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The Wewoka Chamber of Business and Industry welcomed football coaching legend Barry Switzer as guest speaker at their annual Chamber Banquet on Monday evening, March 28. Switzer served for 16 years as head football coach at the University of Oklahoma and four years as head coach for the Dallas Cowboys.
Read moreKonawa voters will go to the polls on Tuesday, April 5, to determine two seats on the Konawa Public Schools Board of Education.
Read moreOn April 9, 1959—a year after NASA was established--seven American test pilots became the inaugural members of the U.S. Space Force. They were Scott Carpenter, L. Gordon Cooper Jr., John H. Glenn Jr., Virgil “Gus” Grissom, Walter Schirra Jr., Alan Shepard Jr., and Donald Slayton.
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Tuesday, April 5th, the Daisy Garden Club invites the public to the twenty-sixth annual “April Shower” fundraiser for the Seminole Nation Museum. The comeand-go reception will be held from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the museum, located at 524 S. Wewoka Ave. Everyone is invited to attend and participate in the fun!
Read moreThere’s a new law on the books that strengthens Oklahoma’s accessory to murder statute. Sen Darrell Weaver, R-Moore, and Rep. Ross Ford, R-Broken Arrow, are the principal authors of Senate Bill 6, the Sgt. Craig Johnson Act, named for a Tulsa police officer who was shot while conducting a traffic stop in 2020 and later died from his injuries. Gov. Kevin Stitt signed the bill into law on Wednesday.
Read moreThis month, hope is rising across the state for those awaiting a lifesaving transplant. Each April, LifeShare of Oklahoma celebrates Donate Life Month, an observance to focus attention on the need for and importance of organ, eye and tissue donation. The celebration is about the importance of registering your decision to be a donor and honoring deceased and living donors – recognizing that the generosity of donors makes saving lives through transplantation possible.
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The escalating price of fuel and fertilizer is a major concern for agricultural producers. High grain and cattle prices don’t turn profits when input costs keep farmers and ranchers in the red.
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