Concerned Citizens Speak at City Council Meeting

Body Last Tuesday’s city council meeting opened with comments from several very concerned citizens of Holdenville. The first of four to speak was Trey Martch who addressed the council saying, “For those of you who don’t know me I am William Edward Martch III or “Trey”.

Airport Road to be Named After Hometown Hero

Body The Holdenville City Council voted unanimously last Tuesday night to rename the section of road running adjacent to the Holdenville National Guard Armory “Brigadier General J.C. Daugherty Memorial Road”. Many of our readers remember J.C.
Brigadier General J.C. Daugherty

Veterans Day 2021

Body In the early morning hours of November 11, 1918, representatives of France, Britain, and Germany met in a railroad car near Compeigne, France, To sign an armistice ending World War I, or The Great War, as it was known at that time.

Thanks to Those Who Served

Body Jim Priest is CEO of Goodwill Industries of Central Oklahoma and can be reached at jpriest@okgoodwill.org. This week we celebrate Veterans’ Day and it brought to mind a trip I took with my Dad years ago.
Thanks to Those Who Served

Services to be Held for... Julia Sims

Body Julia Ann Sims passed away in Tulsa, Oklahoma on Thursday afternoon, October 21, 2021, at the age of 80 years. Julia was the daughter of George Wilson Deel and Lucille Deel, born on December 25, 1940 in Holdenville.
Julia Sims

Services to be Held for... Denver Milbourn Sells

Body Denver Milburn Sells passed away Saturday, November 6, 2021 at his home in Allen, Oklahoma at the age of 87. Denver was born November 13, 1933 in Coalgate, Oklahoma to Alexander Sells and Beatrice (Howerton) Sells.
Denver Milbourn Sells