When I was a young teenager living in Holdenville, OK I would visit and hang out in Sims Grocery Store. Here Charlie Sims and his wife would sell groceries on the credit, buy furs, and buy pecans.

The September 2020 release from the Oklahoma Tax Commission states that the September distribution of sales tax collections by the Oklahoma Tax Commission primarily represents local tax receipts from July business.

October 15, 2020 With the recent suppression of a New York Post story damaging to Joe Biden’s presidential campaign, many Americans have finally had enough of the one-sided censorious behavior of tech giants.

We received a really nice not from our long time friend Ida Monroe. She is the daughter of the late Rhea Cahill Horne. She wrote that she read with interest Alec Lesueur’s obituary. She remembers as a child waking in the morning to the sound of his music from down the street.

Holdenville Chief of Police Conny Clay was officially sworn into office during the October 6 City Council meeting, although his hiring had been approved during a previous meeting. A detailed look at Chief Clay’s impressive resume was included in the September 15 issue of Holdenville News.

Holdenville Police Chief Conny Clay (left) was sworn in by City Attorney Trey Irby as Mayor John Massad oversees the ceremony during the October 6 City Council meeting. The Council later approved the purchase of three police vehicles. See full story page B-8.

The fate of three suspects in the alleged shooting death of Jonathon Merriman in the parking lot of Pruett’s grocery on Sunday, June 24, 2018 is currently pending after the trio entered their pleas to the United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma.