News
Watonga City Council met in regular session Sept. 15 with some heavy matters on its agenda.
By Connie Burcham
There is nothing quite like the taste of a tomato picked fresh off the vine.
By Trisha Gedon
Sports
The Watonga Lady Eagles came home Sept. 12 with a third place trophy for the Fairview Softball tournament. The Lady Eagles next play Crossings Christian at 4:30 p.m. Sept.
The Eagle Football team finally got their chance Sept. 11 to start the 2020 season at Rush Springs.
By Byron Cole Watonga Eagles Football Asst. Coach
First year coach David Ellis of the Geary Bison football squad is understandably proud of his team and the way they played Sept 10 against the Ryan Cowboys.
By Connie Burcham
Opinion
The end of September has always proved to be a busy, happy, bittersweet time of year. The garden is playing out, meaning there is a lot to do putting up the bounty.
By Connie Burcham
The marathon of collecting an accurate state population count for the 2020 census is coming to a close, and it’s more important than ever that we encourage our family, friends, neighbors and cowork
By Darcy Jech State Senator District 26
Hi Everyone! I hope you had an enjoyable Labor Day. I’m sure everyone appreciated an extra day off work. It always seemed like my extra day off was spent doing work at home.
By Sharon Gates
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Native News
Oklahoma gas prices have risen 6.7 cents per gallon in the past week, averaging $1.61/g today, according to GasBuddy's daily survey of 2,294 stations.
COVID-19 and social distancing requirements prompted Watonga’s American Legion Post 125 to cancel the annual Memorial Day Ceremony at the IOOF Cemetery.
To help protect Blaine County senior citizens from the Covid-19 virus, this month Opportunities, Inc., sent the food pantry to them instead of having clients come to the food pantry.
Obituaries
Shirley Ann Monroe was born May 22, 1948 in Mangum, OK. She passed away on Tuesday August 18, 2020 at the Integris Hospice House in Oklahoma City, Ok at the age of 72.
Sharon Sue Shawver Flynn, 58, of Watonga, OK, passed away on September 10, 2020, after a brief battle with pancreatic cancer. She was born in Brush, Colorado on September 16, 1961.
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