Fatal shooting near Prague

A shooting recently in Lincoln County near Prague resulted in the death of a 35-year-old man, the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation has reported. The OSBI this week identified the deceased as Joshua Seaton.

Dale board of education meeting

Dale Board of Education members this week were provided revenue figures comparing September of this year with the same month in 2021 and approved updated transfer capacity numbers. School Supt. Will Jones reviewed with the board revenue comparisons of September 2021 and September 2022.

Hearings scheduled for additional charges

A preliminary hearing has been scheduled on five additional felonies for a Harrah man who was already awaiting a jury trial on a first degree murder complaint. Cole Berginer Guy, 19 at the time, and now 20, was formally charged Feb.

Lankford makes stop in Chandler

U.S. Sen. James Lankford, center, stopped at Hite Drug in Chandler on Tuesday for a meeting about Tricare, which is the Department of Defense health insurance program for almost 10 million current and retired military members and their dependents.

Chop shop update

A Prague woman charged with harboring a fugitive in an alleged chop shop has made an initial appearance and also has a court date on two other related charges. Whitney Kristine Harrison, 34, made her initial appearance on the harboring count on Sep. 29.

Lessons learned

Just before the clock hit midnight on Wednesday, I wrapped up my seventh decade on earth. I was asleep and didn’t take much note of the event, but that’s the way with birthdays. You don’t have to recognize them or participate or even be awake for them. They happen anyway.

Mourning the loss of officers

The recent deaths and injuries to several law enforcement officers in the Oklahoma City metro area is a stark reminder of how dangerous their jobs are. Though one death was to an officer off-duty, it doesn’t lessen the danger. She reportedly had just gotten off of work.

Hearing continued in Meeker chase, collision

A preliminary hearing was started recently and will continue later for a Shawnee man who faces two felony charges and three misdemeanor counts following a pursuit that reached a speed of nearly 100 miles an hour and striking a vehicle head-on, critically injuring the woman who was driving.

18-year-old charged in rape case

An 18-year-old faces first and second degree rape charges following his arrest recently by Lincoln County deputies. Formal charges were filed in Lincoln County District Court Sep. 1 against Luke Anthony Myers, whose address is listed as Stillwater.

Chandler man in court on marijuana charge

A Chandler man facing three felony charges related to trafficking, cultivation and maintaining a place for keeping and selling illegal drugs had made his initial appearance and a pre-preliminary hearing has been set.