An inmate was allegedly caught carrying methamphetamine into the Canadian County Jail when the drugs were revealed by the sheriff’s new full-body scanner.
Christina Dawn Beck a/k/a Yarber, 44, was charged Jan. 19 in Canadian County District Court with bringing contraband into jail. The felony crime is punishable by one to five years in state prison and/or a $100 to $1,000 fine.
As Congress rolls out its latest theatrical production concerning the “debt ceiling,” the same old lines from the same old script are enjoying new life.
New York Magazine’s Jonathan Chait calls Republican noises about perhaps not just automatically supporting increased government borrowing “extortion” and a “blatant violation of democratic legitimacy” (because, as you no doubt learned in junior high civics class, even entertaining the idea of not voting in favor of Jonathan Chait’s priorities is forbidden by the U.S. Constitution).
Wake for Frankie Jo Shortman will be held Wednesday, Feb. 8 from 7 to 9 p.m., with funeral services set for Thursday at 1 p.m. Both services will be at the Concho Emergency Response Center with Rev. Victor Cope officiating.
Burial will be in the Concho Cemetery under the direction of Huber-Benson Funeral Home.
Frankie of Balch Springs, Texas, died Jan. 28, 2023, at Parkland Memorial Hospital in Dallas, Texas. She was born June 18, 1967, in Clinton.
She graduated in 1985 from Sequoyah High School in Tahlequah, as valedictorian that year.
Pro-life Oklahomans are invited to come to the state Capitol in Oklahoma City Feb. 8 to urge elected officials to support life.
The program will include the invocation by Archbishop Paul Coakley, recognition of attending legislators by Speaker of the House Charles McCall and Senate President Pro Tempore Greg Treat, remarks by Attorney General Gentner Drummond, Lt. Gov. Matt Pinnell and Sen. Julie Daniels, a video message from Gov. Kevin Stitt, and the benediction by Dr. Vern Charette of First Baptist Church of Coweta.
STILLWATER – Traditional in-ground beds, raised beds and ceramic/plastic pot gardens are mainstay gardening methods, but grow bags add another dimension to this popular pastime.
LAWSUITS
First Investors Servicing Corporation vs. Maryah Blanton for $9,716.02 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.
Arvest Bank vs. Ross Haxton for $4,142.85 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.
American Express National Bank vs. Kalin Dyer and Speech Heart Service for $3,657.89 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.
Bank of America N.A. vs. Christina Birdsley for $4,884.18 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.
It took two periods to shake off the rust of a long break but El Reno High School’s boys basketball team did just what it needed to do in its final game before reporting date for playoff seedings – win and in a convincing fashion.
El Reno used a 26-5 run in the third period to pull away from a pesky Noble team for a 68-36 victory. The win, the third in a row, moved the Indians to 3-2 in the Suburban Conference standings.
Other than a tie early in the second period, El Reno High School’s girls basketball team held a comfortable lead over the Noble Bears and rolled to a 54-38 victory in the first action in 13 days due to winter weather.
The win pushed El Reno to 4-1 in the Suburban Conference standings and keeps Jennifer Douglas’ team in a tie for second place.
Darlington School’s girls basketball team will be making its 12th straight trip to the Oklahoma Rural Elementary Schools state tournament after winning the West Division III title with a 40-15 win over Maple.
The Chiefs open state Thursday at Shawnee, with tipoff set for 8 p.m.
Darlington School’s boys basketball team is headed back to the Oklahoma Rural Elementary Schools state tournament for a 10th straight season after winning the West Division III title with a 40-13 win over Oak Grove.
The Chiefs have won six state titles in a row and eight overall and open the 2023 run Thursday in Shawnee at 2 p.m.
