The first week of softball season was indicative of the circumstances of 2020. The Wolverines were supposed to open the season at McAlester on Monday but one of the Buffalo players came down with the Covid-19 virus and the game was cancelled.
Holdenville played host to their first cross country meet of the year last weekend with over a dozen teams traveling to Holdenville Lake to compete in the Wolverine Invitational. The meet has traditionally had 30-40 teams, but the viral conditions of 2020 has caused the meet to down scale.
OKLAHOMA CITY — The Oklahoma Turnpike Authority recently raised speeds to 80 mph from 75 mph on rural segments of five existing turnpikes. The panel also voted to establish an 80- mph maximum speed limit on the Kickapoo Turnpike, which is scheduled to open later this year in eastern Oklahoma County.
A GROUNDBREAKING CEREMONY WAS HELD WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 12 FOR THE NEW SECURITY STATE BANK BUILDING, WHICH WILL BE LOCATED AT THE CORNER OF OLIPHANT AND EAST HIGHWAY.