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WETUMKA - On the evening of Septem- ber 10, 2023, Officer Loryn Appleton of the Wetumka Police Department responded to a report of suspicious activity on South Alabama Street. Upon arrival, Officer Apple ton encountered Tia Herrod and her partner, Tony Edgell, who had gone to the property to celebrate Tia’s birthday and check on their newly constructed home. According to Tia Herrod, while they were in the front yard, they heard an odd scraping noise emanating from the back. Investigating further, they spotted a man, later identified as Brian Giv ens, behind the house with a shovel, standing amidst freshly dug soil.
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Geralyn Haney, a 2023 graduate of Stuart High School, has been awarded the Oklahoma House of Representatives District 18 Scholarship by Representative David Smith. This scholarship will assist her with expenses at Eastern Oklahoma State College where she is currently majoring in Mass Communications, as well as playing college softball for the Lady Mountaineers.
Read moreWETUMKA – At a recent meeting, Wetumka City Council tackled several pressing matters, including funding, roofing bids, and the critical state of the city’s water plant.
Read moreLocal store owner introduces revamped store layout and hot deals (HOLDENVILLE, OK) (SEPTEMBER 18, 2023) – Save A Lot, one of the largest discount grocery chains in the U.S., today announced the completed renovations of its store at 900 N. Hinckley, which has been fully remodeled inside and out for the best grocery shopping experience available. On September 23, Holdenville residents can attend the store’s grand re-modeling event to experience the upgraded look and feel while enjoying the quality and value customers have come to love.
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Dr. Melvin R. Todd was born on April 24,1933, to Elmyra Richardson
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On Friday, September 29, the Oklahoma African American Educators Hall of Fame, Inc. will induct their 12th Class of Inductees into Hall of Fame at the Oklahoma History Center in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
Read moreIn Oklahoma Territory, the first separate schools (schools specifically designated for African Americans only) opened in Oklahoma City and Guthrie in 1891 and in Kingfisher in 1892. Annual training institutes, conducted in Oklahoma City for Oklahoma County teachers and aspiring candidates who were preparing for teaching examinations, were at first racially mixed. Among the black group were professionals with powerful intellect, broad social commitment, and common interests, including their small, primitive, isolated schools, an avid interest in reading, and an intense racial pride. The institutes led to the organization of the Ida M. Wells Teachers' Association in 1893. It included black teachers in fourteen counties and twentysix communities of Oklahoma Territory. By 1900, these teachers had enrolled a total of 3,929 children in the territory's separate schools. The association struggled to secure improved in school facilities and to promote professional advancement for black teachers. Jefferson Davis Randolph served as the first president. The group later expanded into the Territorial Association of Negro Teachers. By 1907 statehood, Indian Territory had a similar association, and the two provided a nucleus for the Oklahoma Association of Negro Teachers (OANT). In December 1907, one month after statehood, sixtyseven black teachers of the former Twin Territories met at Colored Agricultural and Normal University in Langston to reorganize their associations into the statewide Oklahoma Association of Negro Teachers. Inman E. Page, then in his ninth year as university president, hosted the meeting. According to Evelyn Strong, OANT historian, both environmental and professional challenges contributed to the nature of the group's early leadership and to the development of its mission. Presidents between 1907 and 1924, with one exception, were school principals. J. H. Brazelton served as OANT's first president, elected in 1907. In 1908, Inman E. Page succeeded him.
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The Clearview gym parking lot is complete thanks to a COEDD grant. What is next for Clearview? We are working to complete a HVAC system for the gym, providing we raise enough money for the project. For those on our sick list, please continue your prayers for those for Otis Davis, Taft Forshee, Tiger French, Wilbert and Ida Mae Zackery, Lloyd Samilton, Yolanda Jackson, Becki Stripling, Christopher Stripling, L.C. and Irene Carson, Marjorie Plunkett, and Earnest Hamilton.
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