GENE AUTRY, Okla. (KXII) - Four men were arrested near Smokey Ridge Road and Gene Autry Road yesterday during an illegal marijuana grow bust.

MUSKOGEE, Okla. (KFOR) – Officials with the Oklahoma Bureau of Narcotics say they were able to bust another illegal marijuana grow operation but discovered something unusual at the site.

Keeping in step with this year’s Summer Reading Program theme of “Tails and Tales,” Grace M. Pickens Library hosted a special “Alpaca Madness” event at the Stroup Park Pavilion on Wednesday, June 16. The next Summer Reading event will again be held at the Stroup Park Pavilion this coming Wednesday, June 23, beginning at 3:00 p.m. with Holdenville veterinarian Dr. Rebekah Hartfield.

Holdenville First Baptist Church will be going to camp on June 28 through July 2 for grades 7th to high school graduates. All 7 thru HS grads are welcome to go. Registration forms will be available to First Baptist Church at 324 N. Broadway. The office is open Monday thru Thursday from 8 am—4 pm. Registration must be turned into Student Pastor David Gonzalez II or the church office. Please contact Pastor David with any questions at dgonzalez@fbcholdenville.com or the church office 405-379-6606.

Scene from about 1901. W.M. Taylor, 3rd from the left, was one of Holdenville’s prominent bankers. Mr. Taylor bought this load of cotton which at that time was the largest load of cotton to ever come to Holdenville

Meet Chuck! What he lacks in height, he makes up for with heart. Meet Pudge! Looking this good makes a pup tired.

June 22 nd Today in History— D.L. Moody’s first service in England, 1873; France surrenders to Germany in World War II, 1940; Germany invades USSR, 1941; three civil rights workers disappear in Mississippi (later found slain)., 1964; law giving eighteen-year-olds the right to vote in U.S.

In the past we have had Arkansas Day, Peanut Festival, Catfish Festival, Hog Wild Days, and Fall Festival. Could a Marijuana Festival be in Holdenville’s future? It is big business in Hughes County and growing quickly.

OKLAHOMA CITY – The Holdenville Public Works Authority (Authority) received approval for $100,000 in funding Tuesday from the Oklahoma Water Resources Board (OWRB) to improve the Authority’s water infrastructure. Construction of upgrades and improvements to the water system will be financed by the Oklahoma Drinking Water State Revolving Fund (DWSRF) where the full amount will be in the form of loan forgiveness.

HOLDENVILLE, Okla. (KFOR) – An Oklahoma family is pointing to the power of prayer in saving the life of their two-year-old girl, who hit her head at a swimming pool.