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At the latest Holdenville City Council meeting, a request from Phillip Eckles, who operates a crop-dusting business out of Holdenville Airport, was a key point of discussion. In an item of the City Council agenda, Eckles asked the council to consider a change to his current lease agreement with the Holdenville Industrial Authority, proposing that he perform repairs on the mechanic hanger in lieu of paying rent.

OKLAHOMA CITY – On Friday, August 2, Ash Dennie of Holdenville was recognized for outstanding career performance at the Oklahoma Pork Congress in Oklahoma City. Hosted by the Oklahoma Pork Council, the event brought together around 70 pork producers and supporters for meetings and the opportunity to celebrate industry leaders like Dennie.

U.S. — With citizens wondering what Vice President Kamala Harris would do differently than her current administration, Harris announced that she would release her policy positions just as soon as the polls told her what they were.

Softball season opens Holdenville High School sports seasons get underway this week. Coach Angel Johnson’s softball team will open their season at Lexington on Monday and then travel to Lindsay on Tuesday.

Rear view Regrets Someone told me “Windshields are big and rear view mirrors are small for a reason. We are meant to live looking forward, not backward.” True that, but easier said than done.

Mayor John Davis Steps Down--City Leader Leaves Behind a Record Of Many Improvements Many major public improvements were made by John Ed Davis during the past eight years in which he served as mayor of Holdenville.

ADA, Okla. – The Chickasaw Nation Women, Infants and Children (WIC) supplemental nutrition program is celebrating World Breastfeeding Week with special events in Purcell and Ada that promote and support breastfeeding families in the community.

Division of the human family into two distinct political groups began some 12,000 years ago. Humans existed as members of small bands of nomadic hunter/gatherers. They lived on deer in the mountains in the summer and would go to the beach and live on fish and lobster in winter.

Help with everyday survival kit One of the first things I learned in Bible School as a youngster in rural Hughes County was that a parable is an earthly story with a Heavenly meaning. And some 85 years later, I know of no time in our Nation’s proud history when all of us could use more Heavenly meanings.