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Living in rural areas requires displaying your homes 911 address. Marilyn Jackson, mayor of Clearview and member of the Clearview Brown Suggas Okfuskee County Home and Community Education group (OHCE) got creative and came up with her own design for displaying her 911 address. She reused a crate lid and attached painted wooden letters to the lid. Her landscaping rocks came from the hill behind her house. The sign is appropriately illuminated at night with solar lights.
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If you haven’t heard, two sweet ladies, Amber Hunter and Michelle Rhinehart, are hosting a Thin Blue Line charitable event on August 15 at 5:00 pm -7:30 pm at Stroup park in Holdenville. The event is in honor, recognition, and support of all law enforcement. There will be free snowcones, food vendors, a band, a raffle drawing and kid friendly activities.
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WETUMKA HOME DESTROYED BY FIRE...The home of Michael Beck was a total loss when fire destroyed the residence at 510 E. Tiger in Wetumka. No one was home at the time the fire broke out Tuesday, July 28. Cause of the fire is not known at this time. Photo by Holley Mouser, Staff Photographer
Read moreThe case of Joe Johnson, Jr. a Seminole Native American convicted of murder in Wewoka in 1977, is one of the first to be taken under consideration for appeal by the Supreme Court following their July 9 decision regarding McGirt v. Oklahoma.
Read moreThe City of Wetumka will have a roll off Dumpster at the City Barn on Saturday, August 8th for City Clean Up. Hours will be from 8 am to 12 Noon.
Read moreThe deadline to register to vote or update your voter registration for Oklahoma’s August 25 Runoff Primary election is Friday, July 31, State Election Board Secretary Paul Ziriax said today.
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Front Row: Nick Jacob’s, Katlyn Flanagan and Hailey Ward, Cherekee Summers, Alex Proctor. Second Row: Jacob Gambler, Keeian Heneha, Kekoa White, Deondre Pigeon. Back Row: Austin Fife, Josh Harmon, Braydon Nguyen, Jayme Whitaker and Alec Proctor. Photo by Wanda Mankin
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There were several outstanding Black men who served as Marshalls under federal Judge Isaac Parker at Fort Smith. Shortly after Judge Parker was sworn in as federal judge, blacks were recruited as Deputy U.S. Marshals working out of his court. Their duties took them mostly into Indian Territory, and some worked as far south as Texas, as far west as the Oklahoma Territory, and as far north as Kansas. These African American men were of varying backgrounds–some had been born slaves some were Black Indians, some were well educated, while others had little formal training.
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