Dust boiled as horses, cars, and people made their way into the rodeo grounds. I silently urged Dad to hurry and park, so I could join my hometown folks and furnish some entertainment. He took his sweet time finding a place with enough room for the car and trailer. Finally, we unloaded Chigger and Shorty.

An area musician and songwriter composed a song of hope following the April outbreak of tornados that claimed a total of four lives, including two young victims in Holdenville. The song soon took on a life of its own, and will hopefully help benefit the families of the the two Holdenville victims.

Our sympathy is extended to the family of Morrell LaDonna Gail Morrell passed away Saturday, July 6th, 2024 at Heritage Village Nursing Home in Holdenville, Oklahoma at the age of 72. LaDonna was born September 22nd, 1951 in Holdenville, Oklahoma to Cary Monroe Jones Jr.

Geneva Jo Factor passed away in Tulsa, Oklahoma on Tuesday, July 23, 2024, at the age of 72. She was born October 27, 1951 in Holdenville, Oklahoma.

Linda Diane Maynard Bridges passed away in Ada, Oklahoma on Friday, July 26, 2024, at the age of 71 years. Linda was the daughter of Oswald Everett Stephens & Betty(Wade)Stephens,bornonJune21,1953,inColorado.

Edsil Thurman Cross passed away Wednesday, July 24, 2024, at Mercy Health Center in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma at the age of 85. Edsil was born September 18, 1938 in Yukon, Oklahoma to Ancel Virgil Cross and Estil Gladine (Anderson) Cross.

MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA – The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that Christopher Bryant Dilbeck, age 28, of Holdenville, Oklahoma, was sentenced to 18 months in prison for being a felon in possession of a firearm and ammu- nition.

A man wanted in con-nection to a stabbing in Holdenville earlier this month was arrested over the weekend in Seminole County. On July 5, the District 22 Task Force, an arm of Dis-trict Attorney Erik John-son’s office, announced that a search was under- way for Michael Calvert, who was suspected of com-mitting assault with a deadly weapon earlier that morning.

A July 17 vehicle accident in Atoka County that killed a Holdenville man remains under investigation. The crash occurred around 9:40 p.m.