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At approximately 11:50 a.m. Wednesday, April 7, 2021, an earthquake occurred 7 kilometers east of Holdenville. It registered at 3.4 on the richter scale.

The French family and the Town of Clearview would like to thank all who sent cards, prayers, condolences, and well wishes in memory of Marguerite French upon her passing.

The same aunt who had warned me about bad words also cautioned me about the hazards of germs and their transmission from one person to another.

Anyone wishing to establish schools for freedmen in Oklahoma after the Civil War faced serious challenges because of Indian Territory’s unusual status in the United States.

It is important to keep one’s eyes open for pieces of history all the time. Sometimes an old photo can tell stories and many times stories are found small pieces of paper that can tell a story. I often find clues even when I am not looking. Finding the answers to questions unexpectedly.

ALLISON BRAY AND COLE RHINEHART (LEFT) AND JORDAN OSBORN AND ABBY YOUNG (RIGHT) are pictured at the 2021 Wetumka Prom held recently. We would appreciate anyone who took pictures at the Wetumka prom sharing them with us as we were not notified of the event and therefore did not attend.

A city-wide cleanup will be held the second weekend of April. There will be two roll off dumpsters available at the city barn April 9 through 11. We ask that appliances and batteries be set to the side of the dumpsters.

There once was a man named George Thomas, a pastor in a small New England town. One Easter Sunday morning he came to the Church carrying a rusty, bent, old bird cage, and set it by the pulpit. Several eyebrows were raised and, as if in response, Pastor Thomas began to speak.

DENVER, CO—At a local chapter meeting of anti-religion group Atheist Friends United on Friday, skeptic and freethinker Michelle Newberry reportedly delivered a powerful, inspiring testimony, recounting her journey from hoping in God to finally realizing that she is nothing but a carbon-based cosmic...