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Going Blind As I write this article, I’m in Mexico with a group of students doing mission work. Forty-nine of us are jammed together in a church, living, eating and serving God together.

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Funeral services for Rick Griggs will be held Saturday, September 23, 2023 at 3:00 PM at the First Assembly of God Church of Wetumka. Interment will follow at the Wetumka Cemetery.

Joyce Ann Pryor, “Jody”, passed away on Wednesday, September 13, 2023 in Ada, Oklahoma. Joyce was born on November 24, 1944 and raised in Holdenville, Oklahoma. She attended the Moss School system and graduated high school in 1962.

Bradley Kyle Harrison passed away Tuesday, September 19, 2023, in Ft Gibson, Oklahoma at the age of 27. Brad was born November 7, 1995 in Durant, Oklahoma to Tommie Goodner of Talala, Oklahoma and Thelma (McGinty) Vandeveer.

Prayer changes things. That is more than just a slogan, it is a fact.

Local store owner introduces revamped store layout and hot deals (HOLDENVILLE, OK) (SEPTEMBER 18, 2023) – Save A Lot, one of the largest discount grocery chains in the U.S., today announced the completed renovations of its store at 900 N. Hinckley, which has been fully remodeled inside and out for the best grocery shopping experience available. On September 23, Holdenville residents can attend the store’s grand re-modeling event to experience the upgraded look and feel while enjoying the quality and value customers have come to love.

The name “McGirt” became a household word following “The McGirt Decision.” This decision was a significant legal victory for Native American rights in which the Supreme Court determined that the Indian reservations in Oklahoma were never disestablished and crimes by Native Americans on these lands falls into the jurisdiction of the tribal courts and federal judiciary instead of the state level. However, Jimcy McGirt, who had taken the case to the Supreme Court, gained little from that decision.