Drummond News

An ATV accident Friday evening sent two men to the hospital. According to an OHP report, Spencer Charles Bryant, 23, of Drummond, was driving the ATV at a high rate of speed at 8:20 p.m. on private property in Garfield County when he lost control around a curve.

Paul receives Educator of the Year award Autry Technology Center employee Bea Paul has received recognition for her hard work.

DRUMMOND, Okla.: When the Garfield County, Okla., sheriff's office started getting calls about millions of ants crossing an intersection, deputy Trot Bush thought it was a joke.

A swarm of mites that feed off canola plants was to blame for creating hazardous road conditions Monday night at Oklahoma 132 and Wood Road.

THUMBS UP Thumbs up to the proverbial first day of the rest of your life. We're talking to the recent high school graduates across northwest Oklahoma.

Staff reports A 45-year-old Drum-mond man was killed Tuesday night when his motorcycle collided head-on with a sport utility vehicle attempting to pass another vehicle on Oklahoma 132 about a mile north of Drum-mond. Raymond Leroy Wagner was pronounced dead at the scene, the Oklahoma High-way Patrol reported.

Two motorcyclists were reportedly killed on Oklahoma roadways since Tuesday night according to the Oklahoma Highway Patrol, including a Garfield County man and an Arizona woman who died in a Muskogee County collision.

Emergency responders were called to the scene of a fatality accident at approximately 9:38 p.m. Tuesday night, one mile north of Drummond on Oklahoma 132.

Waukomis Masonic Lodge 161 is sponsoring Pig In The Park today. The meal will begin at 6:30 p.m. in Drummond School Gym because of the weather.

Drummond High School students traveled to El Reno to compete in the 2009 Interscholastic Contest at Redlands Community Col-lege, placing second in the division III sweepstakes.

Gov. Brad Henry has signed legislation that will give motorists more time to renew their driver's license.

Lamont town-wide garage sale will be 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. May 16. There will be no fees or no maps.

A large wildfire was burning west of Cleo Springs late Saturday afternoon, causing homes to be evacuated.

Local educators are awaiting more word on appropriations after a state Senate leader raised the possibility of budget cuts this fiscal year.

Locust between Independence and Grand will be closed Thursday for work on relocating a waterline.

Vance Air Force Base will be the site Friday for a blood drive from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. The base is partnering with Oklahoma Blood Institute in the blood drive, which will be held in CCAC Building 528.

The Covington-Douglas junior class is selling slabs of ribs from Head Country Barbecue for $17.50 a slab.

A man arrested over the weekend for burglarizing a home near Drummond has been identified using a national fingerprinting system.

Justin Lamunyon was elected to the Waukomis school board Tuesday without a runoff, defeating two other candidates.

Hay bales and two barns were burned Thursday afternoon when a wind-fed grass fire consumed the buildings.