Ubert and Lampton “L.C.” Terrell were a couple of country boys who developed deadly aim so they could put meat on the table during their hardscrabble childhood in northwest Louisiana’s Red River Parish.

Vance Henry Trimble (born July 6, 1913) is an American journalist. He won a Pulitzer Prize for national reporting in recognition of his exposure of nepotism and payroll abuse in the U.S. Congress. Trimble has worked in the newspaper business for over fifty years. Trimble was inducted into the Oklahoma Journalism Hall of Fame in 1974. He has published numerous books since his retirement.

Wayne Robinson, 85, of Montgomery, Texas, passed away on June 23, 2021 at his home surrounded by his loved ones. Wayne was born February 26, 1936 in Holdenville, Oklahoma to O.

Derek Ray Johnson was born on January 24, 1984 in Ada, Oklahoma to Anthony “Andy” Johnson. He passed away on Sunday, June 20, 2021 in Wewoka at the age of 37.

Toni Diane Roby, 54, of Denison, Texas passed away Monday, June 14, 2021 at her home in Ada, Oklahoma. Toni was born August 15, 1967 to Mary Louise Smith and James Marvin Dailey in Denison, Texas. She was later adopted by George and Jackie Blakely around the age of 6 years old. Toni was a Chickasaw

The name Sam Pipes will more than likely not mean anything to anyone in Holdenville, Oklahoma because he never lived here. Well then why do I mention him? He was a member of the Sam Base gang of outlaws and he was raised around Fort Worth, Texas when the population was only 500 people (1870). He did not go past the 7 grade and was quite an ambushes kid. His teacher was Eliza Mays Roberts that had moved from Kentucky to Texas at a very early age and this was her first school. Mrs. Roberts moved to Purcell, Oklahoma and taught for 15 years at the Presbyterian Mission then to Norman Oklahoma where she attended the University of Oklahoma. In 1896 she started the first school here in Holdenville. That one room school was located near where Pickens- Holmes Grain Company once stood on West Main Street. There were about 75 students that attended this first school. The city issued a ten-thousand-dollar bond and erected a school building in 1904. In that firs year teachers taught 514 students for an eight-month term. In the 1930s the local public school system included three elementary schools and junior and senior high schools. African American children attended segregated schools. Many of the founding families of Holdenville and leaders were among the students of our early school. Teachers from all the schools in Hughes County can be found in the Historical Society and Museum here in Holdenville. I stood at the grave site of Mrs. Roberts over the weekend and thanked her for all that she founded and accomplished in Holdenville and contributed to our education system.

HOLDENVILLE, Okla. (KFOR) – An Oklahoma family is pointing to the power of prayer in saving the life of their two-year-old girl, who hit her head at a swimming pool.

OKLAHOMA CITY – The Holdenville Public Works Authority (Authority) received approval for $100,000 in funding Tuesday from the Oklahoma Water Resources Board (OWRB) to improve the Authority’s water infrastructure. Construction of upgrades and improvements to the water system will be financed by the Oklahoma Drinking Water State Revolving Fund (DWSRF) where the full amount will be in the form of loan forgiveness.

In the past we have had Arkansas Day, Peanut Festival, Catfish Festival, Hog Wild Days, and Fall Festival. Could a Marijuana Festival be in Holdenville’s future? It is big business in Hughes County and growing quickly.

June 22 nd Today in History— D.L. Moody’s first service in England, 1873; France surrenders to Germany in World War II, 1940; Germany invades USSR, 1941; three civil rights workers disappear in Mississippi (later found slain)., 1964; law giving eighteen-year-olds the right to vote in U.S.