The Guthrie Rotary Club Student of the Week is Guthrie Job Corps student, Jalana Taft. Jalana is from Lawton and has just completed her trade in Culinary Arts. She has certifications in Guest Services, First Aid, Serve Safe and Food Handlers. Jalana hopes to open her own bakery. Pictured with Jalana is Rotarian Brittany Timmons, Rotarian Bobby Stitt, Robin Channel, Mercy Head of Nursing and Dustin Yowell, Mercy Director of Operations.

The Guthrie Chamber of Commerce recently held a Ribbon Cutting Ceremony for their newest investor, Jack’s Express Wash. They are located at 14720 Boucher Drive in Edmond. (I-35 and Waterloo Road) Jack’s Express Wash is a locally owned, operated & family-run car wash. Jack›s offers free vacuums, towels, car detail spray, and more for after your wash. Check out their Facebook page or visit their website at jackswashok. com for more information. Welcome! We are happy to have you in Logan County. Photo courtesy of Shelton’s Photography

Huddled along the highway, a gold-trim building featuring smiling faces and savory aromas welcomes weary travelers day after day. This community hero also has been transforming leftovers into a lifeline for nearly a decade.

GUTHRIE – United Way of Logan County raised over $4,000 at its seventh annual Logan County Open on Friday, June 2, at the Guthrie Golf & Country Club. The golf tournament, hosted in partnership with Guthrie Golf & Country Club, Mercy Hospital, and Eskridge Chevrolet, benefitted the United Way of Logan County and its 10 Partner Agencies.

Drug trafficking and burglaries were the subject of two recent investigations and arrests by the Guthrie Police Department. In the first case from June 4, a routine traffic stop of an older Chevy Tahoe, at 16th St.

An 81-year-old Guthrie resident was in critical condition Monday after being flung from his truck some 20 feet by a speeding, distracted driver in a scary two-car accident Friday. Elmer Anderson, who was pinned under his truck, is suffering from arm, leg, trunk and head injuries, and was sent to OU Medical Center in Edmond by Guthrie Emergency Services.

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Logan County 4-H Robotics Club received a Central Foundation grant to purchase iPads and update robotic sets to help teach 15 Logan County 4-H members about coding and programming. “Our EV3 Lego robotic kits only work with iPads,” said Jennifer Dejonge, Logan County 4-H Robotics Club leader.