Thoughts given on ‘Custer’ County

It’s likely that nobody put up a fight when Custer County was named in 1896, just a couple months short of the 20th anniversary of the Battle of the Little Bighorn.

‘Newsies Jr.’ on display

Aryanna Bland portrays Hazel, a newsie in Disney’s “Newsies Jr.,” performed Friday by Washington Elementary students.

Custer County commissioners were in a crisp and lively mood Monday for their regularly scheduled meeting at the Custer County Courthouse. The commissioners were taking comfort in the expectation of dodging serious weather during the day and having a relatively light agenda to go through.

GUYMON, Okla. (AP) — Authorities have confirmed the deaths of two Kansas women who went missing on a trip to pick up children for a birthday party.

SYDNEY (AP) — Horrified worshipers watched online and in person as a 15-year-old boy stabbed a bishop and a priest during a church service in Sydney on Monday evening before the congregation overpowered him, police said.

Students explore metamorphosis

From left, Donovin Moncada, Ivie Francis, Pazelee Dedmon, Monroe Murray, Willow Mayfield, and Ellyanna Lagman excitedly gather around the caterpillars they have been nurturing and studying as part of a classroom project at Western Oklahoma Christian School.

DENVER (AP) — The couple who owned a Colorado funeral home — where 190 decaying bodies were discovered last year — have been indicted on federal charges for fraudulently obtaining nearly $900,000 in pandemic relief funds from the U.S. government, according to court documents unsealed Monday.

FRIDAY DAY SHIFT Responded to a report of an unwanted subject in the 2100 block of Gary Blvd.

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