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The incentive for building the Fort Smith and Western Railway was the presence of vast bituminous coal fields in the Ouachita Mountains of the Choctaw Nation in Indian Territory. To connect the coal lands around McCurtain with the Kansas City, Pittsburgh, and Gulf.

Marilyn Jackson recently attended a meeting of the Black Town mayors at Langston University. The group is working incentives and grants to improve the economic development of the towns. While there, she met with relatives with connections to Clearview.

Kayla Williams and Trenton Morgan

Hello Hughes County! My name is Dale Stringer and I am seeking your vote for District #3 Commissioner. I feel blessed to be able to call Hughes County my home as I am a lifelong resident. After I graduated from Allen Public Schools, I worked in the family construction business until 2006.

Hello, my name is Josh Tatum. I am announcing my candidacy for the Hughes County Commissioner for District 3.I have 15 plus years’ experience in construction, supervising and operating equipment. I have directed multiple crews on numerous large projects.

In case you were wondering, Red Hats is about being Kind and Positive - Red Hatting is about fun and friendship! And that’s what we had when we went to “Ole Red’s” in Tishomingo on 9-11- 21! There were just four of us, so we all got to ride in Glenda’s pickup truck.

The Board of Education of Holdenville Public School District hereby announces that statutorily qualified individuals interested in running as a candidate for the #1 seat which has a 4 year term or #2 seat which has a 5 year term on the Holdenville Board of Education may file to run as a candidate...

U.S.—Kids are getting their Halloween costumes together, and this year there’s a particularly spooky one going around: some kids are wear-ing a popular new mask that depicts a human face not wearing a mask.Move over, zombies and werewolves!

1st place 4-H Team - MossTreyden Armstrong, Tate Keesee, Diesel Cook, Rohby Pryor1st place FFA Team - WetumkaWaylon McDaniel, Cason Crump, Jaden Young, Kinlee AllenHigh point 4-H Individual1st- Diesel Cook - Moss; 2nd- Taos Cook - Moss, 3rd- Case Watkins - Stuart

All revenue sources rose in the part 12 months as Oklahoma set a new record with more than $14,500,000 in tax revenue.State Treasurer Randy McDaniel said revenues for September also set a record, reaching $1.38 billion and exceeded results from September of last year by 20 percent.“Gross receipts...