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Sympathy is extended to the Bush family. Angela Bush of Okemah, daughter of Julia Mae Bush (formerly of Clearview) and niece of Johnny Bush of Tulsa and the late Danny Bush of Okemah, has passed away. Service arrangements are pending.

WETUMKA, OK — Wes Watkins Technology Center (WWTC) is a recipi ent of the Oklahoma Department of Career and Technology Education’s Competitive Technology Cen- ter Lottery Grant for fiscal year 2026.

MisdemeanorsJustin Corey Jameson – Furnishing alcoholic beverage to a person under 21 Eddie Earl Mathieu – Driving a motor vehicle while under the influence of alcohol, Transporting open container of alcoholic beverage Isaac Tumang – Actual physical control of vehicle under the influence,...

Marilyn Jackson, Edith Jimboy, and Shirley Nero attended the 2025 Friends of Rural Electric Tour in Okmulgee on October 9, 2025. They were attending along with District 6 Director Mr. Hill from Nuyaka.

Opaline Deveraux Wadkins — (March 26, 1912 – April 11, 2000Opaline Deveraux Wadkins (1912–2000) organized the first school to train black nurses in Oklahoma City, fought for desegregation of the College of Nursing at the University of Oklahoma and founded the School of Nursing at Langston...

Indigenous Peoples’ Day is an official city and stateholiday in various localities in the United States that celebrates and honors Indigenous American peoples (Native Americans) and commemorates their histories and cultures. It is celebrated on the second Monday in October.

Senior 4-Hers Pick OfficersThe Wetumka Se- nior 4-H Club met to organize on Tuesday, Sept. 27.

“Manners are a sensitive awareness of the feelings of others.If you have that awareness, you have good manners, no matter what fork you use.”Emily PostAs humans, it can be said that we are a pretty sorry lot.

FELONIES William Hoyt Isaccs – Cruelty to animalsMISDEMEANORS John Nicholas Blalock – Harassment by use of a computer, Threaten to perform act of violence Tatum E.

Moss High School Academic Team hosted the District Seed Tournament at Moss on October 13th. They placed second and will compete in the Regional Academic Team Tournament on November 15th at Kiowa.