Sterling

Rachel Gregg, high school lifeguard, watches as Brynlee Sanders of Cyril, age 4, uses a flotation device to swim the width of the pool.

Sterling pool offers cool, refreshing fun alternative to heat, humidity

Jul 16, 2020

STERLING - A rare jewel for families in Southwest Oklahoma can be found at the Sterling swimming pool. Situated between Elgin and Rush Springs on Oklahoma Highway 17, the pool has been a source of fun for paddling pool-goers for nearly five decades.

Pictured are owners of a local processing plant, Teddy and Brooke Good. With beef options limited at supermarkets, Fifth Avenue Processing & Retail has been flooded with calls from local customers seeking appointments to have livestock butchered and processed.

LOCAL PROCESSOR: Stores not to blame for reduced meat selections; trickle down from temporary closures at corporate processing plants

May 06, 2020

STERLING - Limited beef availability has caused concern and frustration as the COVID-19 pandemic continues, yet one local processor said grocery stores aren't to blame for decreased selections. Teddy and Brooke Good, owners of Fifth Avenue Processing & Retail in Sterling, say

Fletcher, Cyril schools continue to provide meals during coronavirus closure

Mar 25, 2020

FLETCHER - With public school closures ordered by the Oklahoma State Department of Education beginning on March 17, some local districts have been left to find alternative ways to feed students beyond school walls.

As of January, Superintendent Kent Lemons returned to his full-time duties at Sterling Public Schools after recovering from several bro- ken cervical vertebrae and spinal cord trauma he sustained in a bicycle accident last September.

School superintendent on road to recovery after tragic bike accident

Mar 11, 2020

STERLING - On the mend, Sterling Public Schools Superintendent Kent Lemons is recovering relatively quickly after a bicycle accident left him severely injured last fall.

ELEMENTARY STUDENTS earning the STAR Award are left to right: Bella Lile, Katie Milam, Garrett Claborn, Kaleb Nading, Mariah Tahah, Austin Harris and Zachary Hergenrether.

Sterling Public Schools' STAR Award

Feb 26, 2020

Sterling Pre-K and Kindergarten teachers, Mrs. Milam, Mrs. Johnson and Mrs. Barrett, decided to do something a little different to cel- ebrate the 100th day of school this year. Encouraging students to collect 100 items to donate to the Stephens County Animal Shelter and Lawton Animal Welfare, teachers say the kids went above and beyond their expectations. On Monday, Feb. 24, the elementary students boarded a bus with boxes of toys, bags of dog and cat food, blankets, litter, bowls and cleaning supplies, re

Celebrating "100th day of school" in a giving way

Feb 26, 2020

SCHOOL NEWS: Sterling Schools Junior High and High School

Feb 19, 2020

Presleigh Bowles

AJ Bramwell

Blakely Bridges

Kalleigh Budd

Blakelie Cole

Morgan Curry
Ory Forehand

Alyssa Haggerty

Kaden Harris

John Hergenrether

Jada Huitt

Jayden Huitt

Riley Lile

Lanie Merritt

On Tuesday, Dec. 10, Lou Ella [Rother] Revel donated her 1942 Sterling Tiger letterman jacket to the girls' basketball team. Lou was the first female at Sterling schools to receive a letterman jacket.

Family, friends turn out with Sterling basketball players to receive 1942 Tigers' letterman jacket donated by Lou Ella [Rother] Revel

Dec 18, 2019

STERLING - At the start of the school year in 1941, Sterling began its first girls’ basketball team.

Sterling schools honor rolls

Oct 30, 2019

SUPERINTENDENT'S

Presleigh Bowles

AJ Bramwell

Blakely Bridges

Kalleigh Budd

Morgan Curry

Ory Forehand

Alyssa Haggerty

Kaden Harris

Samantha Helms

John Hergenrether

Jada Huitt

Emma Nunley

Photo provided Sterling Public Schools Superintendent Kent Lemons sustained a broken C1, C3 and C4 vertebrae during a bicycle accident on Sept. 25 and suffered from Central Cord Syndrome caused by the trauma to his spinal cord. Despite his injuries, he was able to hold up a "#1" in support of the Sterling Lady Tigers who won the Regionals in softball last week.

Sterling Public Schools: Superintendent recovering from bike accident

Oct 09, 2019

STERLING - On a mission to offer support and raise some quick dough, faculty, staff, students, and members of the community donned their aprons and took to their kitchens to whip up some baked goods last week.

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