Large Crowd Attends Veterans Creek Dedication

James “Jim” A. Jenkins, 73, of Shawnee, Oklahoma passed away Saturday, May 23 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.

HOLDENVILLE — Following questions and concerns from residents about newly installed surveillance cameras at the intersection of Main Street and Hinckley Street, the Holdenville Police Department has issued a detailed public statement explaining how the system works and what it will — and will not — be used for.

“A GENERAL DISSOLUTION OF PRINCIPLES AND MANNERS WILL MORE SURELY OVERTHROW THE LIBERTIES OF AMERICA THAN THE WHOLE FORCE OF 'I'l-IE COMMON ENEMY. WHILE THE PEOPLE ARE VIRTUOUS THEY CANNOT BE SUBDUED; BUT WHEN ONCE THEY LOSE THEIR VIRTUE THEN WILL BE READY TO SURRENDER THEIR LIBERTIES TO THE FIRST EXTERNAL OR INTERNAL INVADER.”

LOCAL CREEK RENAMED IN HONOR OF VETERANS PAST AND PRESENT...

Large Crowd Attends Veterans Creek Dedication

Mary was born January 21, 1938, in Holdenville, Oklahoma, to Jack and Dorothy Archerd. She passed away on June 21, 2026.

The Oklahoma Secondary School Activity Association has set aside June 27-July 5 as the traditional mid-summer break. All member schools have to play by the following rules: No Coach Contact: Coaches and Sponsors may not have contact with secondary-level enrolled or pre-enrolled students for coaching, teaching, training or instruction for OSSAA-

“December 7, 1941 – a date which will live in infamy,” President Franklin D. Roosevelt famously proclaimed.

America is celebrating 250 years of freedom this year. This freedom is not a guarantee, but a costly gift purchased with great sacrifice to secure the blessings of liberty.