Due to the multiple number of confirmed positive cases of staff members and students over the past several days and weeks, along with the number of staff and students being quarantined through contact tracing, Holdenville Schools will be virtual learning Friday, September 3, 2021 and will return to in-person learning on Tuesday, September 7, 2021. Monday, September 6, 2021 there will be no school in observance of Labor Day.

Governor Kevin Stitt has called a special election to fill a vacan-cy in the office of Hughes County Commissioner District 3, Hughes County Election Board Secretary Brandy Davis said today. The special primary election will be held November 9, 2021.

Aug. 26—Jimcy McGirt was sentenced in federal court in Muskogee on Wednesday to life in prison.

I have not seen clear statistical evidence that fewer Christians die of cancer than non-believers or that they are immune in greater degree from the diseases that afflict the human race. Some of the kindest, most selfless persons I have known have had more than their share of bad health.

Q: My husband was an excellent athlete growing up, and now so is our son. But the boy doesn’t enjoy playing because of the pressure he gets from dad to perform. This is becoming a real source of tension in our home. What can I do?

Tahnee Willow Orr—public intoxication; protective order violation; bench warrant fail to appear protective order violation Elijah Winters—possession of controlled substance Dennis Scott McDonald—knowingly receives any property that was stolen, embezzled, obtained by false pretense or robbery, or conceals, withholds such property Cameron Levi Bourne—possession of paraphernalia David Dale Blanton—unlawful possession of drug paraphernalia; escape from officer Jonathan Edward Hooper—uses the personal identity of another person, or any information relating to the personal identity of another person to obtain credit or anything of value..