Community News

Those wishing to spread the love associated with Valentine’s Day have a limited window of opportunity to create a card and submit it to either the City of Newcastle, 120 N.E. 2nd Street, or the Newcastle Public Library, 705 N.W. 10th Street.

Norman Public Library West invites all music fans to the library at 5:30 p.m. on February 8 to hear from accomplished musicians and husband-wife duo David Cook and Shayna Steele and learn more about their careers in the music industry.

Ada, Okla. - Chickasaw Lighthorse Police had been protecting Chickasaw citizens for the better part of seven decades when Oklahoma became a state in 1907.

Downright UGLY Sweaters!

The Oklahoma City Community Foundation has set a record for the number of students and scholarship awards for the 2023-24 academic year through the state’s largest independent scholarship program.

Several Newcastle High School and junior high Band students auditioned for, and made honor bands this year.

New members of the National Honor Society were inducted Tuesday, November 28 at Newcastle High School’s auditorium. New inductees are pictured along with current members. New inductees are: Isabella Allen, Eyan Barker, Abby Barnes, Emma Bell, Chloe Chmil, Madison Claypool, William Dupler, Ezekial Duran, Amber Ellis, Rylee Furnish, Kennedy Herndon, Cooper Hood, Katherine Johnson, Rylee King, Gavin Lackey, Wylie Lamb, Chapman McCully, Mya Miller, Kaitlyn Morgan, Bryce Moslander, Jackson Schanuel, Devon Shiner, Brooklynn Self, Aden Shumard, Chelsea Sifers, Meredith Strange, Kennedy Sylvester, Ella Whitmore, Tayte Widdison, Payton Wolfe, and Heather Woods. Current members are: Clare Bebout (Student Council representative), Jackson Bergt, Chloey Boldin (reporter), Tugger Bolles, Leah Bradley, Brayden Brumley, Landen Brumley, Rhett Carter, Jacob Cunningham, Carlee Davis, Aubree Ferguson, Scarlett Fountain, Bryson Furnish, Charles Gentry, Evan Goold, Gracin Griffin, Grahm Griffin, Matthew Henderson, Dale Hodge, Kaylin Holmes, William Huff, Jaxon Lamb, Jaycen Lea, Bentlee Lindsey (president), Brooklyn Lyles (secretary), Layla Olvera (vice president), Yesha Patel, Avery Phillips, Lynzie Pinkerton, Aubree Rutledge, Abigail Scott, Collin Seely, Presley Shelton, Chloe Sheriff, Zaiden Smith, Melia Stucks, Cecilia Tarin, Peyton Towery, Carson Wade, Steven Whitmore, Kaleb Zeka, Hunter Barry, Trey Burchett, Colin Casey, Morgan Doyle, Ayden Elcyzyn, Elizabeth Gladden, Parker Hix, Lyndee Huff, Katelyn Kates, Katelynn Lewis, Rhea Patel (treasurer), Kreas Richard, Abbi Thurman, Carson VanHauen, and Kolson Wood (chairperson).

The Pioneer Library System is turning a new page with a change its communities can celebrate: the elimination of fines for all ages on overdue materials.

Newcastle Library honored Michael Salsman and Zach Solbach, who are City of Newcastle employees, for their ongoing efforts to make the library a space capable of providing innovation, engagement, and learning in the community, according to Librarian Kendall Watson. Also pictured is Melissa Capps, Pioneer Library System board member. Michael created a fruit replica (below) of the library’s StoryWalk.

Trailer full of donated non-perishable items