WASHINGTON – A member of the Seminole Nation of Oklahoma was sentenced today to more than 12 years in prison for his conduct in connection with a homicide that took place in 2017 within Indian Country in Oklahoma. The defendant was sentenced to 155 months for kidnapping and 120 months for being a felon in possession of a firearm, to run concurrently, followed by five years’ supervised release.

Wolverine softball squad looks to district The Holdenville Wolverine softball team will begin the 2022 play-offs when they travel to Calera for the district tournament. Holdenville head coach, Rick Scott, labels this district tournament as one of the toughest in the state.

Justice Morris is the Holdenville News Wolverine of the Week. Justice is a member of the Holdenville High School track team as well as a member of the Wolverine Cheer Squad..

Michael Scroggins, son of Brother Earl and Sister Sandy Scroggins sang an incredibly moving rendition of “Watch the Lamb” to close the service. Michael is pictured above with his wife, Melissa.

April 9, the Red Hat Ladies were royally entertained by the Young at Heart Group at the Texas Banner First Assembly of God Fellowship Hall. Name cards were scattered along the U-shape tables along with spring flowers and our napkin rings were even made out of the same spring flowers. We had our choice of peach or raspberry tea. What a treat! The buffet had all kinds of cheese, crackers, pickles, spinach dip, tuna salad, chicken salad and fruit dip. Oh Wow!

The most common question I’ve received throughout my professional life as a public high school teacher has been some variation of this: “How do you handle not being able to speak freely about your Chris-tian faith in the classroom?”

We dedicated precious Rosalyn to Jesus Easter morning. She is pictured above with her parents Gunner and Olicia Fullbright.

Today marks the 27th anniversary of the bombing of the the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City, which killed 168 people.