Articles from the June 26, 2019 edition
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Freedom School Board debates how to fund necessary repairs
At the Freedom School Board meeting Monday evening, the most hotly debated issue of the night centered around how to put together a significantly different bond package for funding essential school repairs that would be able to get voters' approval....
Woman hospitalized after collision with wheat truck
A Fairview woman was admitted to the hospital with injuries from a collision with a wheat truck. The wreck occurred Saturday, June 22, at 4:25 p.m. on U.S. Highway 412 at County Road 258 in Major County. The location is a mile south and two east of...
Burlington wheat field fire damage lessened thanks to good neighbors and volunteer firefighters
It's hard to imagine writing about a wheat field fire when record amounts of rain have fallen in the Burlington area leading to and during the 2019 wheat harvest. However, Mother Nature brought a...
Lightning strike causes explosion and fire at Chieftain Oil holding tank site
A trucker hauling cattle just north of Alva on U.S. Highway 281 early Sunday morning said he saw a huge fireball and smoke toward Kiowa, Kansas. Turns out, that trucker's route took him right by the e... Full story
Wheat harvest about half finished; some yields in the 60s and 70s; fightin' the mud
It's June 25, 2019, and wheat cutting in the Oklahoma Newsgram reading area is reportedly only at least halfway finished while just across the border, Kansas is just behind with about 35 to 40... Full story