News
The Allen Board of Education hired several people after executive session October 12th at its regular meeting, including Aaron Iker as baseball coach.
The…
Get ready to run for your life! The Allen Zombie Run is celebrating its 10th anniversary on Saturday, October 24, at Allen City Park, and the community is…
Sports
Senior members of the Allen football team, band and cheerleaders will be honored this Friday evening in a pregame ceremony. The students and family members…
Last Friday night the Allen Mustangs ran into a buzzsaw in the #5 Konawa Tigers.
Konawa jumped all over the young Mustangs early and often, leading 64-0 at the…
Columns
Many years ago I drove across the Atwood bridge over the South Canadian River. There was a big bump on the south side but I went on. The old bridge had been…
Watching my “kids” sneak out of town last Friday to go to the Cotton Bowl filled me with nostalgia and envy. Remembrances of 1950 filled my head, my first trip…
Obituaries
Kermitt Rodney Bailey died peacefully on October 15, 2026, in Norman, Oklahoma, with his wife Margaret and family by his side. He was born in Calais, Maine on…
Glendene Griffin of Allen, Oklahoma, passed away peacefully on Friday, October 2, 2026, surrounded by her loving family.
Katie Glendene Griffin (née Prentice)…
Jerry Wayne Robinson, 86, passed away on October 1, 2026 in Oklahoma City surrounded by loved ones. His life began on July 11th, 1940, in Sherman, Texas where…
Services for Billy Joel “Bill” Milner, 97, of Ada are 1:00 p.m. Friday, October 9, 2026, at the Criswell Funeral Home Chapel. Burial will follow at Memorial…
Lavanda Ruth Rose, 79, of Tuttle, Oklahoma, went to be with her Savior on Monday, September 28, 2026, peacefully surrounded by her family.
The youngest child…
Paul Wayne Standridge, 79, of Allen, Oklahoma, passed away on Wednesday, September 23, 2026. Born on July 15, 1947, at St. Anthony Hospital in Oklahoma City.…