The Logan County Board of Commissioners Monday approved an agreement with Kings III to provide emergency phone services for the courthouse elevator for the Sheriff ’s office. In other matters, the Commissioners approved accepting a $2,000 donation from Pfeiffer Farms to District 3 for rock on Pine Street: and $440 donation from Sajid R.

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Citizens in the Coyle Public School district will vote on February 14 to decide the fate of Proposition 1, which requests $24,315,000 for construction of a new building and transportation upgrades. The focus of the bond would be construction of a new elementary and middle school building, including a multipurpose cafeteria building.

This year marks the 50th anniversary of a key Guthrie landmark: the Oklahoma Territorial Museum. The museum opened in 1973 through the hard work of local philanthropist Fred Pfeiffer, for whom the main building of the museum is named, and includes the museum building as well as the adjacent Carnegie Library.

In the Spring of 2021, the state legislature passed and Governor Stitt signed S.B. 783 into law for Oklahoma. It was known as the Education Open Transfer Act and went into effect in January of 2022. As is often the process when a law is passed which affects the operations of public schools, the legislature provides the general direction and then rely on the State Board of Education to write the “fine print” or specific details of how the law will be interpreted and enforced. This process can become complicated and interpretation early in implementation is often fluid. Such was the case with administration of the open transfer law and how individual districts developed their local policies. In developing the policy for Guthrie Public Schools, four separate revisions were necessary prior to the start of this school year.

The Annual Used Book Sale of the Friends of the Guthrie Public Library will be on Saturday, February 4, 2023. As in past years, the sale will be in the Fellowship Hall of the First United Presbyterian Church, located at 102 E. Noble, in Guthrie. The sale hours are from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Candidates interested in filing for municipal office in 5 Logan County municipalities will file Declarations of Candidacy beginning 8 a.m. Monday, February 6.

The deadline to request absentee ballots by mail is approaching. Applications must be received by the County Election Board no later than 5 p.m.

Friday, February 10, is the last day to apply for voter registration in order to be eligible to vote in the March 7 State Special Election, Logan County Election Board Secretary Sheleen Winscott said today.

Voters in Logan County who want absentee ballots mailed to them for the February 14 Deer Creek SD I-6 Board of Education Primary Election and Coyle SD I-14 Special Election should apply now, County Election Board Secretary Sheleen Winscott said today.