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With winter coming to and end and Spring just around the corner, many area residents are already starting to take advantage of the warmer weather to start trimming back the dead and lengthy limbs on their property. Others may have dead limbs and branches from the summer storms that need to be cleaned up. Street Commissioner Larrry Foster reminds Holdenville residents that the City of Holdenville will be providing the traditional Fall curbside pickup of brush and limbs during the month of October so they can begin planning their yard work strategy.

If you need a laugh today, then this should do it! A child was asked to write a book report on the entire Bible. This is amazing and brought tears of laughter to my eyes.

Earl Levon Leewright was born June 30, 1933 in Holdenville, Oklahoma. He died February 7, 2026 at home, surrounded by loved ones. He was the 3rd child born to Ira Earl Leewright and Lula Edna Carter. Earl married Fernella Iris Hall on June 24, 1953 and they were happily married for almost 67 years. He is survived by his four daughters; Lynette Pardue, Sherry Ekstrom, Teresa Shepherd and Renita Landers. Earl gave his heart to the Lord when he was a young boy.

HOLDENVILLE — Tucked away in the rolling hills of southeast Oklahoma sits a deadly place, a medium-security prison now named after a correctional officer who was murdered at another facility. It opened 30 years ago, and holds up to 1,723 inmates, but remains little known.

Jimmy Dale HOWARD was born in Holdenville Oklahoma December 23, 1933 and passed away at the VETERANS Center in Norman Oklahoma on February 13. Jimmy was preceded in death by his parents Cecil and Etta HOWARD of Spaulding , Oklahoma brother Jesse Lee HOWARD, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, also a baby sister JoAnn.

A Holdenville woman, April Pryor was killed Wednesday night in a two-vehicle collision at a rural Hughes County intersection, according to the Oklahoma Highway Patrol. The crash occurred at approximately 9:25 p.m.

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WOLVERINE POWER LIFTERS ARE SUPERSTARS Holdenville has been a significant force in the sport of powerlifting ever since Coach Butch Rawls introduced the sport to the Wolverines in the early 1990’s. The sport became popular under Rawls’ leadership and in the past decade it has picked up momentum throughout the state.