By Carolyn Cole
Published on August 14, 2008

A proposed spring bond issue that would fund a remodel of Mustang High School got a boost Tuesday when school board members directed a task force to begin interviewing architects.

Bond Projects Director Jim Burkey said task force members narrowed their list to 15 priorities for the campus, and now they need help determining what project ideas are realistic, if the district can afford them and how they will be designed.

By Traci Chapman
Published on August 14, 2008

Mustang Historical Society’s good fortune has turned into a mixed blessing, as the group struggles to find space for its growing collection, and a plea for expansion has hit a brick wall.

By Clint Crawford
Published on August 14, 2008

Baseball gloves and batting helmets were exchanged for cleats and shoulder pads as the dog days of summer gave way Tuesday to the first hint of fall — football.

Mustang Broncos Head Coach Ty Prestidge said about 80 players in 10th- through 12th-grades as well as 60 freshman were expected to take part in practices this week.

By Carolyn Cole
Published on August 14, 2008

Mustang School Board members voted to spend $85,000 for safety equipment Monday night, buying 50 school bus cameras and 12 automated external defibrillators.

Oklahoma lawmakers approved Senate Bill 923 last session, “encouraging” school districts to buy AEDs but did not provide any additional funding for the devices. The defibrillators are used to treat an irregular heartbeat, which officials said is the most common cause of sudden cardiac death among healthy youth during exercise and athletic competitions.

Jacklyn Guest Horn
Funeral services for Jacklyn Guest Horn, 65, were held Monday at First Baptist Church in Tom, Okla. Burial was in the Tom Cemetery under direction of Conley-White Funeral Home in Idabel.