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Jarod King hired as next NPS baseball coach

Jarod King hired as next NPS baseball coach

After many years, Newcastle Public Schools has a new high school baseball coach for the 2023-24 school year. Hired during a Monday morning meeting of the NPS Board of Education was coach Jarod King. 07/13/2023 05:00 AM

McClain County Democrats reaching out to Grady County

McClain County Democrats reaching out to Grady County

A meeting of area Democrats is planned for 6:30 p.m. July 18 at Libby’s Restaurant in Goldsby. 07/13/2023 05:00 AM

Pioneer discontinues its cellular, says Verizon will have area service offering

Pioneer discontinues its cellular, says Verizon will have area service offering

Pioneer Cellular has entered into an agreement with Verizon to ensure that its area customers maintain their connectivity as Pioneer discontinues cellular operations by September 30, 2023. 07/13/2023 05:00 AM

Keeping officials accountable

Keeping officials accountable

We spend a lot of time talking about public records in our office. If that’s a new topic to you, you’ll find it worth your time to become familiar. State law enacted in 1985 requires that most publicly funded entities make their records available to the public for inspection or copying. That’s an important piece of government transparency; those records belong to the public and they help keep our elected officials accountable. Although news organizations request documents regularly in the course of their research and reporting, there are no special privileges. Anything available to a journalist is also available to you. There are some problems with the law. At nearly 40 years old, there is no provision for emailing records, but there are stipulations about faxing them. The only deadline an agency has is to respond to be prompt and reasonable, which is undefined. And the only remedy for noncompliance is to file a lawsuit or persuade your local district attorney to file a misdemeanor charge against his fellow government employee who works across the hall. Some agencies are very, very good about keeping the public’s business public. Others are not. In the past year, Oklahoma Watch has filed three lawsuits to force agencies to comply with the Open Records Act. Two were successful and one, against the Tulsa Police Department, remains open. 07/13/2023 05:00 AM

McClain County Court Records

McClain County Court Records

The following persons have been charged by the State of Oklahoma with traffic or other violations or have filed other court actions in McClain County District Court between June 22-28, 2023. 07/13/2023 05:00 AM

Commitments kept

Commitments kept

One-party Democratic rule in Washington notably led to several unprecedented crises in our country and around the globe. However, despite the challenges of working with a Democrat Senate and president, House Republicans have kept our commitments to the American people these past six months upon taking back the House majority. 07/13/2023 05:00 AM

Multi-Chamber Networking Lunch set July 19, Morning Mingle planned July 21

Multi-Chamber Networking Lunch set July 19, Morning Mingle planned July 21

The Newcastle Chamber of Commerce has two activities coming up this month with their Networking Lunch and a Morning Mingle. 07/13/2023 05:00 AM

Ribbon cut at Bradford Farmers Insurance

Ribbon cut at Bradford Farmers Insurance

Farmers agent Rodney Bradford and Rhonda Bradford cut ribbons from the Newcastle and Tuttle Chambers of Commerce along with several members of the two chambers. The event took place Thursday, June 29. 07/13/2023 05:00 AM

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. 07/13/2023 05:00 AM

Cleaning Veterans Park after the Fest

Cleaning Veterans Park after the Fest

The Newcastle Boy Scout Troop 231 cleaned up Veterans Park on Sunday, July 2 after the Red, White & Blue Fest activities the night before. This is the third year in a row the Scouts have volunteered. They were able to pick up seven bags of trash and they cleaned from the east side of the park all the way over past the field to the extra parking on the west side. Pictured, from left, are: committee member Thomas Hannon, Life Scout Kaleb Zeka, Chaplain Johnathon Hannon, Scout Master Tyler Wickham, and Senior Patrol Leader Jared Wickham. 07/13/2023 05:00 AM

Planning for the future

Planning for the future

Planning and Community Development Director Janay Greenlee and Planning Commission member Gordon Harness discuss planning issues with the Newcastle City Council. Also pictured are: Treasurer Jeanie Skeen, council member Gene Reid, council member Marci White, City Clerk Camille Dowers, Mayor Karl Nail, City Manager Kevin Self, City Attorney Jeff Bryant, and council member Mike Fullerton. Not pictured is council member Tommy Clay. 07/13/2023 05:00 AM

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