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    Hughes County Assessor Resigns

    HUGHES COUNTY — Hughes County Assessor Amber Jones resigned from office this week. The Oklahoma Tax Commission (OTC) and the State Auditor & Inspector's Office formalized a recommendation declaring the assessor's office in Category 3 Noncompliance.

    Hughes County District Court Records

    CIVIL Bonnie Shambrook vs theCity of Holdenville et al – Civil rights violation First United Bank and Trust vs Breann Welch et al – Foreclosure Oklahoma Tax Commission vs Charles Carr – Indebtedness Capital One NA Successor by Merger to Discover Bank vsTerrance Harjo –Indebtedness Crown Asset...

    From the Archives...The year was 1988

    Reviewing the past—by an old timer, by Herbert Friend (A story of the es-tablishmentT ofT We - tumka,T takenT fromT theT WetumkaT Ga - zette,TFeb.T21,T1934.

    Clearview Trustee Meeting Highlights

    The Clearview Trustees met on November 18, 2025, to discuss town business. Highlights from the meeting included to the town is prospering and covering its bills. Plans are ongoing to clean up the town and personal properties.

    BLACK SETTLEMENT IN OKLAHOMA

    Black settlement in Oklahoma is linked with Indian removal beginning in the 1830s, when the federal government forced members of the Five Civilized Tribes—the Cherokee, Chickasaw, Choctaw, Creek, and the Seminole— to leave their territorial homelands in the Southeast and relocate to Indian...
    BLACK SETTLEMENT IN OKLAHOMA

    NOVEMBER IS NATIVE AMERICAN MONTH

    Native American Heritage Month is celebrated every November to honor the history, culture, and contributions of American Indian, Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian, and American Samoan people.
    NOVEMBER IS NATIVE AMERICAN MONTH

    Wes Watkins Technology Center Announces School Board Election

    The Board of Education of Wes Watkins Technology Center School District 25 hereby announces that statutorily qualified individuals interested in running as a candidate for the Zone 3 seat on the Wes Watkins Technology Center School District 25 Board of Education may file to run as a candidate for...
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