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The following persons have been charged by the State of Oklahoma with traffic or other violations or have filed other court actions in Mc-Clain County District Court between December 29 2022 January 4, 2023.

Newly hired officers bring diverse backgrounds to Newcastle Police Department

When it comes to law enforcement, there’s really not much Mc-Clain County Sheriff Landy Offolter hasn’t seen or experienced.

The Infant Crisis Services’ BabyMobile will be at Frontline Family Solutions in Newcastle from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. February 6.

First Baptist Church, in preparing for construction of their new auditorium, was approved by the City Council for a couple of deviations from façade requirements. In making comments, Council member Tommy Clay noted that the Council had deviated before on a building across the street based on architecturally pleasing changes. Council members Clay (right) and Mike Fullerton look over an architectural rendering of the new facility.

— The Tobacco Settlement Endowment Trust (TSET) offers free resources to help Oklahomans achieve their New Year’s health resolutions through small daily steps. Whether you wish to eat more nutritiously, move more or start living tobacco free, TSET programs like the Oklahoma Tobacco Helpline and Shape Your Future can help you plan — and stay encouraged — to reach your goals.

Bankers, builders turn ground for new FNB in Goldsby

School was back underway January 2 after the holiday break in Newcastle, but students and staff will be out again January 16 to celebrate a day of service, and to remember a man who left a storied legacy.

An engineering approval process which started before the COVID-19 pandemic has concluded with plans on a new wastewater treatment plant being submitted to the Oklahoma Department of Environmental Quality. Kenny Sullivan, the City’s engineer of Glenn Sullivan and Associates, appeared before the City Council in the December meeting to discuss the project, which Council members approved to send for DEQ comment. The process is hoped to conclude with a permit to construct the plant.

Council members say rezoning to PUD will help restrict to soft development