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Donation for KOPS-N-KIDS program

McClain County Commissioners toured the McClain County Jail Tuesday after their first meeting of 2023.

January is School Board Recognition Month, providing schools, communities, and districts the chance to honor Oklahoma’s more than 2,700 elected school board members for their dedication and service.

The Newcastle City Council during their Monday night meeting this week approved an election for Council members in Ward 1 and 2.

Newcastle is experiencing incredible growth. In fact, a newspaper article by reporter Jana Hayes in the Oklahoman last year states that Newcastle is the fastest-growing city in the state with an 8.9% growth rate.

In 1976, my wife, Jama, enrolled as a freshman at Indiana University of Pennsylvania to study criminology and accounting and she was also a member of the women’s track team. Unlike the men’s program, the women’s program did not offer scholarships, provide for preferential on-campus jobs, did not have their academic schedules modified so as to not interfere with practices, and had no paid coaches. The men’s coach volunteered his time and the women themselves funded the program.

As a new year unfolds, it is a great time to reflect and to plan. It is always good to remember and learn from what the current year has taught, but also good to think about what the next year holds. As you look backwards and forward, here are four things that have encouraged me and that, I pray, encourage you as well.

Lunch is served for a $5 donation at the Newcastle Senior Citizen’s Center each week day. Meals consist of a drink, soup, salad bar, main meal and dessert.

Several Newcastle-area students at Oklahoma State University were named to the honor rolls for the fall 2022 semester.

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.

Like pioneer aviator “Pearl” Carter Scott or retired Navy test pilot and astronaut Cmdr. John Herrington, Austin Wallace is making his mark on Oklahoma aviation. Recently, Wallace took a leap of faith by following his dreams of opening Adventure Air, a premier flight school in Goldsby, Oklahoma.