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North Rock Creek Middle School recently released its students of the month. From left, they are eighth-graders Piper Reece and Westin Setzer and seventh-graders Mattie Rogers and Eli Nemecek.

North Rock Creek Middle School recently released its students of the month. From left, they are eighth-graders Piper Reece and Westin Setzer and seventh-graders Mattie Rogers and Eli Nemecek.

NRC Students of Month

Game Warden Jacob Harriet stands along Highway 18, where wild hogs have rooted up the right of way in search of food in January. Photo/Brian Blansett

Game Warden Jacob Harriet stands along Highway 18, where wild hogs have rooted up the right of way in search of food in January. Photo/Brian Blansett

Looking back at 2022

We’re taking a look over our shoulders at the last 12 months. A lot of interesting things happened in that time, and we’ll review them over the next three weeks.
Adam Panter

Adam Panter

Panter gets full term

Pottawatomie and Lincoln County District Attorney Adam Panter has been notified by Gov. Kevin Stitt that he officially has been appointed to serve the four-year term of the late David Hammer.
Sheriff’s Office Shop With A Cop

Sheriff’s Office Shop With A Cop

Sheriff’s Office Shop With A Cop

The Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office held its Shop With A Cop Thursday. Members of the department shopped with a family of three boys, ages 13, 10 and 7. The children got to pick out toys and clothes, as well as some groceries.

Contraband case to go to trial

A Chandler man has been bound over to stand trial on three felonies in July in connection with a Harrah man already in jail on a murder charge who was facing five additional felony counts.

Hearings continued for Sparks suspect

A preliminary hearing has been scheduled for a Sparks man facing three felony counts following his arrest by Lincoln County deputies. Brandon Allen Walker, 43, was formally charged in Lincoln County District Court on Oct.

Hearing continued in pursuit

A pre-preliminary hearing has been continued for a driver facing two felonies and a pair of misdemeanors following a pursuit that began in Meeker and ended in Chandler in Lincoln County. Joshua Wade Pleasant, 34, Shawnee, was formally charged in Lincoln County District Court on Aug.

Hearing waived in Stroud crash

The driver of a vehicle that struck and seriously injured a Stroud youth who was driving a motorcycle in July has waived his preliminary hearing.

Meeker sets election

TheMeekerTownBoard this week adopted a resolution calling for the election of the Town in 2023. The board also spent a brief time in two executive sessions before returning and approving pay increases for three employees.

Dale extends contract for school superintendent

Dale’s Board of Education has voted to extend the contract of its superintendent by a year beginning in July of 2023 and members also hired two new people. The board held a special meeting Dec.12 rather than on Dec. 5 due to illness of some members.