Mustang Times Area News

By Jess Kelsey Managing Editor Lovers of all things sweet will not be disappointed when they walk through the doors of ButterSweet Cupcakes in Yukon. Customers can indulge in more than 10 unique cupcakes flavors, as well as signature cookies, cake shakes, cake parfaits, cake by the slice, macarons, cake truffles, brownies, ice-cream and so…

By Traci Chapman Staff Writer Next month, a Mustang nurse working for Oklahoma City Veteran’s Administration Health Care System’s downtown center will head to Washington, D.C. as American Legion’s 2017 National VA Health Care Provider Award. Jillene Sroczynski has had a varied career, but it’s at the VA Center she has found her true calling,…

By Jess Kelsey Managing Editor In May of 1972, Mustang local David Townsend went to work for Santa Fe Railway as a summer job. Little did he know, he’d begin a career of more than 40 years traveling across the nation’s railroads. Townsend, who is a locomotive engineer for BNSF, sets out on this last…

By Traci Chapman Staff Witer A Mustang nurse whose career has been spent helping others at The Children’s Center in Bethany has been tapped to take her skills to a bigger arena, after her selection as a panel member developing examination questions for a nationwide nurses’ examination. Callie Rinehart was named to the NCLEX knowledge,…

Goldie Marie’s Boutique (GMB) in Mustang opened after a local family, Johnnie and AnnaLeah Johnston, wanted to honor AnnaLeah’s mother’s, Goldie Marie (Carpenter) Brantley’s, legacy after passing away in 1998 from reoccurring breast cancer.  AnnaLeah stated her mom had three passions, being a Christian, her family and shopping.  The Johnston’s decided to open GMB after…

Peyton Jackson’s 1st Grade class at Centennial Elementary Dear Santa, How are you? I want a new hatchables and kity that sings. I want to give my sister a elsa doll. Love, Kinleigh Ford   Dear Santa, Is Mis Clos good? I want a puppy. I want to give my bruther a 3Ds since it…

By Jess Kelsey Managing Editor Offering a last-minute Christmas shopping opportunity, 2 Peas in a Pod is hosting a “Last Jingle Mingle Before Christmas Vendor Fair” at Mustang Town Center Saturday, Dec. 16 from 12 p.m. to 6 p.m. The event is free to attend and will include a variety of vendors, ranging from direct…

By Traci Chapman Staff Writer Chief Carl Hickman walked into Mustang Fire Department in 2005. Twelve years later, those who have worked with and for him say, as he prepares for his retirement this week, he leaves an agency far better than what he found. “As a result of Chief Hickman’s work, Mustang is safer…

By Brody Feldmann Sports Editor To lose a good friend is hard for anyone no matter the age. Mustang’s Tate Picklo, freshman, lost a close friend just weeks before the beginning of his first high school wrestling season. Cade Boles of Tuttle, Oklahoma was taken from this earth on October 13th due to an accident…

By Traci Chapman Staff Writer With Thanksgiving and Christmas just around the corner, Mustang American Legion Post 353 is kicking into high gear to make sure veterans who might not have much to celebrate feel the warmth of the holidays. “It’s that time of year when a lot of our fellow veterans might be in…