Wellston clips Kansans

The Wellston Tigers ran up more than a quarter of a mile in total offense and took a 46- 34 win from Life Prep Academy in Wichita, Kan., last week. The win lifts the Tigers’ record to 2-5 for the season. Wellston got out to an early lead, thanks to four touchdown passes.

The week in photos

There was a lot of variety at the area high school games Thursday night. Top, McLoud junior Coby Cardin (7) is sworn into the National Guard prior to the Redskins’ game with Anadarko.Photo/Rick Hester.

Chris Henry Eulberg

Chris Henry Eulberg was born in Upland, Calif., and at an early age his family moved to Oklahoma. He was raised on a farm in Grant County, Okla. He lost his father at age four but had his older brother Floyd to lean on.

Steve Wayne Smith

Steve Wayne Smith was born November 14, 1956 in Oklahoma City to Billy and Mildred (Cope) Smith. He passed away October 17, 2021 in Edmond at the age of 64. Steve grew up in Wellston where he attended school graduating with the class of 1975.

Linda Jean Tillison

Linda Jean Tillison of Oklahoma City was born November 18, 1959, in Oklahoma City. She died Tuesday, October 12, 2021, in Oklahoma City at the age of 61 years. Tillison, the daughter of Robert Junior and Myrtle (Cochran) Hart, married Richard Tillison on May 8, 1981, in Oklahoma City.

Gary Wayne Smith

Gary Wayne “Buddy” Smith of Agra was born October 16, 1940, in Cushing, Okla. He died Friday, October 15, 2021, at the age of 80 years. Smith, a 1958 graduate of Ponca City High School, earned an associates degree in auto mechanics at Oklahoma State University Institute of Technology in Okmulgee.

Lois Lorene Sprague

Lois Lorene (Hancock) Sprague of Chandler was born the youngest of five children on February 5, 1931, in Wewoka, Okla. She died Thursday, October 14, 2021, at the age of 90 years. Sprague, the daughter of Emmit and Hattie Hancock, married Euell Sprague on June 7, 1952, in Shawnee, Okla.

Pumpkins on display in Agra

WillaJean McEntire poses with her pumpkin display at her house on the south side of Agra. It’s an annual thing she does, and this year it includes a 200-pounder she got at the annual pumpkin festival at Floydada, Texas, northeast of Lubbock. Photo/Brian Blansett

More COVID deaths

The number of COVID-19 deaths in Pottawatomie and Lincoln Counties rose by only three compared to 16 a week ago, but the new positive cases increased by more than 750, the most recent Oklahoma State Department of Health figures show.

Meeker Town Board meets on administrator

Meeker’s Town Board this week spent nearly an hour in executive session discussing the Town Administrator’s position before entering back into open meeting and voting to take it up again in a special meeting at 7 p.m. this evening.