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Plans underway for Christmas parade, park activities Dec. 2

Waste-load discharge regulations placed on Newcastle have limited the City’s ability to release treated water at the Newcastle Wastewater Treatment Plant. The problem: treated water releases must be allocated through the Oklahoma Water Resources Board, and several other area municipalities are looking for the same allocations.

Benefit for Jericho Young Mothers Home

McClain County GOP continues with its November speaker series at 6:30 p.m. Monday, November 20 at the Newcastle Storm Shelter, 851 North Carr Drive.

Red Rock Behavioral Health has been named as the Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic (CCBHC), supporting Cleveland and McClain Counties. CCBHCs are a new provider type in Medicaid being offered across Oklahoma, under the leadership and vision of the Oklahoma Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services (ODMSAS).

The Board of Education of Newcastle Public School District hereby announces that statutorily qualified individuals interested in running as a candidate for the #4 seat on the Newcastle Board of Education may file to run as a candidate for this seat at the McClain County Election Board between the hours of 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. on each of the following days: Monday, December 4 through Wednesday, December 6, 2023. Place 4 is highlighted in the lighter color.

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 November 2-8, 2023.

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

With about three months left until the beginning of session, bill filing is underway. I filed the first Senate measure of the upcoming session, Senate Bill 1197, to designate the section of U.S. Highway 77 beginning on the east side of the James C. Nance Bridge extending through Lexington to the intersection of Moffatt Road in Cleveland County as the Col. John L. Smith Medal of Honor Recipient Memorial Highway.