THE BEACON BRIEFS

Cashion Woman Tased and Arrested After Fleeing Police Debra Hamil, a 65-yearold woman, was arrested in Cashion after refusing to sign a ticket for a broken taillight and then fleeing police. After a four-minute chase, she stopped and then apparently resisted arrest and assaulted the officers.

Seven Generations Of Family In Western Oklahoma

This is an enhanced version of a note I wrote to one of my granddaughters on the eve of her wedding this past June.

Council To Step Up Pressure On Owner Of Dilapidated Building

The New Cordell City Council deferred taking any formal action with regard to the dilapidated building at 106 S. College Street in Cordell during their regular meeting Monday, Aug. 5, 2019.

State Election Board Urges Voters To Respond To Confirmation Notices

This past spring, more than 181,000 Address Confirmation Notices were mailed to certain Oklahoma voters, as required by law. Nearly two months later, more than 134,000 notices remain outstanding, state election officials said today.

Cordell Football Meet The Players Set For Aug. 15

The time has come for Cordell football’s annual Meet the Players and pie auction event. The festivities will kick off at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday, Aug. 15, at the Cordell football stadium. Attendees will have the opportunity to bid on pies, which will then be smashed into the various players’ faces.

Masks, Modern & Music In Colony Aug. 17

On August 17, 2019, Colony Community in Action, L.L.C., will host a preview exhibition of works to be displayed at The Sovereignty Symposium 2020 by Oklahoma Artists, Patrick Riley and Jim VanDeman. The exhibition will be held from 2:00-4:00 pm in the Kauger Building in downtown Colony, Oklahoma.

Did Lobbying Efforts Influence Spending On School Panic Button?

A $3 million taxpayer-funded program will soon give schools across the state access to a relatively untested “panic button” app that can alert authorities and staff if there is an active shooter, fire or emergency in the school.

Retirement Shouldn’t Mean Poverty

Vivian Majors spent her life cleaning houses while her husband, Martin, worked as a carpenter. Their bodies broke down in their 60s. Martin now lives in a nursing home and has Parkinson’s disease. Vivian, now 71, lives on her own and ekes by on a $960 in social security, plus $50 in food stamps.

Supporting Open and Responsive Government Act

A bipartisan team of senators on July 23 introduced a bill to repair a gaping hole created by the U.S. Supreme Court in June that keeps food stamp payments to retailers secret. The Open and Responsive Government Act, S 2220, is offered by Sens.

We Live In A Deeply Divided America

At 6:14am on Saturday July 27th President Trump tweeted: Rep, Elijah Cummings has been a brutal bully, shouting and screaming at the great men & women of Border Patrol about conditions at the Southern Border, when actually his Baltimore district is FAR WORSE and more dangerous.