Run for the Health of it
The Osage Nation hosted a 5K run and Littlest Amazing Race during their ‘Run for the Health of it’ event in Pawhuska Saturday morning. The 5K started off at 8 a.m. followed by the Littlest Amazing Race. The even also had food, a dunk tank, music, climbing wall and bounce castle Cultural Park behind the [...]
Graduations
These are some of our favorite photos from the Barnsdall kindergarten and high school and Hominy high school graduations! By Rachel Anne Seymour
Calling in the Calvary: No longer trapped
Spending almost 30 years on her feet as a Pawhuska nurse finally took its toll on L.J. Collier. The steep stairs at her home were more like a locked gate than a pathway. “She bought a house with stairs that were almost keeping her trapped in the house,” her son Jake Collier said. “We knew [...]
Fire destroys vacant Barnsdall house
A fire gutted a house in Barnsdall’s Wrangle Heights near the Ethel Reese Cemetery on Saturday evening. According to neighbors no one lived in the home and there were no injuries. The house was a total loss. The State Fire Marshall found no evidence of arson and ruled the fire accidental. By Rachel Anne Seymour
Panthers win Class 2A State Softball Tournament
For the first time in Joe Gilbert’s coaching career, the Barnsdall slow pitch softball team won the Class 2A State Championship Tuesday night in Oklahoma City. Gilbert, who has been coaching for more than 50 years, has only one other state title, the 1980 baseball title. On Tuesday the Panthers started off by defeating Turner [...]
Coming up roses: Flower shop gets a new owner
After a decade of smelling the roses, Karen Overacker is hanging up her shears at the Barnsdall Flower Shop and tossing the bouquet to another Barnsdall local, Susan Love Kilpatrick. Karen has been telling Susan the time for her to retire from the floral business is coming. This year was the year. “This Valentine’s Day [...]
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, [...]
Everyone loves Sayra
Unofficially, Barnsdall Junior and High School Principal Russell McCauley Jr. will be retiring at the end of the year, and his unofficial successor will be Sayra Bryant, a Barnsdall graduate and current high school teacher. “Usually there’s a line of students out my door to see me,” she said after school Tuesday. The school board [...]
Special Olympic Huskies finish fast, first
Tyshawn Cochrane looks back over his right shoulder as his arms pump back and forth. He’s in the lead of the 100 meter speed walk and is not about to give it up. In the end he takes home a blue ribbon for the event, along with fifth in the softball throw from the Area [...]
Shake, Quake
A 4.2 earthquake rumbled near Oklahoma City early Tuesday around 5:15 a.m., according to the United States Geological Survey. The quake was felt in Tulsa, Bartlesville, Skiatook and in parts of Osage County. By Rachel Anne Seymour
Drop your drugs
The National DEA DrugTake Back Day will be Sat., April 27. Bring unused or expired drugs to drop off in the parking lot of Pawhuska’s Home Town Foods from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. that Saturday. The Pawhuska Indian Health Clinic and Osage Nation will sponsor the event, and hotdogs and beverages will be given [...]
Skiatook gets a mayor
The Skiatook’s new city council voted and approved councilman Randy Sien as the city mayor and councilman David Sutherland as the vice mayor during Monday’s special work meeting. Sien won reelection as an incumbent in the new ward district 5 while Sutherland ran for Ward 2 and won against Damon Pace and Nate Myers. Sien [...]
Police news
The Pawhuska Police Department promoted officer Brian “Chris” Rumsey to assistant police chief Monday, according to the department’s Facebook page. Electronic congratulations toppled in along with more than 100 likes on the post. By Rachel Anne Seymour
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
Panthers parade to prom
The Barnsdall Panthers paraded out of the school Saturday night and headed to Woolroc for their annual junior-senior prom. This year’s walk out started at 7 p.m., an hour later than last year’s. The past two years the school has had a ‘walk out’ instead of a ‘walk in’ since the prom was moved to [...]
Bulldogs say bid farewell to seniors
The Skiatook Bulldogs had their senior night before the varsity game against Glenpool Friday night. The Skiatook JV beat Glenpool 12-3 before the senior night ceremony. The varsity Bulldogs won their game 1-0. Every one of the senior said that their favorite memory was the dog pile after winning the Regional Tournament and heading to [...]
Long says yes to the dress and more
Osage County native Lindsey Long has been saying yes a lot lately. She said yes to her boyfriend Jered Davidson’s marriage proposal last May and yes to her wedding dress last August. Both events were heavily documented. This Friday, the 24-year-old Pawhuskan will be the second Oklahoma bride on TLC’s ‘Say Yes to the Dress’. [...]
A Ray(mond) of sunshine
Duane Easley wakes up at 5 a.m., then heads out the door to check his oil leases at 5:30 a.m. He works long days, often going up into Kansas. For years, he did this alone. That was until the morning he arrived at the Raymond lease north of Sedan. “I go into this lease and [...]
Osage County filmed movie premiers in Bartlesville
Terrance Malick’s Hollywood film ‘To The Wonder’, starring Ben Affleck, Javier Bardem and Rachel McAdams, is scheduled to hit theaters Friday, including a showing at the Bartlesville Community Center, which has sold out. See videos and behind the scene short films on ‘To The Wonder.’ By The Times Staff
Wreck closes OK 99
For almost two hours OK 99 north of County Road 1807 was closed after a pickup and travel tracker jack knifed Monday around 6:20 p.m. The wreck, which was near the former mini golf course, closed down the southbound lane before both lanes were eventually closed. The road was opened back up around 8:10 p.m. [...]
A double double-cross
On Thursday, Heather Waggie and Joey Stone posted a photo on Facebook of themselves in front of Laverne’s wedding chapel in Miami, heads together and holding a marriage certificate that was conveniently out of focus. “Is that for real?” Kimberly Strate asked. “April 1st is really close, but I hope this is not a joke,” [...]
Going bald for St. Baldrick’s
Kelly Kanke watched her youngest son, David, fight cancer, and although he defeated the malignant tumor on the right side of his throat, some of his friends and fellow children with cancer have lost their hair and some even lives to the disease. Watching her son, known as ‘Lil D,’ and others struggle, Kelly has [...]
Like a steer – only smaller
Snoopy and Henry are not what you typically picture when 4-H showmanship comes to mind. Together, the two rabbits owned by 4-H member Emily Clark, weigh less than five pounds. Snoopy, a full grown solid brown mini Rex buck, comes in at about 3.25 pounds, while the young 12-week-old black and white Polish named Henry [...]
