Look! Up in the sky! It’s a bird… Oh well, it wasn’t really in the sky when first spotted but a rock found in the Russell community was recently confirmed to be a meteorite by Dr. Tony Irving of t...
Martha Resident Dies in One
Vehicle Accident
A Martha resident was killed in a single vehicle accident January 29 in Beckham County according to a report by the Oklahoma Highway Patrol. According to the OHP Andy Kimbrel, 44 of Martha was th...
City Charter Delivered to Governor’s Office For Final Approval
With over 66% voting to approve the new Mangum City Charter in last weeks vote, citizens are reminded that this was just the first step in the charter change. On Monday City Commissioner Dick St...
Little Miss and Mr. Valentine
DEADLINE EXTENDED!!
It’s time once again to grab those favorite pictures and enter your child, grandchild, niece, nephew or maybe even a neighbor’s child in the annual Mangum Star-News Little Miss and Mr. Valentine C...
Citizens Approve Charter Change
Yes 204 No 109 Citizens of Mangum went to the polls Tuesday morning and approved changes to the City Charter. Though approved, it must now go to the Governor’s office for approval. There ...
Court Denies Parker’s Motion for State to Pay for Transcripts
A motion to have the state pay for transcripts of Bobbi Parker’s trial was denied recently by the court. An appeal to the denial has been filed with the Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals. In p...
It’s been almost 4 years in the planning stages and the money began coming in through sales tax in July 2008. Now the work on the Greer County Courthouse renovation project is finally underway as...
The Southwest Information Office of the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics on Monday released, "County Employment and Wages in Oklahoma - Second Quarter 2011." The report shows national rankings of w...
There was good news on the unemployment front for Greer County according to the latest report from the Oklahoma Employment Security Commission (OESC). The latest figures released in January refle...
SPC Darren M. Newcomb is an Army Combat Medic who is serving our country in Kuwait. Every chance SPC Newcomb gets, he logs on with Skype and reads his children, Shane, Dawson, and Ariel bedtime st...
One of the best Basketball Tournaments around is being played this week at Western Oklahoma State College in Altus. The tournament features teams from Mangum, Granite, Hollis, Snyder, Hobart, Nav...