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Craig Patton, of Newcastle, received the Master of Science in Nursing degree in Nursing at Wilkes University’s summer commencement ceremony on Sept. 11.

The Oklahoma Attorney General’s Office will partner with the Oklahoma Press Association to host seminars on Oklahoma’s open meeting and open records laws in five locations across the state beginning Sept. 26. The seminars will be held from 1 to 4 p.m. and are free and open to the public. No pre-registration is required. The meetings were last hosted in 2019 and drew more than 500 attendees from state and local offices.

The Newcastle School District (est. 1922) is preparing to celebrate its Centennial anniversary. A lot has happened over these 100 years and this article recognizes a family who has been a part of NPS for just over half of that time span. The Corbin family moved to Newcastle in 1968. Lily and her husband Bobby (now deceased) had four sons who attended school here: Randy, Robert, Russ and Rodney. They came here during those years when football was played in Little League, but was not being played as a school sport. Newcastle High School varsity football did not resume play until the fall of 1971.