Holdenville City business was halted last Tuesday night when the Holdenville City Council failed to have a quorum yet again. This makes two meetings in the last four that a quorum has failed to show, and three times in the last ten meetings.

The Holdenville School girls’ basketball team didn’t play well the first time they faced off with an extremely good Okemah team. The final score of 61-41 indicated a total dominance by the Panthers. Holdenville was embarrassed!

1984 - Steve Jobs introduced Apple's revolutionary computer Macintosh, two days after the groundbreaking commercial “1984” aired before a national TV audience and heralded the product's impending release.

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Margaret Elizabeth Simpson passed away Thursday, January 19th, 2023 at her home in Mounds, Oklahoma at the age of 91. Margaret was born November 18, 1931 in Holdenville, Oklahoma to Charlie Owens and Clara Elizabeth (Womack) Owens.

If you ever feel a little bit stupid, just read the following actual quotes and you’ll begin to think you’re a genius. *(On September 17, 1994, Alabama’s Heather Whitestone was selected as Miss America 1995.) Question: If you could live forever, would you and why?

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One of the more popular expressions knocked around by people in my age group (OLD!!) is “used to be.” That is certainly true of our mothers, past and present.

Wanda Jo Aultman, 81, died January 20, 2023 in Oklahoma City. She was born September 9, 1941 in Holdenville, Oklahoma to Joe and Christie (Long) Hance.

Dear Editor, Holdenville schools will be holding an election on Tues - day, February 14, 2023 to vote on a proposed bond issue to build a safe room facility at the high school. The bond proposal is for $1,830,000.