OKLAHOMA CITY –The Hughes County Rural Water District No. 1 (District) received approval for $620,000 in funding Tuesday from the Oklahoma Water Resources Board (OWRB) to improve the District’s water infrastructure. Construction of upgrades and improvements to the water system will be financed by the Oklahoma American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) grant program.

MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA – The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that Matthew Kyle Pinson, age 37, of Wewoka, Oklahoma, was sentenced to 51 months in prison for one count of Involuntary Manslaughter, and 51 months in prison for one count of Felon in Possession of a Firearm, to be served concurrently. Pinson was also sentenced to 57 months in prison for one count of Assault resulting in Serious Bodily Injury, to be served consecutive to the other terms of imprisonment.

At 96 Bob Hogan has been around and done a little bit of everything. Most locals know Bob from his mini years of managing sharps department store in Checotah but before then Bob lived in Holdenville and was the scoutmaster of a local Boy Scout troop in the 1950s.

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United States Congressman, Josh Brecheen hosted a townhall here in Holdenville this past month to talk with local citizens as part of his district townhall tour. He spoke about values, traditions, history, and policy.

Mulberry Moon. Budding Moon.

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2nd Semester First Grade Superintendent’s Honor Roll Kamdyn Babb, Amos Barker, Kenny Briones, Journey Bennett, Johnny Brown, Jasper Childs, Presley Clapp, Bella Conley, Jaxton Cook, Haysten Couffer, Gwendolyn Dodd, Nokose Elliott, Letti Forbis, Sebastian Gomez, Iola Gordon, Brandon Hall, Rhyker Heiskill, Tilly Inselman, Ellison Jeffrey, Daxton Kelley, Dorotea Lainez, Laycie Lucas, Cade McConnell-Shepherd, Kason McKee, Lilyanna Merriman, Dash Merriman, Sophie Miranda, Grayson Moyer, Jase Musick, Jorden O’Dell, Lila O’Dell, Bradley Pickett, Parker Robinson, Jewel Schuler, Jenzen Slavens, Abel Stephens, Alyse Stephens, Kyndel Valenzuela, Marco Vega de Loera, Wren White, Cooper Williams, Laken Yates Second Grade Superintendent’s Honor Roll Karla Alfaro, Molli Arthur , Rilynn Ashcraft, Nicholas Babb, Kylee Bogus, Blakeleigh Bowman, Piper Brooks, Cooper Brown, Hadley Crosby, Autumn Dugger, Journee Foster, Kutter Gilbert, Leyton Goolsby, Cami Grizzle, Jordyn Harris, Weston Hoover, Bryson Jarrett, Ember Johnson, Hazeley Kespelher, Cord Langdon, Raylee Lawson, Grayson Linker, Rowan Mainard, Santiago Maldonado, Audrey Mankin, Madalynn McKee, Jeremiah Napoleon-Sullivan, Lorali North, Jaxen O’Dell, Westin Rambo, Titan Randall, Daxton Robinson, Easton Rogers, Dani Selph, Phoenix Townsend, Isley Turner, Ezra Williams Third Grade Superintendent’s Honor Roll Karmen Almodovar, Haylee Armstrong, Trevor Armstrong, Miranda Becerra, Preston Brewer, Jax Chambers, Liberty Crawford, Khloe Currier, Brayden Deere, Jordyn East, Tylas Elkins, Austin Gore, Katherine Hall,Dempsey Hardgraves, Zayden Hill, Frankie Hogshooter, Fek-cvmpe Jack, Iker Jimenez, Miguel Lainez, Bristol Langdon, Samuel Leftwich, Levi McGowan, Mackenzie Morgan, Coltin Moyer, Nova Mulanax, Navi Oliva, Augie Robinson, Piper Robinson, Brady Sanford, Noble Shirley, Jocelyn Streater, Abigail Thomison, Raden Tillery, Camila Villalobos, Blake Wardlow, Cayler Worsham First Grade Principal’s Honor Roll Olivia Crawford, Iker Favela, Marcus Fearn, Raina Foster, Axton Gilley, Koby Gipson, Ashlynn Hale, Carter Jeune, Bristol Johnson, Lucas Johnson, Jonah Marsh, K’Mari McCombs, Bryson Moses, Brady Pace, Theo Skeen, Blaine Smith, Hutch Smith, Luke Tennison, Willow Wheelock, Meelah Williams, Ja’Kobe Yarbrough Second Grade Principal’s Honor Roll Roman Burden, Dontreal Cole, Olivia Cole, Brecklynn Crawford, Kyra Davis, Brooklyn Douglas, Arabella Grady, Millie Grady, Kadie Griffin , Camden Hancock, Emma Jett, Merci Johnson, Liam Kelley, Asher Lane, Ryan Long, Cameron McCormick, Jett McMahan, Ruben Messinger, Tadhg Murray, A’mia Phelps, Myklyn Shady, Melody Shaffer, Jhe’Viyon Thomas, Micco Watson, Johnny Williams, Betsa Wise-Talamasy, Bohannon Wooten, Sophia Yahola Third Grade Principal’s Honor Roll Hollis Armstrong, Grayson Carolina, Noah Chesser, Acheron Couffer, Justin Culley, Caleb Vance, Marty Gaskins, Eli Gomez, Ester Gonzalez, Cole Grizzle, Kade Johnson, Bailey Jones, Corbin Joslin, Chase Lockett, Adam Luevano, Nola Madden, Jaxton Merriman, Mya Mitchon, Dani Petsemoie, Wyatt Richter, Rhemi Romberg, Dru Smith, Channing Tucker, Kane Wilbanks.

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