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Camryn Nickel, SWOSU Student Senate

Camryn Nickel, SWOSU Student Senate

Washita County graduates elected to Student Senate

News Staff
Wednesday, September 9, 2020
Southwestern Oklahoma State University students recently elected senators to represent the student body during the 2020-21 academic year on the Weatherford and Sayre campuses. 2020 Cordell High School graduate Camryn Nickel and 2020 Sentinel High School graduate Taelor Pruitt were among those...

Garden tips for September

News Staff
Wednesday, September 9, 2020
Landscape Watch for fall specials at garden centers and nurseries since fall is a great time for planting many ornamentals. Choose spring flowering bulbs as soon as available.

News From Quartz Mountain

News Staff
Wednesday, September 9, 2020
Lake Altus-Lugert is now holding steady in lake level. In the last week, with the irrigation canal shut off, the limited Inflow nearly matched evaporation losses.

SH-55 closes in Rocky in Washita County Wednesday

News Staff
Wednesday, September 9, 2020
The Oklahoma Department of Transportation has advised that east and westbound SH-55 will be closed between US-183 and Elm St. in Rocky in Washita County from 7 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Wednesday September 9th for repairs to the railroad crossing by Grainbelt Railroad.

Local COVID-19 Update

Mike Mccormick Reporter
Wednesday, September 9, 2020
The number of people in Washita County testing positive for COVID-19 stands at 43 and that’s an increase of only six in the last 2 ½ weeks. These are the numbers as provided by the Oklahoma State Health Department through Monday of this week.
Now That’s A Big Fish!

Now That’s A Big Fish!

Now That’s A Big Fish!

News Staff
Wednesday, September 9, 2020
Brady Reimer of Cordell, son of Mike and Amanda Reimer, caught and immediately released this enormous fish on the lower Illinois River near the Tenkiller dam. He wasn’t able to get an official weight, but most agree that it would weigh in at between thirty and forty pounds. Good job Brady!
Executive Director Brent Morey, CADC and Al Newman, Director of Judah House Food Bank and Thee Thrift Store.

Executive Director Brent Morey, CADC and Al Newman, Director of Judah House Food Bank and Thee Thrift Store.

Judah House Food Bank receives donation

News Staff
Wednesday, September 9, 2020
Community Action Development Corporation, with headquarters in Frederick, OK recently donated $3,000.00 to the Judah House Food Bank.
Richard Horne, Vice President of Canadian Gun Gran Prix, presents a medal to Ken Kliewer on April 18, 2018 in Cookstown, Ontario, Canada. Kliewer won Marksman Division in his first international Air Pistol competition.

Richard Horne, Vice President of Canadian Gun Gran Prix, presents a medal to Ken Kliewer on April 18, 2018 in Cookstown, Ontario, Canada. Kliewer won Marksman Division in his first international Air Pistol competition.

Cordell Native Wins Gold at Michigan Summer Games

Mike Mccormick Reporter
Wednesday, September 9, 2020
Ken Kliewer’s interest in shooting began when he was in the upper elementary grades in Cordell schools. “My older brother Butch would take me out hunting. He’s four years older and I was about a sixth grader.
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