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The Stuart Hornets are aiming high, a State Basketball Championship could be on the horizon. After a tough loss to Kiowa in the Regional tournament at Checotah, the #10 Hornets won the con-solation bracket to qualify for State. Capped off by upsets of ranked teams Glencoe and Davenport, the Hornets stunned #2 ranked Calumet Saturday night in Okmulgee to advance to The Big House.
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(Oklahoma City) In a ceremony held on February 15th, the Veterans of Foreign War & Auxiliary awarded teachers and students from throughout the State of Oklahoma for their hard work and dedication in promoting patriotism.
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Read moreHelen (Smith) Carroll was born September 23, 1940 in Holdenville, Oklahoma to Elmer and Pearl (Cummins) Smith and passed from this life March 2, 2020 at her home near Wetumka at the age of 79.
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John M. Allford Jr. passed away peacefully on March 2, 2020 in Stillwater, Oklahoma at age 97. Known as Jim to his friends and family, he was the youngest of eight children born to Bud and Effie Mae Allford in Indianola, Oklahoma. Jim was the epitome of the Greatest Generation. He grew up on a farm during the Great Depression and volunteered for the Army Air Corp in WWII. He was called back briefly for the Korean War. After his military service, he followed in his brother’s footsteps and bought a service station in McAlester, Oklahoma, which became the starting point for a lifelong career.
Read moreJoe Biden was the choice of Hughes County democrats in Tuesday’s election. Also on the ballot was the one cent sales tax for the hospital. It easily passed 517-172. The heaviest turnout in Holdenville was at the Nazarene Church where 273 voters cast their ballot and gave a 210-63 margin for the hospital tax. The Catholic Church precinct supported the tax 66-42, the Superintendent’s office passed 165-54 and the Pentecostal precinct 76-13.
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