Mustang eighth-graders and their parents are invited to an information meeting at 6:30 p.m., March 13, in the Mustang Middle School gym. Parents will learn about Mustang Mid-High and can meet faculty and staff. Information will be provided about enrollment, graduation requirements, career technology programs, Oklahoma Promise (OHLAP) scholarship, athletics, electives, clubs and advanced courses.

Mustang Boomer Booster Club and the Yukon Masonic Lodge will hold their third annual chili supper and silent auction to benefit Canadian County Special Olympics athletes this Saturday.

Tickets are $5, and the dinner is from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the lodge at 120 W. Main Street in Yukon.

Organizer Jan Wilson said last year the groups raised $4,000, just meeting the costs of sending special needs students to the summer Special Olympics held each year in Stillwater.

For more information, call Kelley Newkirk at 830-5110 or Wilson at 376-1025.

A Mustang man died in a one-seat gyrocopter crash Sunday at C.E. Page Airport.

The Mustang News was awarded the Best Newspaper honor by the Oklahoma Society of Professional Journalists for the second consecutive year Saturday during an awards banquet at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in downtown Tulsa.

Residents can help build Mustang High School’s Project Graduation by engraving their words into the new McDonald’s store brick and mortar.

Burroughs, Tommy
Glasco Sr., J.D.
Hollis-Peyton, Naomi
Lewis, Evelyn
Nyquist, Betty
Pouder, Harry

Tears well in James McNeil’s eyes as he remembers hundreds of Mustang Valley Elementary children, many of whom are grandparents now.
As the school building marks its 50th year, McNeil has a treasure trove of memories from his 17 years as a custodian to share with students and faculty as they collect Mustang Valley’s history this year.

A Lakehoma Elementary School parent posted bail Friday after being arrested in connection to three threats mailed to the school.

A grove of trees in Wild Horse Park could give way to a development similar to Spring Creek Plaza in Edmond if a plan to develop a section of the park moves forward. Some City Council members see the development as a perfect fit, creating a new downtown for the city.