The 14th annual Native American Convocation will take place on Sunday April 30, 2023 at the Holdenville High School auditorium from 6 pm - 7 pm with a reception to follow. We will be celebrating the accomplishments of the graduating class of 2023. This year there are thirteen Mvskoke Creek Nation members, six Seminole Nation members, three Choctaw Nation members, two Cherokee Nation members and one Chickasaw Nation member graduating. Everyone is invited to attend.

OKLAHOMA CITY– The Oklahoma Association of Elementary School Principals (OAESP) is pleased to announce Danielle Patterson, Principal at Ethel Reed Elementary School, Holdenville Public Schools, as the OAESP Oklahoma Principal of the Year. OAESP also named Darren Nelson, Principal at Westwood Elementary School, Stillwater Public Schools, as the OAESP Principal of Excellence.

A graveside service for Lon Nelson is set for May 6, 2023 at 11:00 a.m. at the Holdenville, Oklahoma Cemetery. Lon Victor Nelson, son of Floyd V. Nelson and Pauline D. Nelson, passed away on July 26, 2022 at the age of 86 in a hospice facility near his home in Rancho Mirage, CA.

Leota Delphia (Carter) Rogers, 89, a long-time resident of Yeager, Oklahoma passed away on Friday, April 21, 2023, in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Leota was born on February 15, 1934, in Wetumka, Oklahoma, to Reo and Faye (Hatcher) Carter. Leota married the love of her life, Ralph Steven Rogers. He preceded her in death in January, 1978. She loved to garden and visit with her family. Her greatest joy was her grandchildren and great grandchildren.

Molsie Palmer, 96, of Wewoka, Oklahoma, passed away on Wednesday, April 19, 2023. Funeral service was held on Saturday, April 22, 2023, at 2:00, in the Chapel of Stout-Phillips Funeral Home in Wewoka, with Reverend Frank Moppin officiating. Burial was at the Palmer family cemetery south of Sasakwa.

Conditions have become so dangerous at the Hughes County jail that the newly elected district attorney said it is no longer safe for detention officers or detainees and should be shut down. Jail officials failed to address violations revealed in seven health department inspections since 2019.

According to a Facebook post from the Holdenville Fire Department: Fire crews in Rescue 21 were dispatched to reports of a motorcycle vs vehicle collision around 7 a.m. this morning just south of Holdenville Lake. Rescue 21 was first on scene and found the patient as well as his motorcycle laying in the northbound lane blocking traffic movement. Fire crews positioned R-21 as a saftey block then began first aid/medical assessment steps while waiting for Hughes County EMS to arrive on scene which was just shortly after. It was soon found that the incident was actually a motorcycle vs deer collision. Crews prepared, loaded, and assisted EMS to transport the patient to a helicopter pad with critical injuries.

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HOLDENVILLE, Okla. (KFOR) – Authorities say a man has died after a trench collapse in Holdenville.

Wolverine 4 X 100 relay clocks 43.5. The Holdenville Wolverine 4 x 100 relay team clocked the second fastest time of the 2023 spring track season on Friday.