Tournament of Champions

Dale’s Class 2A top-ranked Pirates came in third in the Tournament of Champions in Tulsa over the holidays. The Pirates bounced Nathan Hale, ranked 18th in Class 4A, by 25 points in the first round.

Movie wraps up in Chandler

150 years in prison

A Wellston man has been sentenced to 150 years in state prison for crimes against minors. Jason Wayne Womack, 41, was convicted by a Lincoln County jury in October and the jury recommended he spend 150 years in state prison.

Lincoln County Commissioners

Lincoln County commissioners this week reappointed Lee Doolen as their chairman and Marlin Miller as vice chairman. They also made several appointments and took no action on allowing the Sac and Fox Tribe to handle engineering of eight bridges.

Christmas chili

As I tip-toe into the new year, I have a list of things I’d like to see in the next 12 months. Here’s my list. Maybe you have one of your own. 1. A change of political heart throughout the country. If you are my age, you lived through and remember several dark periods of American history.

New Year’s Resolutions, 2024

While we have just started a new year, it’s taken me a little longer to jot down the resolutions for the coming 12 months. I’m hoping 2024 will be a good year, maybe a little better than 2023 and that I and our family will go through it without some of the challenges we faced the past 12 months.

Prague woman charged in rape

An 18-year-old Prague woman faces two felonies, one of them first degree rape, and another Prague woman has been charged with enabling child sexual abuse and child neglect. Taylor Jo Bittle was charged in Lincoln County District Court Dec.

Chandler Public Library activities

CARLA HALE Chandler Library There’s a lot going on at your Chandler Public Library.

One to trial, two arraigned

A jury trial has been scheduled for one of four persons from Wellston charged with child neglect and two others have been arraigned. The fourth is scheduled for arraignment later this month. The four were residing in the same residence with nine children at the time of their arrest.

Kingdom of Heaven

One of the first things that we make a big mistake in is to confess that Jesus died for our sins, and knowing this, we do not accept Him as Lord, so we go about claiming to be saved but not doing what He said.