Kay Lynn Winningham, beloved wife, mother, sister, and grandmother, was born on October 14, 1944, in Holdenville, Oklahoma. She graced the world with her presence until her passing on January 10, 2026, in Antlers, Oklahoma.

Roy Lester Chew Sr. passed away Wednesday, January 14, 2026, at OU Medical Center in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma at the age of 71. Roy was born September 18, 1954, in Nacogdoches, Texas to B.R. and Martha Fitzgerald then was adopted by Dual Chew and Laver Chew at the age of 2 years old. He attended high school in Texas and later received his GED. Roy proudly served in the U.S. Army during the Vietnam era from 1973-1980. He married Betty Lois Williams on July 1, 2020, in Holdenville, Oklahoma. Roy was a Bull Hauler in the transportation industry for many years. He rode bulls in his younger years and loved fishing at Red River. Roy enjoyed farming, ranching, gardening, outdoors and rodeos. Roy is preceded in death by his parents and a brother. He is survived by his wife Betty Chew of the home, children; Christina Kelley of Holdenville, Roy Chew Jr. and wife Brandi of Sulphur, Carl Keith Chew and wife Angela of Duncan, Yvonne Salman of Germany, grandchildren; Logan Kelley, Cassy Kelley, Jordan, Pacen, Jade, Cadyn, Skye, brother B.A. Fitzgerald and wife Kathy of Hemphill, Texas, sister Evelyn King of Wells, Texas, brother-inlaw Billy Williams of Shawnee, sister-in-law Beth Schutte and husband Sandy of Ada, brotherin- law Jimmy Williams and wife Sheryl of Lamar, sister-in-law Mary Bartley of Holdenville. Roy is survived by numerous nephews, nieces, other relatives, friends and his friends, who he considered as family, at Ada’s Southern Oklahoma Livestock Auction, Holdenville Livestock Auction and The Maud Action. Pallbearers are Jeffery Carpitcher, Logan Kelley, Jimmy Williams, Jack Goodson, Paul Camp and Butch Skipworth. Honorary pallbearers are Jimmy Roberts, Billy Moss Jr. and Sandy Schutte. Viewing was held 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. Sunday, January 18th and 9:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. Monday, January 19th at Hudson-Phillips Funeral Home in Holdenville, Oklahoma. Funeral service will be 2:00 p.m. today, Tuesday, January 20, 2026 at Hudson-Phillips Funeral Home Chapel in Holdenville with Pastor Marla Chesser officiating with Pastor Dane Robinson assisting. Interment will follow at Lamar Cemetery. Services are under the care of Hudson-Phillips Funeral Home.

Roberta Ilona Shed, age 85, of Holdenville, passed away on January 11, 2026. She was born on June 29, 1940, in Holdenville, to Oscar and Inez Thetford Smith.

ADA, Okla. – East Central University is recognizing students for their outstanding academic work during the Fall 2025 semester by naming them to the President’s Honor Roll.

Barbra “JoAnn” LaValley was born December 26, 1941, to Omer and Winnie (Edgen) Fidler, in Shawnee, Oklahoma. She passed away from this life on January 12, 2026, in Holdenville, OK, at the age of 84.

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Brandon Michael Hughes is set for Pre-Trial on March 3, 2026 at 1:30 p.m. Hughes is being charged with Procuring/distributing/ possessing juvinile pornography and soliciting sexual conduct or commincation w a minor by use of tech from a case originating in 2021 as well as charges of rape, first degree (victim under age 14), two counts of Forcible sodomy, and lewd molestation from a case dating back to 2018. Hughes failed to appear in the Hughes County District Court on Tuesday, May 31, 2022 and was apprehended in Arkansas on October 14, 2025.

The federal jury trial for former Holdenville FFA Instructer Cody Ryan Richison has been rescheduled and is now set for April 7, 2026, at 9 a.m., according to court records filed in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Oklahoma.

If the start of basketball season was compared to a race at a track meet …it would be a combination of a sprint and a marathon. The starting gun was sounded when school started back after the break and things took off like a 100 meter dash and there’s six more weeks of intense basketball before the play-offs.

