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Curtis W. Awbrey | Southwest Ledger A family spends Sunday afternoon fishing off the side of the pedestrian bridge at Chickasha’s Shannon Springs Park. The bridge was built at least 77 years ago and its concrete piers show their age, Parks and Recreation Director Spencer Winzenried said.

Curtis W. Awbrey | Southwest Ledger A family spends Sunday afternoon fishing off the side of the pedestrian bridge at Chickasha’s Shannon Springs Park. The bridge was built at least 77 years ago and its concrete piers show their age, Parks and Recreation Director Spencer Winzenried said.

Consider TSET grants to finance Chickasha park upgrades, council urged

Mike W. Ray Southwest Ledger
Wednesday, May 28, 2025
An ex-city councilman urged his former colleagues to invest in Chickasha parks, especially the pedestrian bridge in Shannon Springs Park.The bridge that spans the lake in the 43-acre park is 196 feet long and 4.5 feet wide, said Spencer Winzenried, Chickasha’s parks and recreation director.
The splash

The splash

The splash

News Staff
Wednesday, May 28, 2025
The splash pad in Chickasha’s Shannon Springs Park was refurbished with a $60,000 grant received last year from the Tobacco Settlement Endowment Trust. The town’s two splash pads were constructed in 2007, Parks and Recreation Director Spencer Winzenried said.
AP Photo | David Zalubowski, File Freshly made pennies sit in a bin at the U.S. Mint in Denver on Aug. 15, 2007.

AP Photo | David Zalubowski, File Freshly made pennies sit in a bin at the U.S. Mint in Denver on Aug. 15, 2007.

Stop making cents: U.S. Mint moves forward with plans to kill the penny

News Staff
Wednesday, May 28, 2025
By Fatima Hussein & Alan Suderman WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration says making cents doesn’t make sense anymore.The U.S. Mint has made its final order of penny blanks and plans to stop producing the coin when those run out, a Treasury Department official confirmed Thursday.
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