The BOE & School Officials Discuss The Budget
BY TATYANA NYBORG CONTRIBUTING WRITER Every month, Mannford school officials and the Board of Education meet to discuss and approve paying school bills. The agenda of each meeting is usually posted on the school website:www.mannford.k12.ok.us. Results of the 2015...
Sandy Path Of Life
Sandy (Welch) Thompson I don’t watch a lot of television. Well I say that, but I mean like REAL television. It’s usually limited to cartoons, a DVD that the girls want to watch over and over, or something else that is geared to the tiny folk in my house, not the...
Mannford Citations & Arrests
CITATIONS 11-10-2014 Medina, Jose; Mannford; Driving Under The Influence .08 Or Above; Transporting Open Container Of Beer; Driving Left Of Center; Failure To Display Current Tag; Operating A Mv Without A Valid Dl; Operating A Defective Vehicle 11-11-2014 Holmes,...
Mannford Players Sign To Play College Softball
Asea Webber, signed today to play softball for Oklahoma State University. This past season she made All Region, All State, Tulsa 7 All Conference along with Offensive Player of the Year. She is shown here signing with her parents, Kristie Gomez-Webber, Brandon Webber...
KCHS Veteran’s Appreciation Day
ATTENTION! KCHS’s 25th Vet’s Appreciation brought out several patriots to witness the reading of the names personnel and listen to retired Marine Staff Sgt. Richard Moss give a heartfelt speech about heroes of every kind and the legend of the Riderless Horse. Freedom...
Remembering JFK
C.L. Harmon It was an innocence protected by a thin pane of glass. It has blocked the winds of turmoil from blowing into a dream of Camelot that had become a nation of hope and pride. Yet only yards away that window had been raised by a hand of deceit. And amid the...
Hobby Helps Educate About WWII
BY C.L. HARMON, PUBLISHER So how did you end up here? This was my first question for Gordon Stewart. It’s not like there are a lot of Brits living in rural Oklahoma. Especially this area and so I thought it might be interesting to know the answer before moving on to...
DAM TIME: Keystone Dam Now Open
BY C.L. HARMON, PUBLISHER After 13 months and on the 50th anniversary of the Keystone Dam opening, the reopening celebration took place last Thursday. Spectators, Mannford school students, construction crews and dignitaries gathered in freezing winds atop the dam for...
Thanksgiving Roots Run Deep In American Culture
BY C.L. HARMON, PUBLISHER Did the Indians call themselves Redskins and toss around a pig skin with a group of pilgrims whose descendants would one day call themselves the New England Patriots......probably not. They probably did not stuff themselves and spend the day...
Mannford PD K-9 Gets Vest
The Mannford Police ans K-9 Officer Buddy has been awarded a ballistic vest thanks to a nonprofit organization, Vested Interest in K9s, Inc.,is a Massachusetts based nonprofit organization and Armor Express, a Michigan based manufacturer. An incentive program offered...
Dam Back On Schedule To Open Friday For Drivers
Nov. 13, 2014 Corps of Engineers announces ribbon cutting and 50th Anniversary celebration for Keystone Dam & Highway 151A Bridge reopening TULSA, Okla. — The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Tulsa District and the City of Mannford will mark the 50th...
Citations & Arrests For City Of Mannford 11-6-14
Citations & Arrests 11-6-14 CITATIONS 10-27-2014 Gentry, William E; Sand Springs; Speeding 16-20 Over 10-28-2014 Garrett, Darren Lee; Mannford; Speeding 1-10 Over 10-29-2014 Newcity, Vicki Renee; Cushing; Speeding 16-20 Over Weldon, Racynda Raye; Jet; Speeding...
Community Photos 11-6-14
Madison took her cow, Boom, to Kansas City and showed at the American Royal. She made She exhibited the reserve steer and made the premium the sale. Savana Childers (Left) showed a crossbreed lamb at the show as well. The Royal is a national livestock show with...
Cattle Rustler Gets Time
BY C.L. HARMON PUBLISHER Although the legal term is Knowingly Concealing Stolen Property, it is technically still just good old-fashioned cattle rustling.Whatever one may call it, it’s illegal and a Mannford man has been convicted of such a crime. Ricky Dale Bethel...
PT Physical Results Open House Today
Please stop by today between 3 & 6 p.m. and see our new facility located at 112 Evans Avenue in Mannford. We would love to show you around!
A Celebrity Citizen Walks Among Us
BY C.L. HARMON PUBLISHER While sitting at Dale Tate’s dining room table, he and I coined a new phrase Celebrity Citizen. It seemed appropriate after looking at his home office wall and seeing all the appreciation plaques and awards he has received over the years. He’s...
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Serial Thriller 62
Let the fun continue.! This is the 62nd installment of a continuing fictional story. Before each new segment, the last paragraph from the prior edition will be shown in quotations. “ Life is cruel and painful. I have loved many wives and children over the years and...
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