Holdenville, Oklahoma - On February 25, 2023, tragedy struck at the Davis Correctional Facility in Holdenville, Hughes County, Oklahoma. Brantley Avallone, an inmate at the facility, was found unresponsive and covered in blood in his cell. Despite efforts to resuscitate him, Avallone was pronounced dead by the Holdenville EMS at 6:40 PM.

“Many years ago the word square was one of the most honored words in our vocabulary,” she said. “The square deal was an honest deal. A square meal was a full and good meal. It was the square shooter rather than the sharp-shooter who was admired. “What is a square today? He’s the fellow who learned to get away with it, who gets choked up when the flag unfurls. There has been too much glorification of the angle players, the corner cutters, and the goof-offs.” “One of America’s greatest needs is for more people who are square.”

The English teacher in me keeps finding unique ways of dealing with construction of the English language and some different ways of looking at it. For instance: Here is the definition of a paraprosdokian: “Figure of speech in which the latter part of a sentence or phrase is surprising or unexpected; frequently used in a humorous situation.” “Where there’s a will, I want to be in it,” is a type of paraprosdokian.

Holdenville, OK - A terrifying incident unfolded today as local authorities responded to a reported kidnapping in Holdenville. At approximately 8:00 AM, the Holdenville Police Department received a distress call regarding the abduction of 10-month-old Messiah Moore. The child’s father and custodial parent, Andrew Moore, had arranged a visitation for Messiah with his mother, Tamara Tiger.

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It’s here . .

(Oklahoma City) – A bill creating new security protections for election officials is now the law in Oklahoma. Senate Bill 481, authored by Senator Dave Rader and Representative Jeff Boatman, was signed into law by Governor Kevin Stitt this week.

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