Dale Board of Education members have hired three new teachers and approved amending the calendar for the 2024-2025 school year. After spending about 30 minutes in executive session, board members returned to open meeting.

A Cushing man charged last December on a firearms count has waived his preliminary hearing, has pleaded guilty and been sentenced. Alfred John Saddington, 60, was charged in Lincoln County District Court Dec.

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The days of fumbling for change while speeding down Turner Turnpike are coming to an end. The toll road will be officially cashless on May 1, with the transition happening overnight, according to Joe Echelle, executive director of the Oklahoma Turnpike Authority.

A woman from Meeker and a Shawnee man, already charged with felony child abuse, now face additional felonies. One of the counts against the Meeker woman is for intimidation of witness.

Contests have developed in Lincoln County for three elected county positions in the June 18 primary election and one official has won another term without opposition. In Pottawatomie County, there will be three races for county positions in the primary election and one official also has won another four-year term when she was unopposed by the end of the filing period.

A Prague woman facing a single count of child neglect who waived her preliminary hearing and has pleaded not guilty. Her husband, Lou Earl Nelson, was charged with four felonies for alleged crimes against minors.

Aggravated assault and battery charges against three defendants have been dismissed. Michael Adam Norris, Joseph Daniel Dearmond and Jordan Sean Thomason, all Lincoln County Jail inmates at the time, were charged in Lincoln County District Court on Jan.

Apreliminary hearing has been scheduled forTexas man facing two drug-related felonies following his arrest by a Highway Patrol trooper on the Turner Turnpike in Lincoln County. Cheng Dong, 36, of Allen, Texas was formally charged in Lincoln County District Court Nov.

An arrest of a driver on the Turner Turnpike recently resulted in the seizure of 85 pounds of marijuana and a felony drug charge being filed. Formal charges of trafficking in illegal drugs were filed March 7 in Lincoln County District Court against Zeng Ling Wang, 49, of Frederick, Md.