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It was nearly fifty years ago that the Seminole Nation Museum and the Wewoka Rotary Club conspired to make a little sorghum syrup on a fall day in 1976. The whole affair was undertaken, more than anything, to draw local attention to the newly opened museum and to show off a recently donated sorghum mill gifted to the museum by Wewokan Paul Dodd. No one involved thought the pressing, boiling, and bottling of a century-old sweetener would amount to anything more than a mild curiosity and, at best, a mention in the local newspapers.
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The mere mention of the name “Merle Haggard” is enough to transport one to a mythical city in the nation’s heartland where the townsfolk don’t smoke weed and kicks are gained by pitching woo and taking an occasional pull on a moonshine jug.
Read moreOn Saturday, May 13, letter carriers across central and western Oklahoma will collect nonperishable food donations from homes on their routes as part of the 31st National Association of Letter Carriers’ Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive.
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On April 3rd the Wewoka First Free Will Baptist Church celebrated the arrival of their new pastor with a church dinner after the morning worship service.
Read moreAn Oklahoma educator made national news this week when she was named the National Teacher of the Year for 2023. This is the first time Oklahoma has had a national winner since 1964.
Read moreOklahoma Farm Bureau, along with national and state-level partners, is proud to launch the Oklahoma Grassroots Rural and Ag Business Accelerators, a rural economic development initiative designed to spur innovation, diversify opportunities for farmers and create jobs in rural Oklahoma.
Read moreThe Oklahoma State Board of Career and Technology Education on Thursday approved the appointment of Justin Lockwood as chief of staff of Oklahoma CareerTech.
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Leah McCulley and Seth Harjo were selected by their teachers for April Lions Student of the Month.
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