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A 39-year-old Sayre man is being held in the Beckham County Detention Center on a $15,000 bond for larceny of an automobile and third-degree burglary.

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Well, this school year is a wrap! Let the summer fun begin! But, if possible, please hurry and get it over with because I am not a fan of summer and the heat that comes withit! Isittoosoontosay that I am ready for fall?

The Elk City School Board met on May 13 for their final meeting of the 2024.

Western Technology Center campuses recently recognized students at the Year-End Awards Assemblies for student commitment with Outstanding Attitude, Outstanding Student, and Perfect Attendance Awards. A total of 199 spring quarterly perfect attendance awards were distributed and 13 students earned Perfect Attendance for the Year Awards. The following students earned Outstanding for the Year Awards. WTC is committed to “educating people for success”!

The Christian Church was crowded to capacity for the Memorial Day Service. A parade was headed by the Elk City Band followed by American Legion members in uniform and several organizations represented with floats and decorated cars. The American Legion float was a cemetery scene in Flanders Field with its twenty-four white crosses and a Red Cross nurse scattering flowers on the graves. The United Daughters of the Confederacy, the KKK and the American Legion Auxiliary were also represented. Following the service, the firing squad fired a salute over the graves at the cemetery and taps were sounded. All ex-soldiers’ graves were decorated.

MISDEMEANORS

A 35-year-old Sayre woman has been charged with child neglect after testing positive for drugs when giving birth, according to court documents.

From May 9-19, an epic Western sports extravaganza will take over the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex, set to award nearly $5 million across three marquee events.

For the Birds

STILLWATER, Okla. – Oklahoma State University Extension and the Oklahoma Pecan Growers Association will host the 2024 Oklahoma Pecan Growers Conference, Trade Show and Field Day May 30 through June 1.

STILLWATER, Okla. – Oklahoma State University Extension specialists are available this week for Zoom interviews on the following topics related to tornado recovery efforts.