December 2024

Kristi Lynn Thomas Jeffrey was born in Crane, Texas, on Jan. 23, 1969, to Robert “Bob” Thomas and Marlene Fails Thomas. The baby of the family was welcomed to the world by sisters, Karen and Caroline (KK), and brother, Jay.Like most families in Crane, they were there for the oil in the ground.

Services for Janet J. (Crownover) Girard of Oklahoma City will be held at 10 a.m. Friday, Dec. 6 at El Reno Wesley United Methodist Church with Rev. Scott Keneda and Rev. Cydni Tillery officiating.

Services for Gilbert “Sonny” Lamebull III will be held at 11 a.m. Friday, Dec. 6 at the Concho Emergency Response Center with Revs. Sam and Ruby Horse officiating.

A celebration of life service for Lonnie Paul Mathews II will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 14 at Red Rock Methodist Church in Calumet with Rev. Mary Irby officiating. Services are under the direction of Turner Funeral Home, Hinton.Lonnie passed away Nov. 28, 2024, at his home in Calumet.

The new Fitness Court in Adams Park will be dedicated with a ribbon-cutting ceremony on Thursday.The Fitness Court was funded through a grant secured by the Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes.Raven Bramlett, Healthy Lifestyle Program Specialist with the C&A, said the ribbon-cutting ceremony will be at 10...

There’s a lot of Christmas spirit happening at the Centre Theatre. And it all culminates with the Centre Theatre for the Arts production of A Christmas Story.

Hunter Booth and Eric Melton spent their week off from school for the Thanksgiving holiday by selling punch and some of their extra toys.The young entrepreneurs said they made over $100 in the first four days of their efforts. 

There are 86 missing Indigenous persons in Oklahoma, according to data from the National Missing and Unidentified Persons Systems.At a Nov. 20 House Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Interior, Environment and Related Agencies hearing, Appropriations Chairman Rep. Tom Cole (R-Moore)...

The group Oklahoma United is calling for abolishing our state’s primary election system and replacing it with a “jungle primary” in which the top two candidates proceed to the November general election ballot regardless of party.