News

The buzz around town… 

The popular favorite Grate Spelling Bee is returning soon.  The event will be held at the Pioneer Heritage Center at Western Oklahoma State College (WOSC) on Saturday, April 1 from 9 a.m. …

Publishing company hosts speech competition for middle and high school students

LOCUST GROVE – The Institute for Excellence in Writing (IEW®), a local language arts curricula publisher, is hosting a worldwide speech competition with cash prizes to encourage students to …

Green named Altus Public Schools Support Employee of the Year

During the March 9 Altus Public Schools Board of Education Meeting, Altus Public Schools announced Debra Green as the 2023 Support Employee of the Year. Green has worked in the Altus District for …

Oklahoma rejects recreational marijuana  

Oklahoma has rejected legalizing recreational marijuana. According to the Oklahoma State Election Board, voter turnout was 25.35% across the state, with 216,883 voters for the proposition and 349,121 …
Features
The sanctuary was packed with family, employers, friends and supporters of nine individuals who graduated from Drug Court on Wednesday, Dec. 21.      District Judge Brad …
Olustee made the top 3 in the Paint Oklahoma Beautiful contest. 
The MacDowell Club of Allied Arts continued its tradition of the Vespers performance on Sunday, Dec. 18 at the First United Methodist Church of Altus. 
Sports
PUTNAM CITY – The Altus High School Track and Field teams returned to Putnam City on Thursday night and took on some of the best-in-Class-6A. In cold and windy conditions the Lady Bulldogs …
The Altus Bulldogs reached a point in their season opening baseball game on Thursday that could be called do-or-die. The score was tied at 1-1 and the batter, Altus' second baseman Colton Gillispie, …
Lawton MacArthur put on a show of power in the first inning of their 5-0 victory over the Altus Bulldogs at Kiwanis Park on Thursday. Pitcher Kage Zeller tripled to right field for Mac's first …
Opinion
The clock is ticking down as we make final preparations for the 59th Legislature. We’ve been busy working with Senate staff to research and draft hundreds of bills in order to get them filed by …
In our first official business of 2023, the House met on Tuesday, January 3 for our constitutionally-required Organizational Day, where we elected leadership and approved rules for the 59th …
Edmond Music had just completed a full refurbishment of a Steinway M, a performance grand piano that fits in our programming space as well as our storage area.