This year at the Alfalfa County Fair, Burlington schools had five participants who competed in showing and judging. From Burlington 4-H, seventh-grader Brooke Whittet and fourth-grader Kaycee Matzke...

Burlington Fellowship of Christian Athletes (FCA) hosted a blood drive at the Burlington School on Sept. 14. The Oklahoma Blood Institute was there to collect the blood donations. FCA members...

On Saturday, Sept. 16, the Burlington Cross Country team competed at a meet at Cherokee High School. Four junior high girls ran. Brooke Whittet placed fourth with a time of 6:41. Karlie Heatherman...

The yearbook staff has chosen a theme for the yearbook this year of "Make Your Mark." While researching the theme, the staff came across International Dot Day. This day began with a book by Peter H....

The Burlington school play this year was "Penny for Your Thought," a comedy/drama act written by Scott Haan. The main idea of this play is that Penny (played by Caitlin Flackman) is having trouble...

This school year Burlington received a new pre-K teacher, Apryl Burleson. This is her first year teaching and so far she absolutely loves it! She says she always believed that she would be teaching...

Burlington robotics recently took part in the Heartland BEST robotics kick off. The Heartland BEST kick off this year was on Sept. 16 on the Northwestern Oklahoma State University campus. Burlington...

Students of all ages, faculty and community members gathered early around the flag pole at Burlington School on a drizzly morning Wednesday, Sept. 27, to participate in See You at the Pole. The FCA...

Stephanie Ann Croft was born on June 3, 1999, in Enid, Oklahoma. Croft is the daughter of Stacey and Rick Croft. She has two older sisters, Laine and Taylor. In her free time Croft enjoys playing...

Some Burlington FFA members recently had the opportunity to participate in a celebration of Oklahoma's heritage at Septemberfest, held on the lawn of the Oklahoma History Center on Sept. 9....

Warden Becky Guffy told the Bill Johnson Correctional Center (BJCC) Advisory Board some welcome news. The facility will soon be offering vocational training to offenders. Instruction will be in...

Digital design students at the Northwest Technology Center's (NWTC) Alva campus now have some new and exciting opportunities available to them. In addition to several Canon DSLR cameras, a DJI...

Funeral services for Delfred Inman will be 2 p.m. Sunday, October 1, 2017, at the Elm and Murrow Church of Christ in Waynoka with Bill David Walker officiating. Interment will be in the Waynoka...

Funeral services for Floyd Ray Smith will be 11 a.m. Saturday, September 30, 2017, at the Waynoka Assembly of God Church with Rev. Terry Phipps officiating. Interment will be in the Waynoka Municipal...

According to Fortune Magazine, the internet is fostering a new interest in vintage watch collecting. Auction prices are soaring and when it comes to watch design, suddenly everything old is new...

I made my way back to Oklahoma State Capitol this past week for the Legislature’s special session that started Monday. Despite most people’s thoughts that a narrowly focused special session would be...

We seem to live in a neighborhood with a sizable population of ants. At least that’s what some neighbors and former neighbors have told me. Whether or not that’s true, our house is periodically invade...

The victory of Sloane Stephens in the 2017 singles competition of the U. S. Open made her only the fourth African American woman to win a “major” tennis tournament. When Americans began playing ten...