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Once again, the Western Oklahoma Family Care Center will have a free traditional holiday meal for the community on Dec. 25th from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. in the Elk City Convention Center. Poppy’s Pit and Grill will be catering the meal. Santa and Mrs. Claus will be present for the kids, along with door prizes and individual prizes for attendees.

Annual pageant to be held on December 16

Elk City attorney, Mark Albert has been selected to the 2023 Super Lawyers list, an honor reserved for those lawyers who exhibit excellence in their practice. Only five percent of attorneys in Oklahoma receive this distinction. This selection is performed by a research team at Super Lawyers.

KLAHOMA CITY – Lawmakers extended a moratorium on new medical marijuana business licenses for two more years as the state tries to get a handle on the exploding industry.

The Elk City Police Department, the Elk City Fire Department, and the Oklahoma Highway Patrol will be escorting the mayor, Cory Speiker, and the Elk City High School students from the Pioneer Center, located on Pioneer between 3rd Street and Country Club, to Walmart, located at 210 Regional, on Saturday, Dec. 2nd, at 10 a.m. to help with the Mayor’s Toy Drive. This is an opportunity to be a part of this holiday event to help local children in need of toys for Christmas.

Jose Paxtor Oxlai charged with first-degree manslaughter

OKLAHOMA CITY, Nov. 21, 2023 – People with African ancestry are three times more likely than those of primarily European descent to be diagnosed with an autoimmune disease called sarcoidosis, and they often experience more severe symptoms. However, research on the condition doesn’t reflect these statistics.

Candidate filing for the Board of Education begins Monday, December 4 th , 2023, for 9 Roger Mills County school districts. Those who wish to file for a Board of Education office must submit a Declaration of Candidacy to the Roger Mills County Election Board December 4 th , 5 th or 6 th , 2023, between the hours of 8 a.m. and 5 p.m.

President Linda Long called the meeting to order and welcomed members Glenda Ivins, Cathy Lewis, Judy Haught, Nan Hubbard, Sharon Gilliland, Cindy Wood, Tana Feldman, June Lovelace, Dana Anderson, Carla Garrison, Dennis McRee, Janice Mollet, Larry Long, Jan Attocknie, Gwen Pasby and Kathy Noble. She also welcomed Veterans Elmo and Shirley May as special guests.

I hope everyone enjoyed a wonderful Thanksgiving weekend celebrating with family and friends. I wish we would have seen some snow here too, but the rain was a welcome sight too.

The Elk City Christmas Basket, sponsored by the Elk City Ministerial Alliance has begun it’s Christmas Basket fund raising drive for the 2023 Christmas season. This program was begun in the mid 1930’s during the Great Depression by Paul Wade the late editor of the Elk City Daily News and continued by his son, the late LarryWade. Ithascontinuouslyprovidedfood items for approximately 85 years to people in need at Christmas time. This is possible thanks to the generosity of individuals in the Elk City area.

The annual Community Christmas Memorial sponsored by Comforting Hands Hospice and the Elk City Chamber of Commerce will take place Friday, Dec. 1st, at 6 p.m. at Carnegie Hall, located at 215 W. Broadway in Elk City. The event is designed to help family and friends to remember those they have lost but never forgotten during the holiday season.