Holdenville Lions Club met at Boom a rang Diner for their regular breakfast meeting. The meeting was called to order by President, Lion Theresa Barkhimer. She asked for the flag salute and invocation.

Our family celebrated Christmas this past Saturday and it was one of the best days of my life! For the first time in many years our entire family was there and I hated to see the day end. —PP— While doing some research last week in the year 1920 I found two very interesting stories.

The Allan Gamble Correctional Center’s Veterans Program was established in 2025. The group meets weekly and provides services and outreach to the offender population. Veteran participants, along with volunteers, make weekly rounds to the maximum- security and segregation units, offering mental-health support and encouragement to fellow veterans.

By Jonathan Greco, KOCO News Joshua Butler, former Wetumka resident and escaped inmate from the Okfuskee County Jail, was shot and killed by Oklahoma Highway Patrol troopers on Thursday last week during a manhunt near Wetumka. The incident unfolded in Hughes County along Highway 9, igniting a major law enforcement response.

It all began several months ago when our president, Diane Bowman, asked if we wanted to enter a float in the Christmas parade. Her question was met with either tepid enthusiasm or stunned silence, depending on how you interpreted it.

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Few families can trace a multi-generation story as uniquely as the Epperleys of Holdenville — a family bound together by an extraordinary legacy of twins spanning more than seven decades. The story begins on May 2, 1953, in Dumas, TX, when N.W.

Lloyd Harold Aguirre passed away at his home in McAlester, Oklahoma at the age of 80, surrounded by family. Lloydgraduatedfrom college in California.

Yep, it’s that time again, when we all take a look at our past years and cast our eyes forward to the future — which we suppose might be an improvement over the past. It’s Sunday afternoon as I sit down to write this which I will simply think of as my “New Years Column.” Well, I guess I need to call it something.

Zachery Austin Berry – Possession of firearm after former felony conviction, Unlawful possession of drug paraphernalia, Possession of controlled dangerous substance, Breaking and entering with unlawful intent CIVIL