Sydney Robinson is this week’s Wolverine of the Week! Sydney is Holdenville’s top weight lifter..

PAULINE LANEER OBIT Pauline Paschal Laneer died on February 9, 2022, at age 103. She was born on January 18, 1919, in Wetumka, OK, to Lucille Lowder Pasachal and Claud Paschal.

Since the U.S. Supreme Court handed down its decision in Mc- Girt v. Oklahoma, which effectively declared that most of eastern Oklahoma remains tribal reservation land, state tribal governments have touted the decision and proclaimed little or no harm has come from the ruling.

FELONY Jeremy Owens OSW—burglary in the second degree MISDEMEANORS Patricia K. Wood OSW—assault and battery-domestic abuse DIVORCE Robin Hinkley vs.

Q: I feel like a religious orphan. With so many religions in the world, it’s hard to decide which one works the best. It seems they all stem from culture or politics. Is there a way to cut through all the rules and spiritualism and find something that really works?

When back in the Thirties people in McAlester talked about famous prisoners in their penitentiary, they would usually mention the German butcher who in a fit of anger had killed his wife. That might have been understandable, but what offended the public most was that he had allegedly mixed the better cuts of meat from his late wife’s body into the sausage. Most folks didn’t appreciate his having made inadvertent cannibals out of a number of his customers and felt that even life imprisonment was not a severe enough punishment for that crime.

At one time, our local telephone office was one of the biggest employers. In the “good ole days”, there were actually real people who would answer your call. The above picture was taken some time in the 1950’s.

The Louis Baker farm south of the Little River bridge is one of the richest spots in Hughes County, both in legend and history. In fact, in and around this locality was staged some of the most dramatic events of any point west of the Mississippi River. This was the location of Edwards’ trading post.