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.

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...

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.

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,...