Rush Springs News

Wednesday marked the 55th celebration of Veterans' Day, but for some veterans it felt like the first.

The annual Veterans Day program will be held on Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2009 at 11 a.m. at the Grady County Veterans Memorial on the west side of Shannon Springs Park.

The Grady County Democratic Party will sponsor its annual fund-raiser at 6 p.m. today in the Community Building at the Grady County Fairgrounds.

It was no Halloween treat when power was out in most of Duncan and Marlow just after 8:30 p.m. Saturday night.

October is National Head Start Awareness Month. The Washita Valley Community Action Council is the grantee for the local Head Start program in Grady and Caddo Counties.

Rush Springs' AKC Junior Handler Laur'en Jordan is one of only two Oklahomans who qualified to compete in Junior Showmanship at the 2009 AKC Eukanuba National Championship Invitational and The American Kennel Club's 125th Anniversary celebration in Long Beach, Calif.

An interim study today focused on successfully reintegrating Oklahoma prisoners into society upon their release from the corrections system, state Rep.

A local band here in Texoma is now a finalist in a Country Music Television contest.

OKLAHOMA CITY The owners of several Broken Bow cabin leasing companies will have to wait until November to learn if they can continue to legally operate their companies, an attorney representing one of the companies said Monday.

OCTOBER 13 CCT Auditions * When: Oct. 12 & 13th, 6:30 p.m. * Where: 511 Chickasha Ave.

The process may someday get use out of substandard watermelons that are now discarded.

It's getting harder to recruit young volunteer firefighters because of the time needed for training and because many work during the day outside their communities, a legislative panel was told Tuesday.

Oklahoma needs more incentives to attract and retain volunteer firefighters, a House panel was told Tuesday.

An Oklahoma-based chemist for the Department of Agriculture said his research suggests that sugars in the juice of watermelons can be used to make ethanol.

James Garrett is wondering today how he's going to send his daughter, Raylin, 5, to school next week when it starts in Marlow.

Lillie Hannah, a resident at Glenhaven Retirement Village, enjoys a slice of watermelon.

Lillie Hannah, a resident at Glenhaven Retirement Village, enjoys a slice of watermelon.

A group of seven El Salvadorian delegates attended the Chickasha Public Schools Foundation luncheon Tuesday.

The Golden family reunion was July 12 at Wintersmith Park Lodge in Ada. Attending from Oklahoma were as follows: Gwen Jansen, Crowder; Brenda Koontz, Allen; Johnnie and Carrol Jordon, Johnnie and Jacob Jordon, Rush Springs; Patrick Sanders, David and Virginia Golden, Stratford; Keith and Blake Wright, Harrah; Bob Sweet, George Wayne Sweet, Irene ...

It's that time again for the 119th Annual Old Settlers Picnic. It's perhaps the second-oldest rodeo in America and is well known to people in the rodeo business.