District 24 State Representative David Smith will hold a town hall meeting this Saturday, March 12 for all constiuents in the area who may have questions for him.

Banning Social Emotional Learning Sen. Shane Jett is taking air at national organizations seeking to implement socialemotional learning (SEL) programs in the state’s public school systems by filing Senate Bill 1442, which would prohibit public school districts or charter schools from using federal,...

In responding to a letter from Hughes County Sheriff Marcia Maxwell stating that she was ending the county and the tribe’s crossdeputization agreement, Muscogee Nation Interim Attorney General Kyle Haskins wrote his own letter Feb. 15 extending an invitation to rebuild the relationship.

On March 5, 2022, the Faith Free Will Baptist Church, along with Arms of Compassion and Community Angels hosted the “LOVING HOLDENVILLE’ event to show the town of Holdenville that they are loved.

Special guests of the Loving Holdenville event Dwight Ferguson and Bro. Earl Scroggins, Pastor of Faith FWB Leslie Streater helping with the Loving Holdenville event.

Can COVID-19 Cause Shingles? Dear Savvy Senior, How effective is the shingles vaccine and what is the CDC recommendation for getting it? My older brother and sister, both in their fifties, got COVID a few months back followed by shingles.

THIS DAY IN HISTORY MARCH 7 TH 1814: An army led by Napoleon I wins the Battle of Craonne. Napoleon’s Imperial French army attacked a combined force of 22,000 Russian and Prussian soldiers of the Six Coalition near Craonne in northern France.

City of Holdenville Street Commissioner Jim Thetford reminds residents that the annual City-wide brush and limb pickup is underway.

In a very moving moment at the Holdenville High School Band concert last week, Band Director Sam Crosby announced a last minute change in the opening song for the concert band that evening. The band was set to play a song entitled Moscow 1942. They practiced the piece for several weeks.

Fully funding the police has been made a top priority for the Holdenville City Council. With a unanimous vote in the last city council meeting, all Holdenville police officers received what amounts to a more than a $300 per month raise.