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If the younger generation has anything to do with it, there will never be an end to county fairs.Youngsters who have high hopes for the current Hughes County Free fair are no exception. Take for instance Jerry Kibby of the Yeager 4-H Club.

U.S. — People with unattractive faces celebrated this week as locales and businesses across the nation began reinstituting mask mandates.“Finally!” said local schlub Stan Reasons.

Wetumka, OK — A routine morning took an alarming turn on August 23, 2023, when the Wetumka Police Department responded to a distress call involving an alleged firearm inci dent on South Alabama Street.

Wetumka, OK — In a recent meeting with the Wetumka Municipal Authority, Robert Vaughn, a representative from the Infrastructure Solutions Group, shed light on the significant advance -ments the town is poised to make thanks to the ARPA (American Rescue Plan Act) Grant that Wetumka recently secured.

Pigs and wedding bells By John Martin Staff Writer The PicnicA Jewish Rabbi and a Catholic Priest met at the town’s annual 4th of July picnic. Old friends, they began their usual banter.“This baked ham is really delicious;” the priest teased the rabbi."You really ought to try it.

Work continues with the old school grounds parking lot.Peace and comfort to those who have loss family and friends this week, the Patton and Johnson, Leeper family, and the Loggins and Shambra family. Wilbert and Ida Mae Zackery are now home from the hospital and doing better.

It was in 1921 that Kaleb Sims and Dollie Golden of Clearview married. They remained in Clearview for one year and the following year they moved to California. During that year, Opal, their only child was born.

Dr. Donnie L. Nero Sr., organizer of the 2023 Oklahoma All-Black Towns State Conference in Oklahoma City at the Oklahoma History Center on August 12, reported an outstanding participation at the conference.