Perkins News

There were more than 100 residents on both sides of the issue, tackling some pretty hard questions with the senator.

U.S. Sen. Coburn, R-Oklahoma, can't be criticized for questioning the value of some stimulus projects, but he should have his facts correct.

U.S. Sen. Tom Coburn wants to shed light on the wasteful spending in the federal stimulus and his list includes projects in his home state of Oklahoma.

Information provided Monday by local and state officials rebuts claims that U.S. Sen.

Oklahoma Senator Tom Coburn is questioning 100 projects that have received funding from President Barack Obama's economic recovery program, including one in his home state.

Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Okla., releases a report Tuesday detailing 100 local projects he says are funded by federal stimulus money.

Oklahoma Senator Tom Coburn is questioning 100 projects that have received or will receive funding from President Barack Obama's economic recovery program, including one in his home state.

U.S. Sen. Tom Coburn issued his own report Tuesday questioning billions in specific stimulus projects, complete with a photo of actors Bruce Willis and Haley Joel Osment in the decade-old film "The Sixth Sense." Instead of dead people, the Oklahoma Republican's report has Osment's character seeing stimulus checks.

Mr. Robert Lloyd "Bob" Evans, 78, former publisher of the Barnsdall Times and husband of Mrs.

The Scripps National Spelling Bee is underway in Washington. A record 293 spellers are participating in the 82-nd annual Bee, which will finish up on national television tomorrow night.

The Oklahoma Highway Patrol has identified a man critically injured in an all-terrain vehicle crash near Perkins.

Reaction to the "Great Commission Resurgence" declaration in various quarters of Southern Baptist life includes questions about its tone, focus and lack of clarity.

Paul M. Milburn was honored Tuesday night with the 2009 Don Bodard Friend of Youth Award during The Salvation Army's annual dinner.

The City Council will break a tie vote tonight on a proposal by a towing service to use a South Main building to store wrecked vehicles.

A high school teacher in Perkins has been hospitalized after collapsing during a class.

A small airplane heading to Stillwater for fuel crashed into a thicket of trees and a pond near Perkins, killing the pilot.

Canyon Creek Angus Purchases Heifer Package by Kelli Armbruster Ronald and Myki Simek, owners of Canyon Creek Angus LLC, Cody, Wyo., bid $92,500 Jan.

PERKINS a ' Perkins-Tryon Schools are closed today because the school sites do not have power.

Students with their heads in the clouds probably are familiar with it. It flies as high as birds in the sky and is difficult to ignore.

JAMES PIERCE/GDH Lions Club District Governor Charles Michael presents Tom Stephens with the new Dodge Pickup he won for the annual drawing giveaway.