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Elk City Fire Department honors 9/11 fallen in OKC Memorial Climb

The Elk City Commissioners met for their regular monthly meeting Tuesday evening instead of Monday due to the Labor Day holiday, at 7 p.m., in City Hall. Mayor Cory Spieker opened the meeting with the invocation, and Rod Carver led the flag salute. All commissioners were present, along with City Manager Tom Ivester and City Treasurer Jennifer Rainey.

A 31-year-old Carter man is being held in the Beckham County Detention Center on a $250,000 bond.

Elk City Varsity Elkettes bested Woodward Boomers 2023 4-2 on Tuesday.

Sayre Varsity Defeat Watonga

Both teams were strong in the circle on Monday, but JH Lady Tigers was just a little bit stronger at the plate in their 2-1 victory over Merritt Oilerettes JH. Cali Blankenship started the game for Merritt Oilerettes JH and recorded 12 outs.

Coffee Month

In addition to some great competition, the crowd of almost 400 newborns to 80 year olds enjoyed a 'Meet & Greet' with the racers on the front stretch. For over 30 minutes during the intermission, kids and adults collected candy, sponsor swag, t-shirts and autographs from their favorite drivers. The event was a huge success as we saw lots of big smiles from fans and teams alike. RESULTS: Clinton, Oklahoma's Robert Elliott dominated the 20 lap, Sooner Ltd. Modified Series feature. Starting on the pole in front of 18 entries, Elliott drove the #09 into the lead at the drop of the green flag and never relinquished the position, finishing 1.4 seconds ahead of 2nd place Austin Bonner. A veteran racer with numerous wins and thousands of laps under his belt, this was Robert's 2nd victory at Elk City Motorsports Park since the track reopened last year. In addition to his success with this regional series, Elliott also sits 5th in USRA Ltd. Mod. championship points out of 47 competitors at the track. After a string of bad luck earlier in the season, Crawford, Oklahoma's Adam Pearson is on a roll in the ECMP Factory Stock division. Right at the start, Pearson charged into the lead from his 2nd place starting position and had to fight off Altus's #3L, Chris Linares (finished 2nd) and Elk City's Darren Stehr (3rd place) late in the race to snag his 2nd win of the year at ECMP. The victory is Adam's 2nd in a row after another hard fought win on Aug.18th. After9events,Adamcurrently sits 4th (out of 60 racers) in the ECMP Factory Stock championship points. In the USRA Tuner class, the current division points leader from Iowa Park, TX, Kollin Teafatiller in the #14K, continued to flex his dominance over consistent second place finisher, Michael Reyes, out of Shamrock, TX. The teenager Teafatiller wired the field, leading all laps to add to his points lead.

Rehearsals are underway for the upcoming production of Red Carpet Community Theatre’s “Chicago.” The musical, based on the book by Fred Ebb and Bob Fosse, music by John Kander, and lyrics by Fred Ebb, is based on the play by Maurine Dallas Watkins and script adaptation by David Thompson. Marji Anderson has returned to RCCT to direct the show.

DENTON, Texas – On Monday, August 28, FEMA announced the selections for nearly $3 billion in climate resilience funding through two competitive grant programs to help communities across the nation enhance climate and disaster resiliency.

The Beckham County fair will be begin Thursday, September 7th entering the front building exhibits from 4-7pm. Entries will also be taken on Friday September 8th from 9-11am with judging beginning at 1pm. The exhibit part of the building will be closed during judging and will reopen at 4pm.

Opening day for dove hunting season was Sept. 1.