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Voters approved a $950,000 Hughes County Emergency Medical Service (HCEMS) bond issue on January 10, 2017. In addition to replacing the aging fleet of ambulances and upgrading their obsolete equipment, funds were also earmarked to provide two new stations; one in Calvin and another in Wetumka, so the EMS could better serve the entire county.
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Paul Harvey says: I don’t believe in Santa Claus, but I’m not going to sue somebody for singing a Ho-Ho-Ho song in December. I don’t agree with Darwin, but I didn’t go out and hire a lawyer when my high school teacher taught his Theory of Evolution.
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Holdenville resident Jack Sherry has been appointed by Gov. Kevin Stitt as a member of the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education. His appointment was recently confirmed by the Senate, and he will be sworn in at the State Regents’ June 25 meeting. Sherry will serve a nine-year term that expires in May 2029, replacing Regent Toney Stricklin.
Read moreMay 26, 2020— Blood donors embody the best of who Oklahomans are, giving selflessly so the state can rise and recover together. COVID-19 has taken a tremendous toll on the blood supply, and Oklahoma Blood Institute has an immediate need for eligible blood donors.
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Macy Renee’ Davenport
Read moreThe first positive case of the COVID 19 virus in Hughes County was confirmed on Friday, May 29. Two more cases were reported in Hughes County on Monday, and an additional case was reported Tuesday, bringing to total up to four.
Read moreBack in 1947 the biggest worry Southern Baptists had was the plight of millions of black Africans. We did not know any black Africans in Stonewall and only had a vague idea where Africa was. The church created missionary programs to let us know. These soon became sacred bureaucracies such as the WMU (Women’s Missionary Union) whose job was to promote and educate the church about the plight of our overseas missionaries and their unsaved black clients located in a place called Africa. Their focus (it seemed to me) was on a lady named Lottie Moon who for some reason spent her life in China, preaching to the Chinese. I figured they must have lost Africans in China too.
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