Photo courtesy of Blake Enos Gerard Shane Williams was arrested early Sunday morning after barricading himself, along with a 15-year-old boy, inside a home in the 700 block of South Oak Street here in Holdenville. The incident began around 5:00 p.m.

Paula J. Bennett, Hughes County GOP Chairman Who says we have to fight? Why should we fight? It doesn’t affect me, why should I care? It won’t be near me, why should I speak up? It won’t affect my cows or property.

Every track athlete has a personal record (PR). A PR is the best an athlete has ever done in an event.

Credit for these little goodies goes to my No. 1 correspondent, Al Wilburn.

It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Charles Clayton Stanford. Charles was born December 28, 1937 in Holdenville Ok to Clayton and Geraldine Stanford. He left this world for his next adventure on May 3, 2025 surrounded with love from his partner and family. We will miss him very much but are comforted by the great life he led.

An early 99th Birthday Brunch Surprise for Joy Simmons (a/k/a Tootsie): Pastor Claude and Reinette Butler (retired pastor and his wife of First Baptist Church, Wetumka) graciously opened up their hearts and home to longtime church friends in honor of Joy’s 99th birthday. Joy’s birthday is April 19th; perhaps coincidentally, 19 friends joined in the surprise.

Jeffrey Scott White went to be the Lord on Wednesday, April 30th, 2025 at St John’s Medical Center in Tulsa, Oklahoma. He was 63.

Jerry D. Davis passed away in Holdenville, Oklahoma on Sunday, April 20, 2025, at the age of 84.

Charles Edward Tilley passed away T h u r s d a y , May 1, 2025 at his home in Norman, Oklahoma at the age of 89. Charles was born May 9, 1935 in Pittsburg, Oklahoma to Ray Tilley and Mary (Parsons) Tilley.

Billy Dwane ‘Bill’ Conley passed away in Tulsa, Oklahoma on Saturday, April 26, 2025, at the age of 79 years. Funeral services will be Friday, May 9, 2025, 11:00 am, at Gleaners Holiness Church in Wewoka, with interment following at Lamar Cemetery..