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Early voting began yesterday, Wednesday October 30th for voters in Hughes County. Voters who will not be able to make it to the polls on Election Day, have the option of voting early at their County Election Board.
Read moreThings are not always what they seem Note how seemingly “innocent” entries can be turned against us! 1. LONGTERM PARKING Some people left their car in the longterm parking at the airport while away, and someone broke into the car. Using the information on the car’s registration in the glove compartment, they drove the car to the people’s home and robbed it. So I guess if we are going to leave the car in long-term parking, we should NOT leave the registration and insurance cards in it, nor your remote garage door opener. This gives us something to think about with all our new electronic technology.
Read moreBrent Lee Turpin was born on July 20, 1964, in Holdenville, Oklahoma. He passed away at his home in Calvin, Oklahoma on Monday, October 21, 2024.
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Wetumka Fire Department recently provided mutual aid to the Weleetka Fire Department during a dual structure fire at the corner of 8th and Choctaw Streets in Weleetka. According to Wetumka’s new Fire Chief, Cody Wright, the Weleetka Fire Department was initially re- sponding to a grass fire when the structure fire broke out.
Read moreThe Wetumka Board of Education held their regular meeting, Octo - ber 7, 2024 in the Administration Office Board Room at 416 S Ti - ger. The following mem - bers, administrators, personnel and guests were present : Travis Gates, Rufus, Galen Glover, Donnie William - son, Pacer Lowe, Nina Mass, Misty Bowman, Darrell Reid, Brandi Ya - hola, Erika Storts, Jamie Lucas.
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Pauline Blaylock Honored on 99th Birthday
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Oklahoma’s 1907 constitution provided that Black and white children must attend separate (racially segregated) school facilities, a situation that endured unchanged for half a century. “Separate,” however, did not necessarily mean “equal” in the quality of education provided. In 1954 the U.S. Supreme Court issued a decision in Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas, sounding the death knell for segregated educational facilities by ruling that separate schools failed to provide Black children equal protection under the law. That is, they were inherently (and actually) unequal.
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