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THE WETUMKA POWERLIFTING TEAM COMPETED AGAINST STROTHERS THIS PAST FRIDAY AND WERE TEAM RUNNER UP.

A regular meeting of the Wetumka City Council was held on Monday, January 10, 2022. Council members present were Jason Lee, and Richard Roush. Norma Marshall, Mayor, and Garret Eller, City Attorney were also present. Donna Dyer and Sherry Smith-City Manager were absent.

Superintendent’s Honor Roll2 nd Nine Weeks1 st Grade— HowserRiley Davis, Tommy Frair, Ryland Kissee, Kayson Mosco and Legynd Rector1 st Grade—PowellAlyvia Gormley and Cannon Kramer2 nd Grade—CornCannon Backus, Karsyn Groomer, Izabelle Rector, Joshua Robets, Gavin Sheneman and Dey Mah2 nd...

In 1969, Andy Massey and his family moved to Holdenville when his father, Elmer Massey, was hired as the High School principal. Andy graduated from Holdenville High School in 1973.

Dick Glass, born to Creek and Negro Freedman parents in the Creek Nation, became the most noted outlaw of the Indian Territory to hang out in the Arbuckle Mountains during the 1880s.

To celebrate Black History Month, the Oklahoma History Center and the Smithsonian Channel are excited to present a screening of Seizing Justice: The Greensboro 4, followed by a panel discussion about the Oklahoma sit-in movement. This screening will be held on Saturday, February 5, from 1 to 3 p.m.

State Superintendent of Public Instruction Joy Hofmeister has named 70 high school students from around Oklahoma to her 2022 Student Advisory Council. This is the seventh year the group has convened to assist Hofmeister and the Oklahoma State Department of Education with policy matters.

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Vizavance, formerly Prevent Blindness Oklahoma, received an email from a mother expressing gratitude. Her son was referred during a vision screening at a local OKC daycare. In her letter she shared, “My twelve-month-old son failed the SPOT vision screening.

Services are pending for Colby Lake Cooper of Weleetka, Oklahoma.Colby Lake Cooper was born April 2, 1996 in Shawnee, Oklahoma to Larry Bill Cooper and Shannon Daylynn (Rector) Cooper. He passed away, Friday, January 14, 2022 in Pennsylvania at the age of 25.