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Commissioner Lee Denney resigns

After serving three years in an appointed commissioner seat, Lee Denney handed in a letter of resignation on Monday, March 21, following the conjunctive meetings of the Cushing Board of Commissioners, Trustees of the Cushing Industrial and Hospital Authority, and Cushing Municipal Authority.

Cushing School Board candidate forum

Seat three of the Cushing Public Schools Board of Education will be on the Tuesday April 4 ballot and voters will have a choice between incumbent Trudy Evans or Brian Zwanziger to fill the position.
Sen. Joe Newhouse, R-Tulsa, joins Cushing High School junior, Betty Borakova, who served as a page for the Senate during the sixth week of the legislative session from March 13-16.

Sen. Joe Newhouse, R-Tulsa, joins Cushing High School junior, Betty Borakova, who served as a page for the Senate during the sixth week of the legislative session from March 13-16.

Cushing High School junior serves as Senate page

Cushing High School junior, Betty Borakova, has completed a week of service as a page for Sen. Joe Newhouse, R-Tulsa. Betty served at the Capitol during the sixth week of session from March 13-16. Paging gives high school students a behindthe- scenes look at the legislative process.

Sunshine Week:

Open records and meetings foster better government As Oklahoma’s Attorney General, I have made it a top priority to aggressively enforce the Open Records and Open Meetings Acts across state government.
Photos by Allie Prater

Photos by Allie Prater

The Mid South: the race for a hug

“We are not here for a bike race,” Mid South director and owner of District Bicycles in Downtown Stillwater, Bobby Wintle said to the crowd of cyclists at the start line Saturday morning.
Payne County Arrests

Payne County Arrests

Payne County Arrests

The following arrests were made between February 26, 2023 – March 5, 2023.. All individuals are innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.

Barn Fire in Yale

Yale Volunteer Fire Department members were dispatched to a fire on March 10 around 9 p.m. and cleared the scene around 1 a.m. on March 11, according to a verbal report from Yale Fire Chief Josh Robinson.
Growth coming (with luck) to Shamrock

Growth coming (with luck) to Shamrock

Growth coming (with luck) to Shamrock

The three leaves of a shamrock is often said to stand for faith, hope, and love — in the rare case of a fourth leaf, luck also comes in. These are the foundations on which Old Shamrock was created and the direction to which New Shamrock hopes to go once again.

Bulletin Board

Cushing, Drumright, Yale, Agra, Mannford, Oilton, Olive, Ripley… If your school, church, club, sports team, association, organization or non-profit group is holding an event, fundraiser, or even just a regular meeting, let us know so we can let everyone else know.