Panther senior Mark Mascho breaks through the Oilton banner as the Panthers run onto the field for the first time in 34 years. See inside for more… Photo by Allie Prater.

Panther senior Mark Mascho breaks through the Oilton banner as the Panthers run onto the field for the first time in 34 years. See inside for more… Photo by Allie Prater.

Panther senior Mark Mascho

Monday, September 7, 2026

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News 

Former Sand Springs apprentice officer arrested

Deanna Maddox
Monday, September 7, 2026
SAND SPRINGS — A man who had recently begun working as an apprentice police officer with the Sand Springs Police Department was arrested this past Saturday in connection with kidnapping and sexual assault allegations from July 30 in Tulsa.

Regional Conditions and Fire Behavior, Sept. 7

News Staff
Monday, September 7, 2026
Statewide Overview: • Persistent hot and dry weather has prolonged drought conditions with many areas going more than 20 days without wetting rainfall. High to very-high fire danger indices are emphasized through Wednesday, particularly along south of I-40.

Bridge work to bring new lane closures

Allie Prater
Monday, September 7, 2026
SAND SPRINGS — Drivers in Sand Springs and west Tulsa will face additional lane closures beginning Tuesday as nearly $10 million in bridge rehabilitation work gets underway along U.S. 412 and State Highway 97.
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Sports 

Colter McArthur, #20, stops a Hominy running back. Photo by John Burns

Colter McArthur, #20, stops a Hominy running back. Photo by John Burns

Tigers take a punch, then hit back

J. D. Meisner
Monday, September 7, 2026
CLEVELAND — Rivalries are funny things. They can survive graduating classes, coaching changes, classification shifts, crappy old stadium lights and enough bad blood to fill a cow pond.Cleveland and Hominy have been doing this for 104 years. And in the latest chapter, Hominy got the better of it.

Lady Sandites pound Bixby, Sapulpa

J. D. Meisner
Monday, September 7, 2026
SAND SPRINGS — There are hot starts, and then there is whatever Sand Springs is doing to people.The Lady Sandites are 13-3, which by itself is a pretty good way to get somebody’s attention. But the record doesn’t really even tell the whole story.
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Obituaries 

Dustin Jacob Laffoon

Dustin Jacob Laffoon

Dustin Jacob Laffoon

News Staff
Tuesday, August 18, 2026
Funeral services for Pawnee, Oklahoma resident, Dustin La oon, will be held 2:00 p.m. Thursday, July 30th at the Ol- ive First Baptist Church withRev, George "Marty" Brock, III o ciating. Interment will follow in the First Mission, Free Will Baptist Camp Ground Cemetery between Olive & Mannford.
Eddie Dale Beard

Eddie Dale Beard

Eddie Dale Beard

News Staff
Monday, July 27, 2026
Eddie Dale Beard passed away peacefully at Wellington Parke Retire- ment Home in Del City, Oklahoma, on July 25, 2026, at the age of 87.

Carla Jean Brittenham

News Staff
Monday, July 27, 2026
Funeral services for Cushing resident, Carla Brittenham, will be held 10:00 a.m. Friday, July 24th in the Memorial Chapel of Michael's Funeral Home of Drumright. Rev. Sonny Johnston of Crossway Church in Cushing will o ciate. Interment will follow in the Drumright Oak Hill Cemetery.
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