Wolverines Head to Lindsay for District

If you’re a Wolverine Basketball addict, you didn’t get your basketball fix this past week but there’s hope the teams will head to Lindsay on Friday. The Wolverines were going to travel to Henryetta last Tuesday and the schedule posted a final home game with Chandler coming to town on Friday.
Holdenville big man, Layton Richmond, has become a rebounding force inside. Layton and his teammates will travel to Lindsay on Friday to challenge the Leopards for the district championship.

Leaigha Phillips Crowned 2021 HHS Homecoming Queen

HHS Basketball Homecoming Royalty Pictured L-R: Escort, Fa’khari Carter with Sophomore attendant Shelby Grissom, Tyson Buck with Basketball Homecoming queen, Leaigha Phillips, Junior attendant, Liberty Jackson with escort Josiah McPerryman, and Ryleigh Tiger and her escort, Izaia King, Flower Girl...
Leaigha Phillips Crowned 2021 HHS Homecoming Queen

TIBERIUS CAPTURED

There was a sigh of relieve in Holdenville and across Hughes and Seminole Counties when the Hughes County Sheriff’s Department announced on social media Wednesday evening that Tiberius Dodson had been taken into custody at a residence north of Holdenville after a brief, losing scuffle with a K-9...
CAPTURED - A manhunt for Tiberius Dodson ended Wednesday evening after he was taken into custody at a residence north of Holdenville. Dodson had two active warrants for failure to appear and burglary in the second degree. He was also a suspect in a string of break-ins and burglaries in the Holdenville/Wewoka area.

Airport Projects Still Alive

Holdenville City Council member Jeanna Gordon, whose responsibilities include serving on the Airport Committee, presented a plan to the rest of the Council showing how they could save money renovating the airport terminal building using City workers instead of hiring contractors.

Brush and Limb Pickup

City of Holdenville Street Commissioner Jim Thetford reminds residents that the annual Citywide brush and limb pickup will begin on March 1.
Street Commissioner Jim Thetford along with Street Department employees Larry Foster and John Houlton working hard to keep our city streets looks good.

Remember When... Jewel Nichols 1st Grade Class at Diamond School

CLIFFORD DALTON 1965-66 RHONDA KAY DOSSETT 1965-66 JACK SHERRY 1965-66 JIMMY JOHNSON 1965-66 BETH MCDOUGAL 1965-66 1965-66 MARGARET ANN GRIGGS 1965-66 LEON AVERY 1965-66 JOHN SHELLY 1965-66 BOBBY ANDERSON 1965-66 LEE ALAN SHIPLEY 1965-66 PAUL STIRMAN 1965-66 SHIRLEY LOU HAMBY 1965-66 FRANKIE...
Remember When... Jewel Nichols 1st Grade Class at Diamond School

The Publisher’s Pen

A special thank you to Claudia Olivo for stopping by and helping me put up my new flag. I asked her about her mom Alice and she told me she was doing great. The Olivo family is very special to us and are life-long friends.
The Publisher’s Pen

Mo and Mary Celebrate 70th Anniversary

Elmo (Moe) and Mary Collins met on a bus leaving McAlester, fell in love, and were married on February 9, 1951 in Hartshorne, Oklahoma. Moe was a radioman in the U.S. Navy. Mary would join him in Groton, Connecticut where he was stationed. That began their life together in love.
Mo and Mary Celebrate 70th Anniversary