Body Happy New Year to everyone. I know everyone is hoping for a better year in 2021 than we had this previous year. Covid has been running rapid and the media has everyone scared to live a normal existence in the community.

Body Friday, January 15th, is the last day to apply for voter registration in order to be eligible to vote in the February9th Allen and Weleetka Public School Special Election, Hughes County Election Board Secretary Brandy Davis said today.

Body Voters will go to the polls Tuesday for the January 12th County Special Election, Hughes County Election Board Secretary Brandy Davis said today. Please keep the following information and tips in mind as the election approaches.

Body Hughes County mourns the loss of Dallas Von Pryor, 64, who died from injuries sustained in a two-vehicle accident early Thursday morning, December 31. According to a report from the Oklahoma Highway Patrol, Pryor was driving a John Deere 6430 Tractor eastbound on State Highway 9.

Body The Oklahoma State Board of Education approved a one-year suspension of the Oklahoma School Report Card letter grades for the 2020-21 school year.

Body Although the number of positive COVID-19 cases continues to rise in Oklahoma, a new vaccine is now being distributed and offers a ray of hope in the battle against the virus.

Body MRS. STORY’S CLASS - Piper Robinson, Raden Tillery, Dru Smith, and Hollis Armstrong MRS.

Body A special thank you to my dear friend Ima Lee Lankford for identifying The Teachers Class Record Book that Charla Garner recently found. We recognized a few of the names but did not know where they went to school.

Body This will be the last issue of the newspaper in 2020 and I am sure most of you will join me in being glad to see it go. Lots of good things have been hidden by the virus epidemic but the damage done to our nation as a whole will be felt for a long time.

Body Christmas is the greatest time of the year. In 1938 my parents moved us (Mom, Dad, Gerald, and me) from Allen to a town called Centrahoma. There I met Letha Mae. It was there I started paying attention to Christmas.