![By Conrad Easterday, CTCN Editor A hundred years ago on Christmas Eve, 36 people died in the Babbs Switch schoolhouse near Hobart. It took less than nine minutes for the roof to fall in, dooming everyone left inside, including two of Bill Braun’s uncles.Braun’s mother, 4-year-old Lilly Biggers, crawled to safety after being jostled from the arms of her mother who stayed inside the building looking for Lilly and her other children. She died with her two boys. Another daughter, […]](https://www.chickashatoday.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Babbs-Switch-Fire.jpg)
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![The Chickasha Area Arts Council and the Chickasha Community Theatre will be hosting a listening session with the Oklahoma Arts Council (OAC) on Dec. 12.The community is invited to attend and participate.What are your goals, dreams and desires for the “The Arts” in our community?The meeting is scheduled from 4 to 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 12, at 521 W. Chickasha Avenue, home of the Chickasha Area Arts Council. There is no cost to attend, however RSVPs are requested. RSVP to […]](https://www.chickashatoday.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/CAAC-Logo-Black-Print2.jpg){kind=logo}
![On the opening day of the filing period for Caddo County school boards, four candidates from separate schools cast their hats into the ring.The filing period ends Wednesday, Dec. 4. The general election will be April 1 with primaries in February if more than three candidates file for the same position.All of the 33 board of education openings in Caddo, Grady and Stephens counties are non-partisan.Boone-Apache Public Schools – Office No. 5James M. Patterson Jr., 58, ApacheGracemont Public Schools – […]](https://www.chickashatoday.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Get-Ready-To-Vote-Check-Your-Registration-Status.jpg)
![Candidates for area school board seats will have three days to file for office starting Monday, Dec. 2, and ending Wednesday, Dec. 4.Nine Stephens County school districts have an opening on their boards while Caddo and Grady counties each have a dozen districts with a single open slot. Although the three counties have 33 openings among them, the majority of voters will only check boxes for one of those races — with a few exceptions. Marlow will elect City Council […]](https://www.chickashatoday.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Duncan-Public-Schools-generations-1400x912.jpg)
![CHICKASHA — Grady Memorial Hospital’s Board of Directors has announced the planned retirement of present Chief Executive Officer Warren Kean Spellman, effective March 2025.Spellman’s retirement marks the end of a distinguished 45-year career and 12-year tenure at GMH characterized by transformative leadership, the sales tax election, and the saving of Grady Memorial Hospital from closure. He has served the communities in and around Grady County with unwavering dedication to improving rural healthcare, particularly in Chickasha.Spellman joined Grady Memorial Hospital in […]](https://www.chickashatoday.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Kean-Spellman-Grady-Memorial.jpg)
![By Conrad Easterday, CTCN Editor Life’s Hope has given away $14 million in unwanted and returned items so far this year from Amazon’s globe-spanning network of warehouses.And that’s a conservative estimate, says Life’s Hope founder Brent Justus of Duncan.This week, semi loads of merchandise are being delivered to Chickasha Public Schools one building and one classroom at a time. Each child gets to choose two gifts from the mass of boxes, one for them and one for someone special in […]](https://www.chickashatoday.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Lifes-Hope-two-little-girls-1400x912.jpg)
Christmas Eve tragedy changed how schools are constructed
By Conrad Easterday, CTCN Editor A hundred years ago on Christmas Eve, 36 people died in the Babbs Switch schoolhouse near Hobart. It took less than nine minutes for the roof to fall in, dooming everyone left inside, includin... More »
Chickasha Area Arts Council and Chickasha Community Theater to host Cornerstone Conversations meeting
The Chickasha Area Arts Council and the Chickasha Community Theatre will be hosting a listening session with the Oklahoma Arts Council (OAC) on Dec. 12.The community is invited to attend and participate.What are your goals, d... More »
Four file for Caddo County school board openings
On the opening day of the filing period for Caddo County school boards, four candidates from separate schools cast their hats into the ring.The filing period ends Wednesday, Dec. 4. The general election will be April 1 with p... More »
Three-day filing period next week for area school board candidates
Candidates for area school board seats will have three days to file for office starting Monday, Dec. 2, and ending Wednesday, Dec. 4.Nine Stephens County school districts have an opening on their boards while Caddo and Grady ... More »
Grady Memorial announces CEO’s retirement
CHICKASHA — Grady Memorial Hospital’s Board of Directors has announced the planned retirement of present Chief Executive Officer Warren Kean Spellman, effective March 2025.Spellman’s retirement marks the end of a distinguishe... More »
Life’s Hope bringing gifts to “me-me” world
By Conrad Easterday, CTCN Editor Life’s Hope has given away $14 million in unwanted and returned items so far this year from Amazon’s globe-spanning network of warehouses.And that’s a conservative estimate, says Life’s Hope f... More »
ChamberCare built for small business
By Conrad Easterday, CTCN Editor The State Chamber of Oklahoma has spent the last four years studying the success of other state chambers of commerce that offer health care insurance programs for small business, the backbone ... More »
Buy Chickasha and Festival of Light getting under way
By Jim CowanPresident, Chickasha Chamber of Commerce It’s hard to believe, but the Chamber’s “Buy Chickasha” is underway and the Festival of Light opens this week and we haven’t even celebrated Thanksgiving yet. The timing on... More »
Four indicted in connection with Marlow robbery
OKLAHOMA CITY – The Multi-County Grand Jury has indicted four men in a pair of robberies for allegedly stealing cash and marijuana from two Oklahoma marijuana grow operations.Geane Johnson Jr., 25, Herbert Lee Morris Jr., 20,... More »
Arts Council accepting ArtScope co-director applications
The Chickasha Area Arts Council (CAAC) has begun planning for its 27th annual ArtScope day camp and is accepting applications from individuals interested in being considered as a Co-Director of the 2025 ArtScope program.Deadl... More »
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