Jacob Barone, Michael Bartschi, Rhidlee Brewer, Jayci Christopher, Nova Dority, Aubri Flick, Millie Forbis, Colton Gantt, Kenneth Gaskins, Laker Goolsby, Penelope Gray, Mckynna Hall, Kaleena Hardgraves, Sawyer Hench, Kayden Ingram, Presley Jacobs, Addisyn Johnson, Chaytan Johnson, Maverick Lloyd, Abel Lowe, Lizbeth Maldonado, Gabriela Mejia, Kasen Munoz, Kennedy North, Alex Perteet, Korina Pumphrey, Tristan Reed, Karsyn Robinson, Preslee Robinson, Joshua Rose, Margret Rowell, Briar Sanford, Philip Schuler, Bodee Skeen, Matias Villalobos, Easton Worsham First Grade Principal’s Honor Roll Emaleigh Chesser, Jayla Christopher, Kaef Christopher, Christian Cross, Wyatt Hoover Langston Jagger, Skylar Jameson, Korbyn Jones, Troy Marsh, Chloe Prince, Raycen Rambo, Yovani Silva, Luna Skeen, Josiah Williams Second Grade Superintendent’s Honor Roll Scarlett Almodovar, Natalie Anderson, Caspian Asbury, Jonah Barker, Brayden Brewer, Everett Burden, Braxton Clark, Luke Cox, Olivia Drawbaugh, Kyle Dyer, Karley Epperson, Levi Favela, Koby Gipson, Lincoln Gray, Alexa Hernandez, Landon Hill, Ivory Johnson, Lucas Johnson, Emersyn Lening, Aubrie Love, Rafael Martin Del Campo, Camber Martin, Sunnie McLaughlin, Ivin Nguyen, Kingsley Overbey- Ford, Jonathan Pereles, Benjamin Poulain, Penelope Robinson, Jasmine Sanford, Esmeralda Shields, Josiah Soria, Hunter White, Remington White, Kaleb Wilbanks, Olivia Wolf, Flora Woods, Brantley Yahola, David Yahola Second Grade Principal’s Honor Roll Jordan Chick, Braelyn Davis, Elaina Eller, Harmony Gover-Miller, Natalia Guerrero, Dylan Harrison, Rylee Hill, Hayden Hobbs, Jocelyn Hoover Polkinghorn, Gael Martinez, Asher McCoy, Camille Olson, Kaden Smith, Destin Tucker, Ransom Weaver, Christine Yahola Third Grade Superintendent’s Honor Roll Kamdyn Babb, Amos Barker, Ariyah Berryhill, Kenny Briones, Johnny Brown, Christian Campbell, Jaxton Cook, Gwendolyn Dodd, Nokose Elliott, Lucus Fearn, Sebastian Gomez, Brandon Hall, Ameliya Hanks, Tytan Holliman, Perla Ibarra Rojas, Tilly Inselman, Ellison Jeffrey, Daxton Kelley, Ryan Long, Laycie Lucas, Jonah Marsh, Cade McConnell Shepherd, Dash Merriman, Sophie Miranda, Brayden Pearce, Bradley Pickett, Parker Robinson, Easton Rogers, Jewel Schuler, Tyre Selman, Jenzen Slavens, Blaine Smith, Genisis Smith, Hutchison Smith, Abel Stephens, Alyse Stephens, Marco Vega De Loera, Wren White, Cooper Williams, Laken Yates Third Grade Principal’s Honor Roll Cayden Apala, Trehvor Carpenter, Jasper Childs, Greyson Cindle, Haysten Couffer, Kaesyn East, Iker Favela, Marcus Fearn, Letti Forbis, Axton Gilley, Iola Gordon, Ashlynn Hale, Larissa Harper, Rhyker Heiskill, Bristol Johnson, Merci Johnson, Diesel Kelley, Dorotea Lainez, Lyndi Lockett, Adalynn Mainard, K’Mari McCombs, Noah Mchan, Bryson Moses, Jase Musick, Rilynn Scull, Theo Skeen, Dulce Venegas, Taleah White, Ja’Kobe Yarbrough