News

Guess Where?

Guess Where?

Guess Where?

News Staff
Tuesday, December 29, 2020
How well do you know Washita County? Here’s a partial photo of something pretty recognizable. HINT: This photo was taken in Burns Flat. Guess what it is and where it was taken. Send your guess to us at editor@cordellbeacon.com or call us at 580-832-3333.
Send in your best photo of your most colorful or creative face mask for a chance to win a prize sponsored by West Okie Boutique. COURTESY PHOTO

Send in your best photo of your most colorful or creative face mask for a chance to win a prize sponsored by West Okie Boutique. COURTESY PHOTO

Send us photos of your creative or cool masks

News Staff
Tuesday, December 29, 2020
It’s now mandatory to wear a mask in Cordell, per city ordinance. Why not take advantage of that and win a prize sponsored by West Okie Boutique? This is your final chance to enter the Cordell Beacon’s December photo contest on creative and cool face masks. Show us what you have.
Gabby Giblet

Gabby Giblet

Giblet named to state’s Student Advisory Council

Staff Report
Tuesday, December 29, 2020
State Superintendent of Public Instruction Joy Hofmeister has named 97 Oklahoma high school students to her 2021 Student Advisory Council, the sixth consecutive year the group has been convened to assist Hofmeister and the Oklahoma State Department of Education in matters of policy.
Rachel Jones

Rachel Jones

‘I THINK IT’S BEAUTIFUL’

Thomas R. Martinez Editor@cordellbeacon.com
Tuesday, December 29, 2020
After more than 20 years away from her hometown, Rachel Jones is back and ready to make a difference. Jones returned to Cordell to open Wookies Tattoo and Body Piercing, which she had been running in Mannsville until earlier this month. Her new Cordell location will be at 210 E. First.
Kelsey Thompson, a COVID-19 nurse with the Oklahoma State Department of Health, gives a vaccination shot to Charlie Sappington at Baptist Village Monday afternoon. Sappington said he wasn’t worried about receiving the COVID-19 vaccine. Thompson said Cordell first responders also were scheduled to receive the shot on Monday. PHOTO BY THOMAS R. MARTINEZ

Kelsey Thompson, a COVID-19 nurse with the Oklahoma State Department of Health, gives a vaccination shot to Charlie Sappington at Baptist Village Monday afternoon. Sappington said he wasn’t worried about receiving the COVID-19 vaccine. Thompson said Cordell first responders also were scheduled to receive the shot on Monday. PHOTO BY THOMAS R. MARTINEZ

County’s virus numbers keep rising

Mike Mccormick Reporter
Tuesday, December 29, 2020
The Oklahoma State Department of Health reports that Washita County’s number of people testing positive for COVID-19 jumped again some throughout the past week. The total number testing positive in the county is now 738. It was 660 a week ago, an increase of 78 over last week.
Subscribe to