“I always liked drawing as a kid and art is fun,” Stephen Walker said. “I began in third and fourth grade and people really encouraged me. I was always drawing and was always fiddling around on something.” Walker is a SWOSU alumni art major and was active in the military for 23 years and graduated…

Dolores and Marion Davidson have been a staple in the Weatherford community for many, many years. The pair moved to Weatherford from Roger Mills County, and Marion opened his Ford dealership. Dolores, who earned music and early elementary education degrees from SWOSU, said the move was like coming…

“I enjoy volunteering,” Carolyn Dibler said. Dibler said she enjoys volunteering as she volunteers at the Heartland of America Museum and gives tours of wind turbines in the Weatherford area. “It is something I have enjoyed doing forever and we have two to three people who used to give tours.…

Evelyn Hart is 94 years old and she and her husband have been collecting Depression glass and Depression glass pieces, which were made in the 1930s. “One summer, my sister-in-law was visiting from Louisiana,” Hart said. “When she was visiting, she told us about Depression glass.” Hart found a…

Custer County has 12 active cases of COVID-19 and Weatherford only has two of those active cases. Weatherford has had 43 total cases of COVID-19, 41 recoveries and no deaths. The Oklahoma State Department, (OSDH) reports the city where the permanent residence when the person tests positive. The…

Loretta Daugherty from Red Rock is putting food into the back of a pickup truck while Nicole Morgan and Darlene Caldwell from Good Shepard Hospice in Clinton assist Josh Jennings/WDN

Volunteer Ashlynn Kantz is putting a box of food in a truck at Weatherford High School while Staff Sergant Lawrence Saume, who works at the recruiting station in Weatherford, holds a box to put in the truck as well. Josh Jennings/WDN

The Supreme Court of the United States ruled Thursday a large chunk of eastern Oklahoma remains a Native American reservation, meaning Oklahoma prosecutors do not have the authority to pursue criminal cases against Native American’s in those parts of the state. The decision involved Jimcy McGirt…

Summer is here, which means means it’s time to tackle the big outdoor tasks. The importance of getting work done is especially true in this season of social isolation, when Americans are enjoying their homes’ outdoor spaces more than ever. Outdoor work may require some extra sweat and elbow grease…

Materials: • At Home: Writing instrument and paper/notebook • Digitally: Any platform capable of group messaging Instructions: For the at home version, sit in a circle and make sure everyone has something to write with. Copy the first line from a randomly selected book, preferably fiction, onto…