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Governor Kevin Stitt has called a special election to fill a vacancy in the office of Hughes County Commissioner District 3, Hughes County Election Board Secretary Brandy Davis said today.
Read moreA Hughes County woman died after the car she was driving rolled over, according to an Oklahoma Highway Patrol report.
Read moreOn Saturday August 28, a birthday celebration was held in honor of Mackilee Samilton, Sr. who turned 90!! He and his wife, Melven Samilton were joined by tons of friends and family to celebrate with him!
Read moreOklahoma’s 1907 Constitution provided that black and white children must attend separate (racially segregated) school facilities, a situation that endured unchanged for nearly half a century. “Separate,” however, did not necessarily mean “equal” in the quality of education provided. In 1954, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a decision in Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas, sounding the death knell for segregated educational facilities by ruling that separate schools failed to provide black children equal protection under the law. That is, they were inherently (and actually) unequal. With federal funding for education now threatened by any refusal to adhere to the court’s interpretation, most states took measures to integrate their public schools. Oklahoma, the only state with a constitution that mandated separate schools and different funding methods for each, could not simply pass a law requiring school integration.
Read moreSucker Day will soon be here. It is one of the most well known events in Oklahoma and Wetumka has celebrated it for 70 years.
Read moreTuesday night, August 24, Holdenville Police officers responded to a call of a possible grand theft auto in progress at the Dollar General Store in Holdenville.
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