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Get a turkey at the store. I will cook it. I will put salt and butter on it. Put on stove and cook nine days.-Olivia age: 4Dada buy turkey at store. I can’t cook turkey. Mama say, “No, hot.” I just eat red turkeys.-Keinan age: 3Cook. Go round, round with Mickey Mouse and turkey.

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Oklahoma set a record for tornadoes with 31 in October, according to Gary McManus, associate state climatologist, Oklahoma Climatological Survey.

ORWP hosted their annual meeting recently at the Durant Library and the turnout was impressive.

Atwood resident Jim Lively won the Republican nomination for District 3 County Commissioner. This election was to fill the unexpired term of Tommy Peak who passed away earlier this year. Lively will face Democrat Larry Howard on February 8, 2022.

A regular meeting of the Wetumka City Council was held on Monday, November 8, 2021. Council members present were Donna Dyer, Jason Lee, and Richard Roush. Josh Howk was absent. Norma Marshall,-Mayor, Sherry Smith-City Manager, and Garret Eller, City Attorney were also present via telephone.

This past week, we walked into the Calvin City Hall and at first glance we thought Hilda had taken the KETO diet far too serious!

KINDERGARTEN Lola Jones - 1st, Liv Shiever - 2nd, Jasper Johnson - 3rdLola Jones - 1st, Liv Shiever - 2nd, Jasper Johnson - 3rd4TH GRADEJuan Vargus - 1st, Tayor Edwards - 2nd, William Lowe Wimberly - 3rd1ST GRADEMarni Shiever - 1st, Hailey Amaral - 2nd, Anna Iker - 3rd5TH GRADEMcKenzie Nowlin -...

In July and August 1895, the Buck Gang terrorized citizens of the Creek Nation, Indian Territory. Gang members Rufus Buck, Luckey Davis, Sam Sampson, Maomi July, and Lewis Davis was an outlaw, multi-racial gang whose members were part African American and part Creek Indian.

This was one of the few black marshals who would later lose his life in this effort to bring order to Indian Territory. His career dates are not known, though it was believed to be short.It was further shortened when Garrett encountered the notorious Rufus Buck gang.