessed meant I would get aggravated because I knew they did not know what it meant to be blessed. Today I have changed.