Community responds to tornado disaster
She couldn’t get a hold of her sister, who lives with her husband and sons in Moore, after the tornado. Terri Buffalohead, the director of Head Start in Skiatook, posted on Facebook after the storm: “Asking for prayers for my sister Pam and her family. They live in Moore, Ok and they got hit bad. [...]
Gun thief has no time
A man who was linked to a Hominy gun theft by DNA from spittle on a photo frame in 2010 pleaded guilty last week and received a 10-year suspended sentence as part of the plea deal but will serve 10 weekends in the Osage County Jail. Ronald Keith Gilley, 48, pleaded to the second-degree burglary [...]
Preordained for the priesthood
When he was just a toddler, Todd Nance stood apart from the other young parishioners at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church in Hominy. While the other kids climbed over pews, fidgeted and ran around the nave, he was rapt, fascinated by the rites and ceremony administered by Father Jerry Ryan. “Todd would stand there enthralled,” his [...]
Pawhuska’s Field of Dreams wins tentative lease agreement on split vote
In a rare split vote to which they were pushed by several passionate souls, the Osage County Commissioners approved leasing unused land near the county jail to a group that intends to build a ball field complex. Commissioner Scott Hilton cast the lone no vote, with Bob Jackson and Darren McKinney voting yes to approve [...]
Village debates changes
Proposed changes to the federal laws governing the three Osage Indian villages in Pawhuska, Hominy and Grayhorse caused some raised eyebrows after they were revealed on Friday. The most surprising change, which struck many as rather cozy given the fact that the former Pawhuska Five-Man Board is currently the target of a federal criminal investigation, [...]
Planting in Hominy
Quakers from across Oklahoma converged on Hominy Sunday to plant a tree in front of the Hominy Friends Meetinghouse. The eight foot shumard oak was donated by Norman Friends, the newest Quaker Meeting in Oklahoma. Their Sunday School children had been studying stewardship and the adults wished to support them in making the concept come [...]
Osage County election results
Skiatook City Council 100 percent reporting Ward 1 Herb Forbes, 448 votes (46.8 percent) Debbie Cook* 337 votes Connie Clement, 173 votes Ward 2 David Sutherland, 663 votes (70.1 percent) Damon Pace, 181 votes Nate Myers, 102 votes Ward 3 Joyce Jech, 749 votes (80.4 percent) Moe Shoeleh, 185 votes [...]
Huskies, Bucks, Cougars race among others at Pawhuska track meet
The Pawhuska Huskies held an area track meet Thursday. Area teams among the competitors included the Hominy Bucks and the Woodland Cougars. The Skiatook Bulldogs traveled to Claremore for a track meet the same day. By Rachel Anne Seymour
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, [...]
Kidder, without Osburn, still winning
It seems odd to say Kidder without saying Osburn when it comes to Hominy Tennis. A lot of doubles teams in Eastern Oklahoma will breathe easier knowing they don’t have to face the Osburn-Kidder duo this year. Miranda Osburn finally graduated so Morgan Kidder, after over 40 wins in 2 seasons as a doubles partner, will [...]
Danny Daniels track meet runs into Hominy
The Hominy Bucks held their annual Danny Daniels Relays at home Thursday. The Woodland Cougars were the only other Osage County team to compete at the meet. At least 10 schools attended and competed. Full results to come. By Rachel Anne Seymour
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. [...]
Bee smart
Barnsdall seventh-grader Eli Shaw took first place and Barnsdall sixth-grader Samantha Willis took second at the Osage County Spelling Bee on Wednesday. The bee is open to fourth through eighth grade students who won their individual school spelling bees. The bee lasted seven rounds. There were 13 schools and 28 students. Other participants included: Taylor [...]
Republicans are meeting too
The Osage County Republican Party Convention will be held at the Inter Local Coop facility 207 East Main Street in Hominy on Sat., March 16. The Convention will be at 10 a.m. with the Osage County Precinct’s Meeting where business will be conducted per OKGOP rules. Activities will include the election of Precinct Chair and [...]
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 [...]
Aces in class
Several local schools made their way onto the Governor’s ACE Award list: Barnsdall, Hominy, Skiatook and Wynona. A total of 183 schools districts were on the list. The Governor’s Ace Award is given to school districts in which 100 percent of the seniors of the Class of 2012 met all graduation requirements, including Achieving Classroom [...]
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 [...]
Batter up, baseball season begins
Baseball has begun and Monday night the Hominy Bucks traveled to Barnsdall to take on the Panthers. By Rachel Anne Seymour
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
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 [...]
Bucks game leads to fight, a second this year
A second girls’ Hominy basketball game ended in a physical altercation on Tuesday, but it wasn’t just the players this time. One Pawhuska parent came onto the floor before getting into a verbal tiff with the Hominy coaches after the girls’ game in Pawhuska on Feb. 12. Both teams are pointing fingers at one another [...]
Bucks take on the Black Bears
The Hominy Bucks took on the Pawnee Black Bears Friday night in Hominy. The girls game was physical and tensions were high. By Rachel Anne Seymour
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 [...]
