Hearing set in kidnapping

A preliminary hearing is scheduled next month for a man charged with two felonies, including kidnapping for extortion and robbery with a weapon. Formal charges of kidnapping for extortion and robbery with a weapon were filed in Lincoln County District Court on Nov.

Commissioners

Lincoln County commissioners voted this week on the salaries of elected officials. County Commission Chairman Lee Doolen explained following the meeting, “We voted to use a formula passed by the Legislature within the past two or three years.

Dale School Board sets transfer policy

The Dale Board of Education Monday evening approved a student transfer policy to be in compliance with a new state law that takes effect Jan. 1. Acting School Supt. Ky Wilkins advised the board, “Every school must adopt a student transfer policy setting a number which is our capacity.

Charges filed in credit card spree

Lincoln County officers arrested a woman after she allegedly stole money and a purse and used a stolen debit card to purchase merchandise and products. A felony charge of Pattern of Criminal Offenses was formally filed Nov.

School board filing opens

The three-day filing period for school board offices opened Monday morning and closed Wednesday evening. Those who have filed for offices in Lincoln County through Tuesday afternoon include: Each is for Office No. 2 and a five-year term unless otherwise noted. Agra: Kyle A. Wolff, incumbent.

Hart inducted into collegiate honor society

Chloe Hart of Chandler was recently initiated into The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi, the nation’s oldest and most selective all-discipline collegiate honor society. Hart was initiated at Oklahoma State University in Stillwater.

Fines waived for food donations

The Chandler Public Library is having a food drive. Bring non-perishable food items to the library from now until Jan. 14, 2022. Fines will be waived for previously returned overdue books or for overdue books returned along with the food items. This does not apply to lost book fees.

Ocean front property

It seems such an innocent time, now. It was a Saturday night and the Pokes had just beaten OU in Bedlam football and were going to the Big XII Championship game and, we thought, perhaps to the college football playoffs.

Editorial

A week before Thanksgiving, Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt commuted the death sentence of Julius Jones. The commutation came hours before Jones was scheduled to be executed for a 1999 murder.

Remembering Pearl Harbor

This past Tuesday marked the 80th anniversary of the infamous bombing of Pearl Harbor by the Japanese. On that Sunday morning in 1941, Japanese planes unleashed a bombardment, killing and injuring thousands of American military personnel and many civilians.