Brenda Bryant of Hawk Point was elected National Guard of the Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) of the United States Auxiliary at its 106th National Convention in Orlando, Florida on July 24.

Local cop Steve Kelly of the Winfield Police Department recently hit a national spot of fame after a wayward text message found its way to him on Aug. 9.

“I don’t know what it is about the water in Lincoln County, but I’ve never worked in an agency, a community that had so many child sex crimes,” said Lieutenant Andy Binder, public information officer for the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office.  “It’s been going on since 2006 when I started work…

On Aug. 15 the Lincoln County community came together to support the families of two teenagers that were lost in a car accident earlier that week – Brayden Hood (16) and Mario Montalvo (16).