JRRA, Open Ranch Rodeo rides into Pawhuska
A Junior Ranch Rodeo event, followed by an Open Ranch Rodeo, came into town at the Osage County Fairground in Pawhuska on Sunday. By Rachel Anne Seymour
Turning a blind eye to barrel racing
Nearly two weeks ago Alexis Howell rode up to the starting line of the Oklahoma Cowgirls Association Jackpot barrel race in Sperry with her 13-year-old gelding. She had made similar runs hundreds of times and hundreds of competitions, but was the first time she had done so since her horse, Woodrow, went blind in his [...]
Arena open – sort of
The Clarence Brantley Indoor Arena at the Osage County Fairgrounds has been given the OK by a state fire marshal to take bookings have have events at the arena even though they still need to add flashing lights and alarms in the bathroom. The arena has been closed for 10 months. A roping event was [...]
Going once, going twice… sold!
Osage County’s 4-H groups gathered up at the county fairgrounds for showmanship contested starting Thursday. Awards were handed out Friday before the livestock auction at 7 p.m. By Rachel Anne Seymour and Louise Red Corn
Horse thief pleads guilty
A Wynona man pleaded guilty Thursday to two felony counts of larceny of domestic animals after stealing two horses he was hired to break and train. Michael John Delaney II, 28, received a 10-year deferred sentence with supervised probation and was ordered to pay $2,500 in restitution and another $1,700 in court costs. According to [...]
Ropin’ a role in Hollywood
Steven Spielberg’s film Lincoln is third in the box office with $25.7 million as of Tuesday, behind Skyfall and Breaking Dawn – Part 2, while the buzz around the 2013 release of The Lone Ranger starring Johnny Depp is getting louder. And what do these two films have in common besides big Hollywood stars and [...]
Three local cowboy place in national finals steep roping
Three cowboys from Osage County placed in the top fifteen of the Clem McSpadden National Finals Steer Roping at the the Lazy E Arena in Guthrie this past weekend. Chet Herren of Pawhuska came in sixth. Pawhuskan Rod Hartness came in thirteenth, and Skiatook’s Ralph Williams came in fourteenth. Full results listed below with our local [...]
New press yields new look
Whoa! What happened to The Bigheart Times this week? Well, after decades of printing at the Sapulpa Daily Herald, this week we decided to move on and use the press at Muskogee, that’s what. The new press has prompted some major changes, as you can see. We have a TON more color: 12 pages instead [...]
Pawhuskan wins Chisholm Trail steer roping average, earns berth at NFR
Chet Herren roped and tied down three steers in 39.8 seconds Friday morning at the Stephens County Fair and Expo Center during the first Prairie Circuit average champion of the 2012 Chisholm Trail Ram Prairie Circuit Finals to win the title and earn the right to compete at the National Circuit Finals Steer Roping in [...]
Enter our Halloween costume contest
The Bigheart Times is having a Halloween costume contest this year. There are three categories: Adult Child (Jr High and younger) Group/Business To enter email the photo to info@bighearttimes.com and let us know what category you want to enter, along with full names, ages/grade of those pictured. Send us the photo(s) by 2 p.m. Sun., [...]
If it’s not one accident, it’s another: Mayor’s wife facing pending DWI, hit-and-run charges
Shane Davis had been Barnsdall’s acting police chief for less than 12 hours Friday when he found himself in an uncomfortable spot: Having to file charges against the mayor’s wife after an alleged hit-and-run accident involving alcohol. Susan Cole, wife of Mayor J.D. Cole, faces pending charges of leaving the scene of an accident and [...]
Barnsdall police chief suspended; assistant steps up as interim
Matt Clark, Barnsdall’s police chief, was involved in a rollover truck accident on Frank Phillips Boulevard in Bartlesville at 3:30 a.m. Friday. According to Bartlesville Police Capt. Jay Hastings, alcohol is believed to be involved and Clark was given a blood test. The Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation takes at least two months to get [...]
A cowboy’s last ride
Eddie Mayfield, a man who loved to pull pranks on his buddies and a lifelong cowboy who perked up on his deathbed when the talk turned to cattle, was laid to rest Monday in Barnsdall. He was remembered as a man of enormous humor whose kindness was masked in a decidedly unsympathetic demeanor, a tough-love [...]
Cody Thompson benefit rodeo
A benefit rodeo was held for Cody Thompson, who was injured during Bartlesville Rodeo on Aug. 4. The rodeo featured several typical rodeo events, but threw in a little extra special one – bronc riding in drag. The “wild” bronc riding was done by six very brave (and humorous) men at the Osage County Fairgrounds [...]
Eddie Mayfield obituary: A lifelong cattleman
O.E. “Eddie” Mayfield went to be with his Lord and Savior surrounded by his family in his home on Friday, September 21, 2012 at 6:17A.M. Eddie was born 11/03/1943 to James William “Willie” and Edna Mildred (Jones) Mayfield in the family home of his great-grandmother in rural Shady Point, Oklahoma. Eddie and his parents moved [...]
Bronc riders in drag: Ladies wear for a good cause
Three years ago, Cody Thompson broke his back bronc riding. It was a long mend, but on Aug. 4, he got in the chute again in Bartlesville. And met with devastating results. The horse reared up in the chute, shoving the saddle horn into Thompson’s stomach. It lacerated his liver, severed an artery to one [...]
Drummond wins a second hearing
Over the strenuous objections of the state, a judge ruled that Thatcher Drummond should have another change at a preliminary hearing in the felony assault case filed against him in February. “The state strongly takes exception to the court’s ruling,” First Assistant District Attorney Mike Fisher told Judge David Gambill last week, saying that the [...]
They never weakened
Shirley and Sharon Lucas were young when their dad, Al, had a stroke that killed him, leaving their mom, Karmen, to usher them into a successful adulthood. The girls, who grew up in Bartlesville and poking around the Rockin’ Chair Ranch in Osage County, didn’t have a hankering to go to college. Shirley, in her [...]
Broken Os/Fogarty team win OCA Range Round Up
In a remarkable show of strength and can-do spirit, the Broken O’s and Fogarty ranch team at the Oklahoma Cattlemen’s Association’s Range Round Up beat out all of their competition to take home the top prize this weekend in Oklahoma City. Broken O’s, of Copan, is owned by Cody Sanders, the cowboy who lost his [...]
Arena repairs to be pricey
Getting the indoor arena at the Osage County Fairgrounds up to code is promising to be an expensive venture for taxpayers. On Monday, county commissioners opened bids for electrical and mechanical improvements at the arena, which is three years old but had to be closed down at the end of May because it failed to [...]
3 Osage ranches in annual OCA round-up
The 28th Annual Oklahoma Cattlemen’s Range Round-Up will feature three Osage County teams this year. The rodeo is schedules for August 24 and 25 at the State Fair Arena in Oklahoma City. Performances start at 7:30 nightly. The OCA Range Round Up has been called a lot of things throughout the years, most notably it [...]
The master: Bit by bit
As the temperature begins to rise into the 90s outside his 10 by 20 workshop, John Israel takes his torch to a rod of black iron, shaping it into a curve that will become the mouthpiece of one of his handmade bridle bits. It’s 9 a.m., and he has already been working for several hours [...]
Arena repairs mount to $1 million
The bids to fix the Clarence Brantley Indoor Arena unveiled last week during the county commissioners meetings total a minimum of $455,000, but that didn’t include bids for the mechanical, electrical, earthwork and site utilities that also need to be done. All said and done, the updates at the arena are expected to exceed $1 [...]
