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Tax assessment period begins

The Lincoln County Assessor’s office will begin taking exemption applications and personal property assessments on Monday, Jan. 4, 2021, according to Assessor Jackie Holcomb. The annual exemption and assessment period will continue until March 15, 2021.

McLoud City Council

McLoud City Council members have adopted a resolution of a notice of election for the coming year. The terms of three of the Council members come to an end in 2021. City Manager Buck Day said they include Ward 3 Councilman Daniel McClure Jr.

McLoud man gets 57 months on automatic weapons charge

A McLoud man who was arrested and charged last summer with unlawfully possessing a fully automatic weapon has been handed a federal prison sentence. Christopher Steven Ledbetter, 29, of McLoud, was arrested June 4 by FBI agents in Oklahoma City.

‘A Savior has been born’

In those days Caesar Augustus issued a decree that a census should be taken of the entire Roman world. (This was the first census that took place while Quirinius was governor of Syria.) And everyone went to their own town to register.
Christmas cheer

Christmas cheer

Christmas cheer

Chandler was bursting with Christmas spirit over the weekend. Above, Felicia Ballard serves Christmas dinner to Khristal and Randy McLeod at the Open Doors Ministry Christmas event at Douglass Community Center.
COVID vaccine

COVID vaccine

COVID vaccine

Joan Walters receives the first Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine in Lincoln County last week. An RN and Stroud Regional Medical Center’s infection control practitioner Joan Walters, RN, was one of 56 health care professionals who received the vaccine from the Lincoln County Health Department.
Meeker STEM award recipients

Meeker STEM award recipients

Meeker STEM award recipients

Meeker students recently received awards for excellence in STEM.

Lincoln County

Marriage Licenses Jacob Paul Bond and Cheyenne Nichole Lively, both of Agra. Jay Christopher Storie and Alexis Marie Grammer, both of Chandler. Joseph David Taranovich and Valerie Dawn Cheatham, both of Davenport. Civil Cases C.D. a minor, and Charlette Easter Vs.
COVID-19 vaccine: Coming soon

COVID-19 vaccine: Coming soon

COVID-19 vaccine: Coming soon

The initial shipment of vaccine to combat the COVID-19 Pandemic is expected to arrive in Oklahoma between now and Dec. 14 and area health care workers are among those who will receive vaccinations in Phase 1.
Christmas parades

Christmas parades

Christmas parades

Maddie Gregory, center, and the Chandler High School band were among the parade participants at the annual parade in Chandler Saturday. The parade is sponsored by the Chandler Chamber of Commerce and was one of three Christmas parades in the country.