Valerie Fariss honored for longtime support of SWOSU athletics

SWOSU Athletic Hall of Fame member and longtime supporter Valerie Fariss has been selected to receive the Cecil Perkins Service Award for the year 2025.

Local graduation dates and times announced

The tassels are ready to turn; the caps are ready to fly. As the school year draws to a close, high schools across Washita County are preparing to celebrate the Class of 2025.

Cordell Schools hires new Superintendent; approves contracts for other personnel

Cordell Schools Board of Education has selected Sam uel Belcher as the new Superintendent. Belcher will officially begin his duties on July 1st. He is currently the High School Principal at Calumet, and was previously Superintendent at Mountain View-Gotebo.

Now is a good time to understand

April is Alcohol Awareness Month - time to raise awareness and understanding of alcohol use and misuse. There are 488 deaths each day in the U.S. due to excessive alcohol use, or more than 178,000 per year. That’s enough to fill the Rose Bowl twice.

2025 HONOR GRADUATES

DESTINY BARBERValedictorian Destiny Barber is the daughter of Kari Johnson. Destiny plans to attend SWOSU with a major in Mathematics Education.ValedictorianGEORGIA WILLINGHAMValedictorian Georgia Willingham is the daughter of Tanner and Alicia Holt and Doug and Shannon Willingham.

COMMUNITY UNITY DAY IS SATURDAY!

The Washita County Coalition is excited to host Community Unity Day, a special event supporting local families. This event, which includes a Community Baby Shower, Resource Fair, and Drug Take-Back initiative, will take place on April 26, 2025, at the Washita County Activity Center in Cordell.

DID YOU KNOW?

The World Cancer Research Fund reports that skin cancer is the seventeenth most common cancer across the globe. The United States, Germany and the United Kingdom had the highest number of skin cancer cases in 2022, and the U.S.

Cordell Memorial Hospital

April showers are here, and we are all welcoming the much needed rain. The days are getting a little warmer and we look forward to being outside.We continually monitor the measle cases in Oklahoma, with no cases reported in Washita County.

Oklahoma 529: Celebrating 25 years helping Oklahoma families achieve education savings goals

For 25 years, Oklahoma families have been using Oklahoma 529 to save for their children’s education.

ROCKY RESIDENTS ELECT NEW TRUSTEES AT BIENNIAL MEETING

Two new trustees were elected and sworn in at the April 01, 2025 Biennial Meeting Jeannie Giambalvo was elected to fill the two-year unexpired term that expires in 2027. Wes Currier was elected to fill a four-year term that expires in 2029.