Everybody knows finances are tight today. Now, one can only hope against hope that by the time this column hits your hands, the sentence I just wrote is a lie.

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A welfare check on November 12, 2024, led to the arrest of Kayla Hendryx, a coordinator at Oklahoma Court Services, for distributing controlled substances. Hughes County deputies were dispatched to the residence of Shan Moore after concerns were raised about his well-being.

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The Holdenville Wolverine football team demolished a tough Luther Lion squad 38-14 last Friday. The win earned Holdenville the right to advance to the state play-off quarter- finals.

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Felonies Kayla Hendryx – Distribution of controlled dangerous substance Candi Smith – Sexual Battery Nathan Ray Phillips – Murder in the second degree Misdemeanor Travis Brandon Estep – Possession of controlled dangerous substance, unlawful possession of drug paraphernalia Shane Alan Peters –...

It would be my first time to cut down my “own” Christmas tree. My dad and I had gotten permission from our good friend John Daugherty to go on his land and take any tree we wanted.

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