Holdenville, OK - The Holdenville Industrial Authority (HIA) recently unveiled an ambitious Five-Year Capital Improvement Plan (CIP) for the Holdenville Municipal Airport, aiming to enhance security, operations, and infrastructure over the next five years.

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The Holdenville Roundup Club will be serving Ribeye sandwiches with chips and a drink for only $10.00! Orders may be picked up at Security State Bank on Friday, May 3rd, 2024. Local delivery is available and pre-orders may be placed on the Roundup Club’s Facebook post!

The Holdenville Society of Painters and Sculptors is holding its 2024 Spring Art Show at the HSPS Art Center, 118 N. Broadway in Holdenville, from April 28th thru May 10th. The public is invited to attend our Open House on Sunday, May 5th 1:30 to 3:00 to see the winners’ pieces! This show is being generously supported in part by a grant from the Oklahoma Arts Council and the National Endowment for the Arts.

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On the night of September 23, 2023, a severe storm hit Holdenville with strong damaging winds. There has been talk and speculation of it possibly being a tornado that didn’t completely touch down. Damage was severe in the area of Holdenville Cemetery and Holdenville Stroup Park. There was extensive tree damage, and one huge sycamore tree blew over totally uprooting and partially uncovered a grave it was growing on. The tombstone on the grave was turned over, also. Out of curiosity Waylon Ford, the Holdenville Cemetery Sexton, decided to turn the tombstone over and see who’s grave it was. As he tilted the stone backwards the last name of Ford was showing and only the W of the first name due to his hands covering the rest of the name. As his eerie thoughts and feelings of who the grave belonged to flooded his mind, Waylon saw that it was the tombstone of William U. Ford.

A multi-agency, multi-county operation resulted in nearly 30 arrests and the seizure of weapons, cash, and illicit drugs last week. According to a press release from District Attorney Erik Johnson’s office, law enforcement officers from various agencies initiated by the Muscogee (Creek) Nation, joined forces for a saturation operation in Seminole, Hughes, and Okfuskee counties, resulting in “significant achievements and positive community impact.” Johnson said that the weeklong operation in which 37 arrest warrants were served yielded 29 arrests, the confiscation of six guns and $1,000 in cash.

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