100 years ago
• A jury couldn’t reach a verdict and was discharged after one juror maintained their opposing position in the case of Henry Scheel, who was charged with grand larceny.
• Davenport City Council granted the Union Oil company a permit to construct a warehouse, garage, office building, pumphouse and four steel tanks where the North Central Highway crossed the Central Washington Railroad.
• Clarence Sherman of Downs and Bluestem was arrested in Ferry County on charges of stealing cattle.
75 years ago
• Betty Loud Studio took pictures of local babies to enter into the Spokane baby contest. She submitted photos of Don Reinbold, Joyce Adamson, Raymond Bisbee and Melissa Hall.
• Flood damage was threatened through Lincoln County, as schools in Harrington and Odessa closed due to mushy roads and rising water from a snow melt.
• Courthouse custodian Hoyt Carr was recognized as the first Lincoln County taxpayer to pay his taxes for the year.
50 years ago
• Judy Henderson, consumer specialist for the state Dept. of Agriculture, spoke at the Lincoln-Adams Consumer Conference in Odessa.
• Roger Lybecker of Harrington was appointed to fill a vacant Fire District No. 6 Commissioner position.
• The Town of Reardan began collecting garbage as a town service within town limits.
25 years ago
• Terri Ray gave birth to Lincoln Hospital’s first baby of the year, welcoming Graham Adams into the world with Tom Adams.
• The Reardan-Edwall School District pondered changing secondary school days from seven to six periods per day.
• Davenport City Council approved a contract for four water line projects to replace old lines.
10 years ago
• Five FBLA members from Harrington qualified for State, including Ellie Hedreen, Colt Sanford, Madison Charlton, Kaeli Shockley and Kyla Simpson.
• The Reardan wrestlers finished seventh at the state Mat Classic in Tacoma.
• Reardan-Edwall School District officials dealt with chickenpox cases at school.
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