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Living in rural areas requires displaying your homes 911 address. Marilyn Jackson, mayor of Clearview and member of the Clearview Brown Suggas Okfuskee County Home and Community Education group (OHCE) got creative and came up with her own design for displaying her 911 address.

If you haven’t heard, two sweet ladies, Amber Hunter and Michelle Rhinehart, are hosting a Thin Blue Line charitable event on August 15 at 5:00 pm -7:30 pm at Stroup park in Holdenville. The event is in honor, recognition, and support of all law enforcement.

WETUMKA HOME DESTROYED BY FIRE...The home of Michael Beck was a total loss when fire destroyed the residence at 510 E. Tiger in Wetumka. No one was home at the time the fire broke out Tuesday, July 28. Cause of the fire is not known at this time. Photo by Holley Mouser, Staff Photographer

The case of Joe Johnson, Jr. a Seminole Native American convicted of murder in Wewoka in 1977, is one of the first to be taken under consideration for appeal by the Supreme Court following their July 9 decision regarding McGirt v. Oklahoma. The court’s ruling in McGirt v.

The City of Wetumka will have a roll off Dumpster at the City Barn on Saturday, August 8th for City Clean Up. Hours will be from 8 am to 12 Noon.

The deadline to register to vote or update your voter registration for Oklahoma’s August 25 Runoff Primary election is Friday, July 31, State Election Board Secretary Paul Ziriax said today. Applicants can fill out an application using the OK Voter Portal’s voter registration “wizard.

Front Row: Nick Jacob’s, Katlyn Flanagan and Hailey Ward, Cherekee Summers, Alex Proctor. Second Row: Jacob Gambler, Keeian Heneha, Kekoa White, Deondre Pigeon. Back Row: Austin Fife, Josh Harmon, Braydon Nguyen, Jayme Whitaker and Alec Proctor. Photo by Wanda Mankin

There were several outstanding Black men who served as Marshalls under federal Judge Isaac Parker at Fort Smith. Shortly after Judge Parker was sworn in as federal judge, blacks were recruited as Deputy U.S. Marshals working out of his court.

Rufus Cannon was commissioned on September 15, 1892 according to the Ft. Smith National Historic Site. He served directly out of Ft. Smith under Judge Parker. He was said to have been of African Cherokee origin and was familiar with many of the Cherokee native customs and the language.

Bass Reeves, was born in 1838 in Crawford County, Arkansas and died January 12, 1910 at Muskogee, Oklahoma. Reeves was one of the first deputy U.S. marshals of African descent in the American West.