latest
A regular meeting of the Wetumka City Council was held on Monday, January 10, 2022. Council members present were Jason Lee, and Richard Roush. Norma Marshall, Mayor, and Garret Eller, City Attorney were also present. Donna Dyer and Sherry Smith- City Manager were absent.
Read moreSuperintendent’s Honor Roll
Read moreIn 1969, Andy Massey and his family moved to Holdenville when his father, Elmer Massey, was hired as the High School principal. Andy graduated from Holdenville High School in 1973. He later married his high school sweetheart, Lisa Treadwell, and they made their home in Tulsa, raising their son and daughter.
Read more
Dick Glass, born to Creek and Negro Freedman parents in the Creek Nation, became the most noted outlaw of the Indian Territory to hang out in the Arbuckle Mountains during the 1880s. By 1880, when Glass and his gang wasn’t hiding out in the Seminole or Creek Nation, he often took refuge in a large black community on Wild Horse Creek near Ft. Arbuckle.
Read more
To celebrate Black History Month, the Oklahoma History Center and the Smithsonian Channel are excited to present a screening of Seizing Justice: The Greensboro 4, followed by a panel discussion about the Oklahoma sit-in movement. This screening will be held on Saturday, February 5, from 1 to 3 p.m., and is included with paid admission to the Oklahoma History Center.
Read more
State Superintendent of Public Instruction Joy Hofmeister has named 70 high school students from around Oklahoma to her 2022 Student Advisory Council. This is the seventh year the group has convened to assist Hofmeister and the Oklahoma State Department of Education with policy matters.
Read more
ITEMS COLLECTED WERE RECENTLY DELIVERED TO THE AREAS IMPACTED
Read moreVizavance, formerly Prevent Blindness Oklahoma, received an email from a mother expressing gratitude. Her son was referred during a vision screening at a local OKC daycare. In her letter she shared, “My twelve-month-old son failed the SPOT vision screening. I took him to an ophthalmologist who confirmed your findings. He was diagnosed with congenital cataract causing amblyopia. His vision was 20/80 in the left eye; after three years of treatment, his vision is currently 20/20! I am so thankful and blessed for your service.” This child, along with thou- sands of other children who received exams and glasses as a result of a school vision screening, is doing better in school now. For this reason, Vizavance, formerly Prevent Blindness Oklahoma continues to work each year to help improve vision for the children of Oklahoma.
Read more