Upcoming Events

*Geary citywide cleanup (No Sundays) March 15- March 23Dumpsters will be behind the City of Geary swimming pool. *Geary Public Scools Spring Break March 14-21 *Watonga Public Schools and Calumet Public Schools Spring Break March 17-21 3/20-FIRST DAY OF SPRING! 3/20-21 -Watonga HS Baseball and...

Domestic Altercation Injures Two

A domestic altercation on February 28 sent two Watonga residents to Oklahoma City hospitals.According to an incident report from the Watonga Police Department, the situation began with an argument between Phillis Tallboy and Tevon Keyon Curry at a rented home the couple sometimes shared at the...

Canadian County Election Update

Elections of interest to the Canadian County readers of the Watonga Republican include a race between Gray Haller and Jessica Winegeart for the Calumet Public School District board of education and another between Lance Shenold and Patrick Michael Hayes for a seat on the Caddo-Kiowa Tech Center...

Watonga IHS on Chopping Block

Twenty-five Bureau of Indian Affairs offices – including three in Oklahoma -- across the country are set to be shut down by the end of the year.

Today in History

March 12 is the 71st day of the year (72nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 294 days remain until the end of the year.538 – Vitiges, king of the Ostrogoths ends his siege of Rome and retreats to Ravenna, leaving the city to the victorious Byzantines.1088 – Election of Urban II as the 159th...

WHS Students of the Month

The Watonga Lions Club celebrated its Students of the Month for February on March11. Shown are (L-R) Woodrow Richardson, Lions Club President Steve House, Mallory Harrell and teacher Tiffani Gallagher.

Calumet Wins It All

Players from the Calumet High School boy’s basketball team react Friday to the win over Dover in the semi-finals game. The Calumet Chieftains went on to win the Class B state championship the next day in the Big House at State Fair Park over Wilson-Henryetta, 56 43.