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With Self-Pity One of today’s Favorite activities, We’ve Come a Long Way Since Blind Hymn Writer Fanny Crosby in 1875 From the time she was six weeks old, Fanny Crosby was blind, but she did not feel sorry for herself.

Coy McCorkle – OSU Extension HOLDENVILLE, Okla. — The Hughes County Beef Auction and Awards Banquet will be held Thursday, March 5, 2026, at 6:30 p.m. at the Hughes County Expo, 7274 U.S.-270 Bus., Holdenville.

Rev. Harrell Rodebush passed away recently. He is our former pastor and a dear friend. He and his wife, Carol, made an incredible team and our local church showed tremendous growth during their time here. As we visited with the family, we recalled so many wonderful memories.

“Chivalry is one of the great civilizing forces, taming men and introducing social graces and nuance to what would otherwise be a brutish social world.”

Less than a day after Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt publicly called for the elimination of the Oklahoma Secondary School Activities Association, state lawmakers introduced legislation that would dissolve the organization and replace it with a new state-run governing body.

MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA – The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that Lariat Wayne Jagger, age 32, of Holdenville, Oklahoma, entered a guilty plea to one count of Felon in Possession of Firearm and Ammunition, punishable by up to 15 years in prison and a...

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With winter coming to and end and Spring just around the corner, many area residents are already starting to take advantage of the warmer weather to start trimming back the dead and lengthy limbs on their property.

HOLDENVILLE — Tucked away in the rolling hills of southeast Oklahoma sits a deadly place, a medium-security prison now named after a correctional officer who was murdered at another facility. It opened 30 years ago, and holds up to 1,723 inmates, but remains little known.