CHICKASHA — The Police Department is offering signing bonuses to attract recruits to fill its depleted ranks.

CHICKASHA — Tall weeds and blocked railroad crossings are current concerns to City Council members and their constituents.

CHICKASHA — The swimming pool in Shannon Springs Park will be evaluated to give city officials some indication of whether it needs to be renovated or replaced.

CHICKASHA — The budgets approved for the Municipal Authority, the Airport Authority, and the city’s General Fund for Fiscal Year 2023-24 are all higher than last year’s.

CHICKASHA — A relic of culinary history will be displayed in the renovated Savoy Hotel building in Old Town Chickasha.

CHICKASHA — A construction crew has been renovating the front of the Savoy Hotel building and installing pipes beneath the flooring.

CHICKASHA — The Chickasha Industrial Authority and the Economic Development Council of Chickasha renewed their annual contract on June 29 for another year, but made a couple of sub

CHICKASHA — The Board of Regents for the University of Science & Arts of Oklahoma voted unanimously to not increase tuition or mandatory fees for the 2023-24 academic year.

CHICKASHA — Dr. Kayla Hale, who previously attended the University of Science and Arts of Oklahoma, was picked by the USAO regents to become the school’s 13th president.

CHICKASHA — A grant that underwrites a “privatized mental health services program” to benefit members of the Police Department received the blessing of the City Council.