tschram

tschram

Longhorns beat Howe for 6th straight win

The Lone Grove High School baseball team made it a clean sweep Saturday with a 9-1 victory over Howe during the final game of the Madill/Whitesboro Festival. Blayde Wilkerson, Kyle Miller and Jackson Grace led the offense with two hits apiece.

OU gets No. 4 seed, will host IUPUI

NORMAN — Jennie Baranczyk bubbled with joy after her team’s loss to Baylor in the Big 12 Tournament on Saturday. “No matter what, we get to keep playing, and how freakin’ awesome is that,” the first-year OU coach said.

March brings feel of good ol’ days

Any hoops fan hungering for a return to normal this March might have looked at the bracket when it finally came out and wondered what ever changed. Gonzaga is the tournament’s top seed.

Lindall Sharol Buck

LONE GROVE - Lindall Sharol Buck, age 61, passed away on Saturday, March 12, 2022, from injuries sustained in an accidental fall at his home in Lone Grove, Okla. A graveside service will be held at 10:00 am, Tuesday, March 15, 2022, at Hillcrest Memorial Park, under the direction of Griffin~Hillcrest Funeral Home of Ardmore, Okla. He would be honored if you simply paused a moment for a thought or prayer for him or a loved-one you have lost.

Pamela Weaver-Gandy

RINGLING - Please join us in Celebration of Life services for Mrs. Pamela Louise (Evans) Weaver~Gandy, 62, at 2:00 PM Wednesday, March 16, 2022, at the First Baptist Church of Ringling with Rev. Mike Williams and Bro. Jim Branch officiating. Interment will follow at the Ringling Memorial Cemetery. Services are under the direction and care of Alexander Gray Funeral Home of Ringling.

Neighborhood frostier amid political divide

Dear Abby: My wife and I share a common driveway with our neighbors. These neighbors are keenly aware that my wife and I do not share their political views. After the election, one of them quit speaking to us or even acknowledging our presence.

BIRTHDAYS

Actor Judd Hirsch is 87. Jazz saxophonist Charles Lloyd is 84. Bassist Phil Lesh of the Grateful Dead is 82. Singer Mike Love of the Beach Boys is 81. Singerkeyboardist Sly Stone of Sly and the Family Stone is 79. Guitarist Howard Scott of War is 76. Rock guitarist Ry Cooder is 75. Actor Frances Conroy (“American Horror Story,” “Six Feet Under”) is 69. Actor Craig Wasson (“Body Double”) is 68. Singer Dee Snider of Twisted Sister is 67. Actor Joaquim de Almeida (film’s “Clear and Present Danger,” TV’s “24”) is 65. Actor Park Overall (“Empty Nest”) is 65. Model Fabio is 61. Singer Sananda Maitreya (Terence Trent D’Arby) is 60.

PEOPLE IN THE NEWS

‘Black Panther’ director mistaken for bank robber in Atlanta Movie director Ryan Coogler was briefly handcuffed by Atlanta police after a bank teller mistook him for a robber when he passed her a note while trying to withdraw a large amount of cash from his account. The “Black Panther” director, who is Black, walked into a Bank of America branch Jan.