STILLWATER, Okla. – To prune or not to prune? That is the question. When Oklahoma experiences warmer weather in the winter months, homeowners may want to take advantage of the milder temperatures and get a head start pruning trees and shrubs in the landscape.

by Tom Turner Holdenville’s lone state championship basketball team will be recognized and honored at the state tournament. This is the 80th anniversary of Coach John Daugherty’s State Championship and the Oklahoma Secondary School Activities Association has chosen to recognize the team.

BURGLARY IN THE SECOND DEGREE and CONSPIRACY charges have been filed against former Sonic Drive-in employee, Jeremy Owens for allegedly breaking in Holdenville Sonic Drive-in after hours during the early morning hours of February 6, 2022. At approximately 7:00am on February 6, Store Manager Jessica Cellars called the Holdenville Police Department to report the theft. They responded immediately. Ms. Cellars informed the police that on the security camera footage, around 5:00am, one gentleman, later identified as Jeremy Owens, entered the building. She could tell who it was by his stature, shoes, and by the way he walked. Ms. Cellars stated that he went back to the office, opened up the lockbox, and took out the carhop wallets. There were five wallets each containing $20.00 for a total of $100.00.

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.