Mustang Times Area News
Brookstone Village community development making progress
By Jacob Sturm news@mustangpaper.com It wouldn’t be tough for Mustang residents to notice the massive amount of construction near 29th street and Mustang Road. The intersection has been a part of the large business boom of the recent months, with an INTEGRIS hospital coming up in a hurry on the Northwest Corner of the intersection along with a…
Read MoreMustang receives $2.8M for municipal water and sewer projects
By Jacob Sturm news@mustangpaper.com Representatives from different cities in Canadian County were in attendance as County Commissioners David Anderson, Tracey Rider and Tomas Manske discussed awarding American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funds to county municipalities Tuesday morning. Once the meeting concluded, Mustang and three other cities had a large share of distributed funding to utilize. The money awarded…
Read MoreFormal charges filed against former MPS employee
By Jacob Sturm news@mustangpaper.com Formal charges have been filed against Raymond Thomas Garner, a former teacher of Mustang Public Schools alleged to have had a sexual relationship with a former student. At the time of Garner’s arrest on February 1, Mustang Police Chief Rob Groseclose and Mustang Superintendent Charles Bradley, along with OSBI public information officer Brook…
Read MoreMustang student selected as Youth Enjoy Science Oklahoma Scholar
By Jacob Sturm news@mustangpaper.com A Mustang student will get a quality experience this summer as part of the Youth Enjoy Science (YES) Oklahoma program. Avrey Frings, a sophomore at Mustang High School, was selected for the highly selective program as one of a maximum of 10 students to receive the opportunity. This program will take place on…
Read MoreChamber breaks ground on new building
By Jacob Sturm news@mustangpaper.com After 50 years serving Mustang, the Mustang’s Chamber of Commerce is seeing the steps toward its own building come to fruition. The Chamber, which had been working toward the goal of owning their own building, learned of their current space being put up for sale by their landlord in 2022, prompting the Chamber leaders…
Read MoreMustang 2023 graduates celebrate in Norman
By Jacob Sturm news@mustangpaper.com Multiple bursts of noise from the crowd of Mustang’s 2023 Senior Class’ parents and family members signified the importance of the moment in a large number of Mustang Public Schools students’ lives on Friday night. The occasion was graduation, with families traveling from Mustang city limits to the well-equipped confines of the Lloyd…
Read MoreSchool board approves elementary boundary changes
By Jacob Sturm news@mustangpaper.com Parents of students attending Riverwood Elementary, Mustang Creek Elementary and Mustang Trails Elementary may be impacted by the Mustang Board of Education’s recent decision on 2023-24 boundary realignment. The school district is growing in areas influencing the numbers of students attending those three schools, and that makes for an unusual boundary change. Superintendent Charles…
Read MoreCounty Sheriff’s Office commemorates fallen deputies with monument
By Jacob Sturm news@mustangpaper.com Taps rang out around the Canadian County Courthouse on Monday morning in honor of four former Canadian County deputies who lost their lives in service to the county at various points of its storied past. Numerous deputies lined up just outside the courthouse, along with a plethora of spectators and county officials to listen…
Read MoreCanadian County Sheriff’s Office featured in ‘Undercover Underage’ television series
By Jacob Sturm news@mustangpaper.com Canadian County’s Sheriff’s Office is basking in the spotlight as part of Undercover Underage Season 2 airing on ID Network. Maj. Adam Flowers of the Canadian County Sheriff’s Office said the collaboration with the group filming the television series started when a predator with a history with Canadian County reached out to…
Read MoreMustang works toward pool opening
By Jacob Sturm news@mustangpaper.com One of the fun activities sure to draw the excitement out of families in Mustang is coming back soon. Summer break is rapidly approaching for students in all of Mustang’s schools, and what better way is there to enjoy those precious months than at the Mustang Aquatic Center once it opens later this month.…
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