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Republicans seeking to keep Donald Trump from becoming their party’s nominee will have to overcome rules even more favorable to the former president than the ones that helped him clinch the 2016 nomination.

On Mon., May 8 at approximately 9:45 pm, the Blackwell Police Department received two calls in reference to a white male flagging down cars on Doolin Ave. and 29th St. The Blackwell PD responded to the call and arrived on scene where they encountered a male now identified as Michael Anthony Cook. When Officer Watters attempted to make contact with cook, cook raised his hand and began to shoot at him. Officer Watters fired one shot, which struck cook in his right foot. Cook then ran across the south parking lot of the Blackwell Animal Hospital to the property of the Southern Plains Livestock Auction and entered the trailer house. Cook refused to come out of the property when ordered to do so.

The Lamont American Legion will be holding a special ceremony at the Lamont Cemetery on Memorial Day, Monday, May 29, 2023 at 11 am to honor those veterans who served during the Vietnam War. Those veterans will have seats of honor during the ceremony and will be recognized.

The project to replace a bridge box concrete drainage structure that was previously scheduled for Monday, 15, has postponed its start date till Wednesday, May 17 due to rain. The project will be located at Oklahoma State Highway 156, approximately four miles south of the US-60 junction, just north of the 101 Ranch and will result in a highway closure.