Cardin News

PICHER, Okla. - Bobo, a 3,800-pound concrete gorilla, is coming home. For years, the mascot for the Picher-Cardin Gorillas stood outside of the high school, but with the demise of the school as part of the buyout of the town, many of the artifacts and much of the memorabilia from the district went up for auction earlier this month.

David Marlin of Conway, Mo., and his daughter Amber, 4, pose with the Picher gorilla, which he purchased at the Picher school auction on June 14.

Everyone, in one way or another, showed up to bid. It was, after all, an auction.

Picher Oklahoma's population has been dwindling. For most former residents this weekend was the last opportunity for them to walk the halls of Picher-Cardin schools.

Why join? KRMG Local News Thousands of items from the Picjer-Cardin School District were auctioned off Sunday.

One small Oklahoma town has seen its share of trouble, from toxic dumpsite to a series of destructive tornadoes.

Thousands of pieces of school memorabilia have been auctioned off in Picher. After serving the town for generations, the Picher-Cardin School District is permanently closed.

As a soon-to-be college graduate pursuing a career in journalism, my future doesn't look promising - and it's I and my generation that are to blame.

The concrete gorilla statue of the Picher-Cardin School District's mascot is among thousands of items the school will put up for auction.

Eleven graduates of Picher-Cardin High School have participated in the school's final graduation ceremony.

PICHER, Okla. - The 11 members of the 2009 Picher-Cardin School District graduating class crossed the stage and accepted their diplomas as the last senior class before the school district locks the doors for good at the end of this term.

Picher High School graduate Jonathan Redden hugs John Garner after receiving his diploma Friday.

Residents of Picher, Oklahoma say the storm passed just to the north of them. That didn't stop the town from feeling some of the storm's impacts.

A decades-old building that was part of the original mining community partially collapsed overnight, city officials said this morning.

Globe/Gary Crow In refusing to move, Clell 'Puzz' Ware says the $24,000 he was offered for his mobile home in Cardin, Okla., was not enough for him to find a new place to live.

TULSA a ' Picher-Cardin Schools will graduate a final class of 11 next month, as the last residents leave an area of northeastern Oklahoma ravaged by decades of lead and zinc mining and a deadly tornado.

The community of Cardin is expected to be the first town in the Tar Creek Superfund site to close down.

A proposition to dissolve Picher-Cardin Public Schools was overwhelmingly approved by voters on Tuesday.

Many Oklahomans who cast ballots in the general election in November apparently didn't turn out for this week's municipal and county elections.

Patrons have voted to dissolve a school district that's located within an Environmental Protection Agency Superfund site.