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.
BULLETIN 9 p.m. Wednesday, May 8–Oologah-Talala Superintendent Rob Armstrong tonight confirmed that server problems involving testing contractor CBT/McGraw Hill today again distrupted standardized tests for district students. “It has reared its ugly head again. It is the same thing that happened last week,” he said. “it was just as difficult as last week.” It was [...]
Reighly Blakley of the Oologah FFA Chapter earned first-place honors in the Oklahoma FFA Specialty Crop Production Proficiency Award area during the 87th Oklahoma FFA Convention on May 1. Blakley developed an interest in herbs at a very young age in her family’s greenhouse, she said. At age 5, she could identify almost all of [...]
By CHRIS EDENS, City Editor Oologah’s soccer season ended Friday with a 6-2 loss to Poteau. The Mustangs lost to the #1 team in 4A in the second round of playoffs. “Poteau is a good team. We didn’t play our best Friday, but the guys battled their tails off all night,” Oologah head coach Chase [...]
Guest Editorial By TOMMY DYER I’ve been helping folks enjoy the good life in Rogers County and the surrounding area for more than 50 years—20 as a homebuilder and more than 30 as owner of Inola’s primary real estate agency. I’ve learned a lot from my customers over the years. They don’t just want a [...]
By CHRIS EDENS, City Editor Team Warhorse has declared their rookie robotics season a success. The Oologah High School robotics team returned from nationals last week fired up and ready to compete again next year. Oologah battled for three days inside the Edward Jones Dome inSt. Louis. “It was amazing. It was an overwhelming experience [...]
