Over 15 trailers have been stolen from southwest Oklahoma in recent weeks, and local authorities are asking the public's help in getting them back to their rightful owners. According to reports...
Ribbon Cutting and Dedication for Work Center
It took literally months of paper work and environmental studies before work could even begin on the Mangum Work Center’s new location. After those problems were cleared up work began renovating ...
Annual Equinox
Festival September 18
The annual Equinox Community Festival is just around the corner. Each year the Old Greer County Museum and Hall of Fame holds this event as a fundraiser for the museum. This year’s event is spon...
Mangum Man Injured in Saturday 1 Vehicle Accident
A Mangum man was injured Saturday in a one vehicle accident east of Mangum on Taft Street. According to the Oklahoma Highway Patrol, Franklin Morgan of Mangum was eastbound, driving a 2003 Chevy T...
Mangum
By Bill O’Brien
Nobel Prize winning author Nadine Gordimer has written about her youth in South Africa in an essay entitled “A South African Childhood” that was included in a collection of her essays that was rec...
5th Annual Tiger Bash September 2nd
The 5th Annual Tiger Bash will be held Thursday, September 2 from 5:30 — 9:00 p.m. on the Mangum Downtown Square. The activities at the Tiger Bash will be: pie smash auction, prizes, car ba...
Voters in District 1 went back to the polls on Tuesday to determine the Democratic Candidate for the Commissioners position. Originally a four man race, Bobby Giddens and Brent York made the nex...
The Old Greer County Western Heritage Association is sponsoring a Ranch Rodeo this Friday and Saturday, August 27 & 28 at the Mangum Mountie Arena. If you’ve never seen a Ranch Rodeo you’re in f...
David Henderson, general manager of Quartz Mountain Resort Arts and Conference Center, accepts a “2010 Travel Attraction of the Year” award from the Great Plains Country Tourism Assn. Henderson is ...
School is back in session for the 2010-2011 school year. Total enrollment as of August 23, 2010 showed a slight increase over 2009 with 701 students enrolled in Mangum schools, compared to 690 dur...
After the closing of the Armory a few years back the decision was made to use the facility to house the Mangum Work Center. It took a few years to finish the facility. First all of the asbestos...
Last February the Mangum Tigers hosted the Merritt Oilers in a regular season basketball game. But this particular game had special meaning for Mangum coach, Jeff Carlisle. For the past few years Mangum has participated in the Coaches Vs. Cancer game to raise funds for cancer research. In December 2008 Coach Carlisle’s mother, Vickie Kenney was diagnosed with cancer. She passed away in November 2009. The Coaches Vs. Cancer game against Merritt was played in her honor. Mangum raised over $3,000 and won 2nd in the state. Bethel School placed first with their effort. Shown with the 2nd place trophy is Coach Carlisle with his two sons Zach and Ryan.