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A single vehicle accident Sunday evening resulted in one passenger, Hunter Morrison, 19, Holdenville, being transported to the OU Medical center by Medical Flight with multiple injuries, according to a report from the Oklahoma Highway Patrol. Morrison was listed in stable condition in the report. The driver, a 17-year-old juvenile, (name withheld) was transported by Hughes County EMS to Holdenville Hospital, where he was treated and released with trunk external and arm injuries. Another passenger, 15-yearold, (Name withheld), was transported by a personally owned vehicle to Holdenville General Hospital, where he was treated and released with external injuries.
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Well known Wetumka resident Bertie Lou Stringfellow was recently honored with a surprise party given by her children. The party was held on March 14, 2020 and her birthday was March 19. She is pictured with her children (left to right) Aron Stringfellow, Anita Pasley, Bertie Lou, Jan Lamb (stepdaughter) and Tara Williams. Additional photos inside.
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Read moreThe City of Wetumka’s electric utility would like its customers to know the cause of recent blinks in town.
Read moreThe All-Black towns of Oklahoma represent a unique chapter in American history. Nowhere else, neither in the Deep South nor in the Far West, did so many African American men and women come together to create, occupy, and govern their own communities. From 1865 to 1920 African Americans created more than fifty identifiable towns and settlements, some of short duration and some still existing at the beginning of the twenty-first century. For the next several weeks, we will focus on the following surviving towns, also known as the Thirteen Original All-Black Towns of Boley, Brooksville, Clearview, Grayson, Langston, Lima, Red Bird, Rentiesville, Summit, Taft, Tatums, Tullahassee, and Vernon.
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