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Remembering quail hunting

News Staff

Tuesday, January 3, 2023

Sunday marked the beginning of a new year, 2023. In reflecting on what some New Year’s Days used to be like when I growing up, I began to think about some of those when I was a teenager. From the time I was around 13 or so, and we had a bird dog, dad and I spent a lot of them quail hunting.

Town Talk

News Staff

Tuesday, January 3, 2023

Happy New Year to each of you from Town Talk volunteers. The new year is here and things in our community are back in full swing. School is back in session as of yesterday (Wednesday). Additional activities taking place this week are Hospital Development Authority at 7 a.m.

Kingdom of Heaven

News Staff

Tuesday, January 3, 2023

One thing Jesus has been doing is teaching us how to enter the kingdom of heaven. No man can go there because of their ways. Jesus taught us how to get away from the mind that destroys us. The New Testament shows so many things.

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Unrelated: Arrest made in previous arsons

News Staff

Tuesday, January 3, 2023

A Stroud man faces six felony charges accusing him of setting wildfires in Lincoln County over a period of nearly a year. Two counts of second degree arson and four counts of third degree arson were formally filed Dec. 28 in Lincoln County District Court against Chad Michael Hutson, 48.

A drone view of a large grass fire that burned west of the Sac & Fox headquarters on Thursday. Photo/provided by Lincoln County Emergency Management

Grass fire dangers

News Staff

Tuesday, January 3, 2023

Firefighters from eight different fire departments along with Lincoln County Emergency Management responded to a wildfire last week between Davenport and Stroud. Cody McDonell, Deputy Director of Lincoln County Emergency Management, said the first call came in around 1 p.m.

Dale boys: Champions of champions

News Staff

Tuesday, January 3, 2023

When the final buzzer sounded in the finals of the Tournament of Champions Championship in Tulsa, the Dale Pirates had accomplished something that hadn’t been done in more than 43 years. The Pirates became the first small school since 1978 to win the tournament, defeating Tulsa Memorial 59-52.

Editorial

News Staff

Tuesday, December 27, 2022

The recent appointment of current District Attorney Adam Panter to serve a four-year term as DA of Lincoln and Pottawatomie Counties signals a continuation of turning that office around and getting it fixed.

An un-crazy Christmas

News Staff

Tuesday, December 27, 2022

Christmas is always full of laughs and craziness in my family. This year was a lot calmer and pretty quiet. We started the morning showing Charlee and Tillie that Santa ate the cookies and drank the milk they left out for him. Then we moved on to opening gifts.

Expen$ive dog

News Staff

Tuesday, December 27, 2022

Two weeks ago Saturday morning, I was going to put in my hearing aids before coming to the office for a few hours. Curious thing, though. The charger for the aids on the kitchen was knocked on its side and the aid for my left ear was a few inches away.

New Year’s resolutions

News Staff

Tuesday, December 27, 2022

We’ve arrived at that time of year once more to jot down the resolutions for the coming 12 months. I’m curious to see what 2023 will bring us.

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