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Testing Underway Near Yeager for ICBM Sites Testing was underway Wednesday and today on the Glenn Carl Ranch, east of Yeager in connection with proposed plans to build Minuteman missile launching sites in various parts of Hughes County and in Oklahoma.
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Known as “Choc” Floyd or “Pretty Boy,” Oklahoma’s most notorious and glorified folk bandit, Charles Arthur Floyd also became one of the nation's most celebrated criminals. He was immortalized in song by Woody Guthrie and by the fictional Joad family in John Steinbeck's novel The Grapes of Wrath. This Robin Hood figure, beloved of America's dispossessed and downtrodden of the Great Depression, was also a wanton bank robber and a man known to J. Edgar Hoover and the law enforcement establishment as "Public Enemy Number One." Born on February 3, 1904, near Adairsville in Bartow County, Georgia, Floyd was the second
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The Clearview Welcome Center is now open. The hours are not set but open to the public by calling one of the town trustees for a tour or purchase. The center has a variety of souvenirs, t-shirts, cookbooks, soaps, history books, and other items available for purchase through check, cash, and cash apps. The building is located at 220 East Main in Clearview. Check out our photos and come on down to see what Clearview has to offer.
Read moreWork continues with the old school grounds parking lot. Due to the rainy weather, the parking will not be completed on time as expected. Sympathy is extended to Sheryl Leeper of Weleetka on the death of her husband on Tuesday morning. Wilbert Zackery is coming home from the hospital and is recovering from pneumonia and covid. Also, Patsy French is recovering from covid and will be off quarantine by Friday. Ted Jackson is home from the hospital and will be seeing the doctor for more testing. Johnny West is in the hospital and receiving dialysis. Taft Forshee is home recovering form leg surgery. Please continue your prayers for those on our sick list. Sharon Patton, Tiger French, Wilbert and Ida Mae Zackery, Lloyd Samilton, Yolanda Jackson, Becki Stripling, Christopher Stripling, L.C. and Irene Carson, Dorothy Loggins, Marjorie Plunkett, Earnest Hamilton, and Johnny West. Our sympathy extended to the families of Sharon Johnson Patton of Midwest City, formerly of Weleetka, and Dorothy Loggins Shambre of Oklahoma City, formerly of Clearview.
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Bob Howell, Sr., Recalls the Opening of Dustin Trip From City to End of County Took Two Days 29 Years Ago When he accompanied the Holdenville male quartet, of which he is a member, to the Big Prairie school house for a community gathering last week, Bob Howell, sr., local theatre operator, recalled a trip he made through that section of what is now Hughes County 29 years ago.
Read moreWetumka, OK - An attempt to use counterfeit money at a local convenience store led to the arrest of a woman on August 2, 2023. Officer Loryn Appleton of the Wetumka Police Department responded to the report and successfully apprehended the suspect.
Read moreWetumka, OK - A heated altercation between two women resulted in an arrest for aggravated assault on July 30, 2023, at a residence on South Wetumka Street. Officer Loryn Appleton of the Wetumka Police Department responded to a distress call, leading to the arrest of Sharon Stapp on charges of aggravated assault.
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