Barnsdall police chief resigns
Barnsdall police chief Shane Davis, offered options he found unacceptable, resigned last week from the top cop job, leaving city officials once again in search of a replacement. “We gave him some options and he didn’t like them,” Cole said Wednesday after Davis tendered his resignation. Davis was involved in a one-car accident on Monday, [...]
Serious skeets
For some, it was a time to improve their shot. For others, the Shotgun Training and Education Program on Saturday near Barnsdall was more like a friendly skeet competition. “Don’t beat him too bad. We don’t want to see daddy cry,” Becky Antle told her 16-year-old son, Griffon. Griffon, an Avant resident, had been clay [...]
Rangers to the rescue
Without no animal shelters in Osage County, a few small private rescues face a heavy strain that can almost break them, like 7th Hope Animal Rescue in rural Barnsdall. But one rescue is trying a different approach from the typical kenneling and single site rescue. Oklahoma Rescue Rangers, just over the county line in Cleveland, [...]
Sports Results from March 5 – March 11
Results Tues., March 5 Barnsdall baseball vs Woodland 9-1, Barnsdall Barnsdall softball vs Prue Canceled. Pawhuska baseball vs Sperry 14-3, Sperry Pawhuska soccer vs Bristow 2-0, Pawhuska Skiatook baseball at Claremore 10-0, Claremore Woodland baseball at Barnsdall See Barnsdall baseball. Thurs., March 7 Barnsdall baseball vs Afton at S. [...]
Unexpected $476K facelift
The Oklahoma Department of Transportation has approved a $476,000 grant for Pawhuska that will implement the first phase of a downtown beautification and transportation improvement plan, called Streetscape. With the same vote, the commission approved a $520,000 grant to Skiatook to extend the Osage Trail two miles north toward Avant. The Transportation Commission approved the [...]
Medical Examiner’s backlog causes much grief
For families of those who have died – whether the death is accidental, murder or natural – backlogs at the state Medical Examiner’s Office have created painfully long delays. Timothy Hauser, whose remains have been at the ME’s office since the end of 2012, has actually had a short stay at that morgue compared to [...]
Oilfield concerns flare
Cattlemen and other landowners continued their full-court press last week to clean up oilfield activity in Osage County, pushing the Bureau of Indian Affairs for regulations that would bring the county “from worst to first” environmentally. At a meeting of the BIA and Osage Minerals Council Negotiated Rulemaking Committee that was highlighted by an OETA [...]
Fire danger, season back
“Wildfire season has returned over most of Oklahoma,” says Wildlife Prevention Tech Ross Walker. The most vulnerable areas are grassy lands with large amounts of fine fuel loads, such as grass, but the forest fuels, such as leaves, won’t be far behind as dry conditions continue. “The current high fire danger will continue from now [...]
Sports Results from Feb. 19 – Feb. 25
Results Thurs., Feb. 21 Class A Area III Regional Bsktball Woodland G* vs Stonewall 53-38, Stonewall * Season finished. Fri., Feb. 22 Class 3A Area I Regional Bsktball Pawhuska* vs Haskelll at Beggs G: 53-46, Haskell B: 54-48, Hasell * Season finished. Class 5A East Regional Bsktball Skiatook G* vs Collinsville 47-32, Collinsville Skiatook B [...]
Shelter woes spur demand for pet laws
For as long as anyone can remember, the abandoned and unwanted four-legged beasts of Osage County have found shelter with privately-funded do-gooders. And often with poor success, as evidenced by 7th Hope Animal Rescue in Barnsdall, which was the subject of news stories last week after one of the shelter’s dogs, running loose, killed a [...]
Animal rescue has begged for help
Sheryl King, one of the owners of a struggling animal rescue charity near Barnsdall called 7th Hope, hasn’t had a easy time of it in the past several months. Her 16-year-old daughter had a stroke that has forced the family to live in Dallas since November, leaving behind an older son to tend to about [...]
Election filings: Skiatook draws a host of candidates, but some drop out
Only in Hominy and Skiatook will there be a battle for municipal council seats in non-partisan elections set for April 2 throughout Osage County. Skiatook, with its new city government and council jobs that pay a total of $12,000 a year, drew a host of contenders for seven seats, although three candidates filed then withdrew [...]
Hominy woman hurt in one-car wreck
A Hominy woman was injured Thursday in a wreck near Avant on CR 2275 after she drove her car left of center and hit a fence, according to the Oklahoma Highway Patrol. Julie Marie Swanson, 47, was admitted to St. John’s Hospital in stable condition with a head injury after the 1:45 p.m. accident. Trooper [...]
Sport Results from Jan. 8 – Jan. 14
Results Tues., Jan. 8 Barnsdall wrestling at 3A District Duals Sperry defeated Barnsdall: Logan Bryan & Caleb Hawes won their matches Pawhuska defeated Barnsdall: Logan Bryant, Chandler Bryant, Cameron Turley, Lane White and Caleb Hawes won their matches Barnsdall defeated Salina: Logan Bryant won his match Hominy bsktball vs Shidler G: 60-38, Hominy B: 55-28, [...]
Idle No More round-dance flash mob hits Tulsa
At 1:50 p.m. Sunday, a security guard at Promenade Mall in Tulsa got on her cell phone and told a superior: “I’ve got a lot of tribal members down here right now. I’m not sure what’s going on. But something is.” A few minutes later, the sounds of drums took over the mall and, peacefully, [...]
Christmas Grinches: Woolaroc robbed, Pawhuska decorations stolen, vandalized
The Woolaroc Museum gift shop was robbed in a pre-Christmas heist that was done by a gunman who is believed to have been armed. The robbery on Sunday night prompted the lockdown of the museum grounds, leaving more than 20 carloads of people who were at the park to look at the museums “Wonderland of [...]
Retiring clerk is slight, but leaves large shoes to fill
For almost 10 years, Denny Hutson has only had to roll her eyes slightly over her glasses to keep the three Osage County Commissioners in line. “What’s really good is that look,” said District 3 Commissioner Jim Clark, who, like Hutson, is retiring at the end of the year with more than 30 years of [...]
The last of 2012 sports before winter break
Tuesday night was the last night of high school sporting events for this year. Games start back up again Fri., Jan. 4. See full results. By Rachel Anne Seymour
Sports Results Dec. 11 – Dec. 17
Results Tues., Dec. 11 Barnsdal bsktball vs Shidler G: 50-27, Shidler B: 47-42, Barnsdall Barnsdall wrestling at East Central 106: Logan Bryant pinned EC 113: Chanderl Bryant won Dec. 7-3 120: Trenton Cooper pinned by EC 126: Cameron Turley won Dec. 11-0 132: Colten Allen pinned by EC 152: Lane White pinned EC 160: Brandon [...]
Sports Results
Results Mon., Dec. 3 Barnsdall bsktball @ Sperry Tourn G1: Caney Valley 58, Barnsdall 24 Pawhuska bsktball @ Sperry Tourn B1: Sperry 70, Pawhuska 41 Tues., Dec. 4 Barnsdall bsktball @ Sperry Tourn B1: Berryhill 62, Barnsdall 21 Barnsdall wrestling @ Inola 106: Logan Bryant (B) by forfeit 113: Chandler Bryant (B) by forfeit [...]
