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Central Oklahoma Weeklies is now accepting submissions for its annual Hometown Heroes special section, a community feature dedicated to recognizing the military service and sacrifice of local men and women with ties to the communities our newspapers serve. The section is designed to honor veterans, active-duty service members, National Guard and Reserve personnel, and young…
Tuttle-area voters helped send their current state representative toward statewide office Tuesday while selecting the Republican positioned to succeed him in House District 51. State Rep. Brad Boles won the Republican nomination for Oklahoma Corporation Commissioner Tuesday, defeating Justin Hornback with nearly 98% of Election Day precincts reporting. Boles received 196,679 votes, or 55.31%, while…
Kolman hired, Floyd to retire June 30 By Ryan Horton The Blanchard News Roger Kolman has been named Blanchard’s next city manager. He will replace retiring city manager Robert Floyd, July 1. Kolmsn comes to Blanchard with more than 25 years of city administration experience. He has been working in Muskogee, since 2023 as their assistant…
By Jacob Sturm Staff Writer In recent weeks, plenty of sickness has been spreading across local communities, and with flu season still going strong it’s important for some practices to be exercised. That starts with combating the sickness, cold, flu and more through smart decisions to mitigate the risks and prevent contagion. Maureen Georgiadis, a…
By Jacob Sturm Staff Writer Intake and disposition numbers at the Blanchard Animal Welfare and Adoption Center show a mixed bag of increases and decreases of animals coming through the center in 2024. The numbers, which were compared to the 2023 statistics, showed an increase of 38 in cats being taken into the center in…
By Tony Strickland Staff writer A pair of Blanchard schools have officially been upgraded to overall “A” grades by the Oklahoma State Department for the 2023-2024 school year. That upgrade has resulted in a pair of extremely proud principals in Chance Grider and Paula Floyd. Blanchard Middle School Principal Grider and Intermediate Principal Floyd took…
By Jacob Sturm Staff Writer Blanchard’s Fire Department offered totals for 2024 calls they responded to and compared it to some previous years through a department social media post earlier this month. According to the post, the Blanchard Fire Department made 1,454 runs and saw a whopping 66% of those being due to medical calls.…
By Tony Strickland Staff Writer Longtime Blanchard High School head football coach and athletic director Jeff Craig confirmed to the Blanchard News on Friday evening that he has accepted the position of head football coach at 5A McAlester, pending McAlester School Board approval on January 13th. Craig noted on Friday evening that moving closer to family was…
By Jacob Sturm [email protected] Blanchard’s Chamber of Commerce, along with participating businesses, are currently participating in the Shop Blanchard event that includes multiple drawings and prizes each week. Entrants into the drawings, which simply have to save local receipts and turn them into participating stores or the chamber with a name and number on the…
By Jacob Sturm [email protected] The City of Blanchard continues to remind citizens of a year-round, mandatory odd/even lawn watering schedule as a way to conserve ground water supply. According to a recent city newsletter, Blanchard receives 100% of its water from the City of Oklahoma City. Robert Floyd, Blanchard’s City Manager, said contractually OKC can…
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By Tony Strickland Staff Writer Longtime Blanchard High School head football coach and athletic director Jeff Craig confirmed to the Blanchard News on Friday evening that he has accepted the position of head football coach at 5A McAlester, pending McAlester School Board approval on January 13th. Craig noted on Friday evening that moving closer to family was…
By Tony Strickland The Blanchard football Lions took their first tumble of the season on Friday night in a spotlight matchup t rival Tuttle. Missed opportunities told the tale for the Lions in the 28-7 loss as drives inside the Tiger 10 just before half and again early in the final frame each came up…
By Jayson Knight The Tuttle Tigers hosted the defending state champion Blanchard Lions Friday night at Richison Family Stadium. The Tigers won the district matchup 28-7 in a game that will likely make the Tigers district champs. As long as the Tigers are able to win in (2-6) Chickasha Friday at 7 p.m., and back…
By Tony Strickland The opening seconds of Friday’s Ardmore-Blanchard tilt pretty well summed the evening: The Tiger returner caught the kickoff and intended to do productive things, he really did. Probably had visions of celebrating in the end zone. Then Lion senior Vaughn McIntyre arrived with a crunching tackle and, well, that was that. So…