Three trucks were involved in a chain reaction collision on US-169 and 4090 Road about 6 p.m. on Thursday evening. According to a witness, the red RAM 1500 truck (front) was northbound on US-169. The tan RAM 2500 truck was stopped in the median of US-169 waiting for a break to go south on 4090 Road. The tan [...]
By JOHN M. WYLIE II, Editor County and election officials were scrambling late Thursday to determine if Tuesday’s election on renewing the county’s penny road tax was valid. Voters approved the tax by a 58.22 margin with a 6.28 percent turnout. However, allegations arose Thursday that notice of the election had not been published as [...]
By JOHN M. WYLIE II, Editor A five-year extension of Rogers County’s penny sales tax for roads and bridges coasted to an easy victory Tuesday. The final unofficial vote was 1,887 yes and 1,354 no, a victory margin of 58 percent. The results showed the waning power of Claremore in countywide politics. The Claremore Daily [...]
Gnome land Garden gnomes litter the front of Oologah High School and a castle scene was placed by the front doors Monday as part of senior prank. “A few seniors left their mark on campus. But compared to the past it was in good taste,” Oologah superintendent Rob Armstrong said.
By CHRIS EDENS City Editor Four Mustang tennis players competed at state last weekend in Oklahoma City and Mark Ingram and Jacob Taylor took seventh in doubles. Ingram and Taylor won three matches and lost two in #2 Doubles. The pair beat Riverfield 6-4, 7-6 in the first round and then lost to Byng in the [...]
By CHRIS EDENS City Editor Oologah School Board members approved a price increase for school lunches at Monday night’s meeting. Lunches in the elementary buildings went up 40 cents and will now cost $2.50. Lunch at the middle school and high school will now cost students $2.60, an increase of 25 cents. Assistant superintendent Jerry [...]
By CHRIS EDENS City Editor Instead of a cat in a tree, Northwest firefighters rescued puppies from a pipe last weekend. Northwest received a call from a resident in a neighborhood near Oowala about 1:30 p.m. Saturday. They said three puppies were trapped in a drainage pipe. When Northwest arrived, they found threeLabradorpuppies about six [...]
Three trucks were involved in a chain reaction collision on US-169 and 4090 Road about 6 p.m. on Thursday evening. According to a witness, the red RAM 1500 truck (front) was northbound on US-169. The tan RAM 2500 truck was stopped in the median of US-169 waiting for a break to go south on 4090 Road. The tan [...]
By JOHN M. WYLIE II, Editor County and election officials were scrambling late Thursday to determine if Tuesday’s election on renewing the county’s penny road tax was valid. Voters approved the tax by a 58.22 margin with a 6.28 percent turnout. However, allegations arose Thursday that notice of the election had not been published as [...]
By JOHN M. WYLIE II, Editor A five-year extension of Rogers County’s penny sales tax for roads and bridges coasted to an easy victory Tuesday. The final unofficial vote was 1,887 yes and 1,354 no, a victory margin of 58 percent. The results showed the waning power of Claremore in countywide politics. The Claremore Daily [...]
Gnome land Garden gnomes litter the front of Oologah High School and a castle scene was placed by the front doors Monday as part of senior prank. “A few seniors left their mark on campus. But compared to the past it was in good taste,” Oologah superintendent Rob Armstrong said.
By CHRIS EDENS City Editor Four Mustang tennis players competed at state last weekend in Oklahoma City and Mark Ingram and Jacob Taylor took seventh in doubles. Ingram and Taylor won three matches and lost two in #2 Doubles. The pair beat Riverfield 6-4, 7-6 in the first round and then lost to Byng in the [...]
By CHRIS EDENS City Editor Oologah School Board members approved a price increase for school lunches at Monday night’s meeting. Lunches in the elementary buildings went up 40 cents and will now cost $2.50. Lunch at the middle school and high school will now cost students $2.60, an increase of 25 cents. Assistant superintendent Jerry [...]
By CHRIS EDENS City Editor Instead of a cat in a tree, Northwest firefighters rescued puppies from a pipe last weekend. Northwest received a call from a resident in a neighborhood near Oowala about 1:30 p.m. Saturday. They said three puppies were trapped in a drainage pipe. When Northwest arrived, they found threeLabradorpuppies about six [...]
By JOHN M. WYLIE II, Editor Rogers County voters will decide Tuesday whether to again renew the penny sales tax for county roads and bridges. The tax has been in effect since 1988 and voters have renewed it for five-year intervals ever since. County Commission Chairman Kirt Thacker said the results speak for themselves—almost all [...]
By JOHN M. WYLIE II, Editor Well-known Northwest Rogers County firefighter and training officer John Bortner was seriously injured in a motorcycle crash early Sunday morning on US 169 south of Talala. Oklahoma Highway Patrol Trooper Russell Stripling said Bortner, a 45-year-old Northwest firefighter who resides in Talala, was driving his 2003 Harley Davidson Motorcycle [...]
Northbound US-169 was restricted briefly on Friday morning after a power line was pulled down over the road. Northwest firefighters, ODOT and Verdigris Valley Electric Cooperative responded to the scene. VVEC crews removed the line.
