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Whippets bring home district championship!

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Seniors honored at final home game

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Boys win District Title, Girls advance to Regionals

Last week saw the regular season come to an end for the Okeene Whippets, as well as the District Round of the playoffs begin. After celebrating Senior Night against Drummond with a pair of wins, the girls split their first two playoff games to...

Jacob, Rachel Wilson lead Whippets to big week

As the playoffs approach, both Okeene basketball teams picked up big victories in the final full-week of the season. While the Lady Whippets split their two matchups last week, the boys won both games to run their winning streak to five in a row....

Halverson’s heroics ends junior high season on a high note

The Okeene Junior High basketball teams closed out their season with a pair off big wins against the Geary Bison last Thursday. The Lady Whippets won in a blowout by a score 43-22, the boys’ game came down to a game-winning shot by freshman Sam...

School holds meeting on bond proposals

Okeene School’s Superintendent Mike Jinkens and two members of the school board hosted a meeting on the upcoming school bond proposal election last Mon., Feb. 5, 2019 at the Okeene School Auditorium. Jordan Smith of Stephen L. Smith Corp., was the...

News

State Leaders Face Dilemma in Addressing Class Sizes

A temporary measure allowing schools to exceed class-size limits without financial penalties will automatically end in five months unless the Legislature acts this session.

By Jennifer Palmer, Oklahoma Watch

Chamber banquet draws out big turnout

Okeene’s Chamber of Commerce held their annual banquet Mon., Feb. 4. The banquet was opened in prayer, by Oklahoma Ministerial Alliance President, Gaylon Cox.

By Anisa Magallanes

Democracy and the majority still needs to be checked sometimes

Saddled Up on the Trail

Democracy comes from the Greek words of demos (the people) and kratia (power, rule).

In a democracy majority usually rules.

By Paul Laubach

Opinion

Can Hurts be the next great OU quarterback?

PRO SPORTS CORNER

Coming off back-toback appearances in the College Football Playoff, the Oklahoma Sooners have seen a lot of repeats since Lincoln Riley took over as head coach.