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NOC honors outgoing regent Michael Martin

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After five years as a Northern Oklahoma College regent, Stillwater’s Michael Martin attended his final meeting Wednesday in Tonkawa.

The Tonkawa News Time Machine

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50 years ago, June 27, 1974

A proposed settlement on mental health is a win for all Oklahomans. But Kevin Stitt can’t see that

It’s become clear that our governor can’t recognize a good settlement offer if it bites him in the behind.

HISTORICALLY SPEAKING

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Tragedy erupted on Oct. 1, 2017, at a country music festival in Las Vegas when a lone shooter killed 60 attendees from a 32ndstory hotel window. Mainly using AR-15 style weapons with the help of a bump stock, the shooter carried out the deadliest mass shooting by a lone gunman in history.

Oklahoma joins states with ‘release time’ laws letting kids leave school for religious lessons

Children in American public schools traditionally learned the three R’s: reading, writing and arithmetic. Today, students in more than half of the U.S. states can study a fourth R: religion.

49th Annual Tonkawa Tribal PowWow June 28 to June 30

Tonkawa Tribe is hosting their 49th annual powwow in honor of the 139th anniversary of the arrival of the Tonkawa at Fort Oakland. This year has been named Year of the Warrior. The Tonkawa Tribe’s Powwow will be held from Friday, June 28 to Sunday, June 25.

Tonkawa City Council and Tonkawa Municipal Authority meetings held June 18

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Tonkawa City Council met Tuesday, June 18, 2024. When the meeting was called to order, members present were Kenneth Smith, Charles Conaghan, Nancy Skipper, Stacy Burns, Reece Simpson, and Brant Harris. A prayer and the Flag Salute was held before the meeting began.

Incidentally...

The News wishes a Happy Birthday... June 27 Karen Dale, Tucker Stout, John D. Bowan, Bryce Robbins. June 28 Richard Hasselwander, Peggy O’Mealey, Sherry Kersey, Virginia Miller. June 29 Brenda Teten, Madelyn Mittelstet, Marcia Wyler, Andrea King, Jeremy Combrink. June 30 Rev. Robert Audd, Maxine Case. July 1 Darren Johns, Tracey Smith, E. R. Miller, Denise Dix, Jack Sawyer. July 2 Jeanne Friesen, Tommy Inman, Amber Jeans, Kai Kirby. July 3 Jamey Rogers, Madelyn Norman, Judy Esch, Brittany McKenzie, Krista Hembree.

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Oklahoma Ethics Commission settles with Make Oklahoma Great Again PAC

OKLAHOMA CITY – The Make Oklahoma Great Again Political Action Committee will pay the state $25,000 to settle an Oklahoma Ethics Commission complaint.