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  • The Oologah Class of 2012 leaves Mustang Stadium Saturday night after receiving their diplomas.

    winds can’t ruffle Oologah graduates

    By CHRIS EDENS City Editor The Oologah Class of 2012 crossed the stage at Mustang Stadium Saturday night and left as graduates. The bleachers were packed with family and friends. The seniors entered the stadium to the traditional “Pomp and Circumstance” by the Oologah band. High school principal Robert Schornick opened the ceremony with a [...]

  • Anderson vies for county clerk

    Anderson vies for county clerk

    Robin Anderson is challenging Kit Kelley for Rogers County Clerk. The two Republican candidates will face off in the June 26 primary election. Incumbent county clerk Peggy Armstrong is retiring. Andersondescribes herself as true conservative Christian. She currently serves as the Rogers County Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) officer. Anderson said she’s been directly involved [...]

  • Lake ready for Memorial Day weekend

    Lake ready for Memorial Day weekend

    All the campsites and the beach are open at Oologah Lake in time for the big Memorial Day weekend. Most of the campsites with electrical service are already occupied or reserved, but nice non-electrical sites are available in most of the Corps campgrounds. Day use areas are all open. Redbud Marina will also be open [...]

  • Neighbors take gun range to court

    Neighbors take gun range to court

    By CHRIS EDENS, City Editor Copyright 2012 Oologah Lake Leader LLC A judge on Tuesday heard neighbors complain of stray bullets hitting their property and testimony from the head of the county zoning commission that she felt she was in a “semi hostile environment” while inspecting the business. Rogers County District Judge Dynda Post listened [...]

  • Phillip Hixon and Bill Biard have been nominated to the Will Rogers Memorial Commission.

    Biard, Hixon named to WRMC

    Hammett House owner Bill Biard and Owasso attorney Phillip D. Hixon have been nominated to two vacancies on the Will Rogers Memorial Commission. They were to be on the agenda for committee approval Tuesday afternoon at the Oklahoma State Capitol. Recommended by State Senator Sean Burrage, the nominations require Senate approval. Baird, who with his wife, [...]

  • Enter Kids Fishing Derby now

    Enter Kids Fishing Derby now

    Have Fun! Catch Fish! Learn about Water Safety! It’s FREE! Meet National Fishing Pros Edwin Evers and Terry Butcher! Oologah Lake 2012 Kids Fishing Derby Day Saturday, June 2 Oologah Lake Project Office Highway 88 on the Oologah side of the Dam Registration begins at 8:30 am Fishing Derby and Safety Booths 9 – 11 [...]

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The Oologah Class of 2012 leaves Mustang Stadium Saturday night after receiving their diplomas.

winds can’t ruffle Oologah graduates

[ 0 ] May 23, 2012

By CHRIS EDENS City Editor The Oologah Class of 2012 crossed the stage at Mustang Stadium Saturday night and left as graduates. The bleachers were packed with family and friends. The seniors entered the stadium to the traditional “Pomp and Circumstance” by the Oologah band. High school principal Robert Schornick opened the ceremony with a [...]

Anderson vies for county clerk

Anderson vies for county clerk

[ 0 ] May 23, 2012

Robin Anderson is challenging Kit Kelley for Rogers County Clerk. The two Republican candidates will face off in the June 26 primary election. Incumbent county clerk Peggy Armstrong is retiring. Andersondescribes herself as true conservative Christian. She currently serves as the Rogers County Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) officer. Anderson said she’s been directly involved [...]

Lake ready for Memorial Day weekend

Lake ready for Memorial Day weekend

[ 0 ] May 23, 2012

All the campsites and the beach are open at Oologah Lake in time for the big Memorial Day weekend. Most of the campsites with electrical service are already occupied or reserved, but nice non-electrical sites are available in most of the Corps campgrounds. Day use areas are all open. Redbud Marina will also be open [...]

Neighbors take gun range to court

Neighbors take gun range to court

[ 1 ] May 23, 2012

By CHRIS EDENS, City Editor Copyright 2012 Oologah Lake Leader LLC A judge on Tuesday heard neighbors complain of stray bullets hitting their property and testimony from the head of the county zoning commission that she felt she was in a “semi hostile environment” while inspecting the business. Rogers County District Judge Dynda Post listened [...]

Phillip Hixon and Bill Biard have been nominated to the Will Rogers Memorial Commission.

Biard, Hixon named to WRMC

[ 0 ] May 21, 2012

Hammett House owner Bill Biard and Owasso attorney Phillip D. Hixon have been nominated to two vacancies on the Will Rogers Memorial Commission. They were to be on the agenda for committee approval Tuesday afternoon at the Oklahoma State Capitol. Recommended by State Senator Sean Burrage, the nominations require Senate approval. Baird, who with his wife, [...]

Enter Kids Fishing Derby now

Enter Kids Fishing Derby now

[ 0 ] May 17, 2012

Have Fun! Catch Fish! Learn about Water Safety! It’s FREE! Meet National Fishing Pros Edwin Evers and Terry Butcher! Oologah Lake 2012 Kids Fishing Derby Day Saturday, June 2 Oologah Lake Project Office Highway 88 on the Oologah side of the Dam Registration begins at 8:30 am Fishing Derby and Safety Booths 9 – 11 [...]

Oologah High School students Mark Ingram, (from left) Seth Aston and Eli Hammond won state championships in Stillwater May 5 at the Technology Student Association state conference. Aston and Trent Sturdivan (not pictured) took first in Structural Engineering. Ingram, Aston and Hammond won the championship in the Technology Bowl. Oologah had three second place and three third place finishes and top ten finishes in 14 different events. Oologah TSA instructor Danny Pruett was inducted into the TSA Hall of Fame.

TSA students win state championships

[ 0 ] May 16, 2012
Oologah pinch runner Dustin Teenor fights his way into third base last Thursday in the Mustangs win over Weatherford at the state tournament at Shawnee. Oologah lost in the semi finals to top ranked Berryhill.

Mustangs fall in state baseball semis

[ 0 ] May 16, 2012

By CHRIS EDENS City Editor Oologah came up two games short in a quest for a state baseball championship last week. The Mustangs beat Weatherford in the first round of the state tournament atShawneeand lost to Berryhill in the semi-finals. First year head coach Kerry Hallman led the Mustangs to a 30-10 record and a [...]

Kevin Ferrier

Police pursue pizza patron

[ 0 ] May 16, 2012

By CHRIS EDENS City Editor An arrest warrant has been issued for a man who exposed himself at Team Pizza in Oologah, but police haven’t been able to locate him. Kevin Ferrier, 21, was caught on video April 17 walking into the restaurant completely naked. He fondled himself in front of store manager Kim Gentry [...]

Lisa Rader and Jim Deaton

OHS gets new coach, assistant principal

[ 0 ] May 16, 2012

By CHRIS EDENS City Editor Oologah School Board members hired a new assistant high school principal and a new boy’s varsity basketball coach Monday night. Lisa Rader will be the new assistant principal at the high school. Current assistant principal Gary Ellis has accepted the principal’s job atCowetaHigh School. Rader has been the Curriculum and [...]