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A Saturday afternoon noodling trip to the South Canadian River for two local residents ended with one dead and his companion placed into the Pontotoc County Detention Center, charged with First Degree Murder.
Read moreMike Schmitt is not only my friend but is an amazing gentleman to visit with. His life in professional hockey is a fascinating story. Today we will continue sharing some of that story, which is found in his soon to be published book, A Dream Come True. Mike is married to my lifelong friend, Anita Mills Schmitt and they moved back to Lamar a while back.
Read moreA felony warrant was issued on June 23, 2022 for Kevin Ryan Davis, 33, of Holdenville for three counts of RAPE, FIRST DEGREE (VICTIM UNDER AGE 14), A FELONY, and two counts of FORCIBLE SODOMY.
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I think maybe people have been cooped up too long with all the COVID stuff going around. Maybe that explains why I have received some interesting notices from people who have experienced questionable experiences.
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THE WETUMKA CLASS OF 1962 IS PICTURED ABOVE ON GRADUATION DAY. Class members will be holding their 60 class reunion on Saturday, July 16, 2022 in the fellowship hall at the Methodist Church in Wetumka. The doors will open at 10:00 a.m. and coffee and donuts will be served. The United Methodist Women will serve lunch. (photo courtesy of Sue Leftwich)
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In his forty-six-year career Marques Haynes played professional basketball and was billed as the world’s greatest dribbler. Born March 10, 1926, in Sand Springs, Oklahoma, in 1941 Haynes captained the town’s Booker T. Washington High School to a Negro national championship held at Tuskegee, Alabama. His team defeated the Oklahoma twins Lance and Lawrence Cudjoe of Seminole’s Booker T. Washington. The three later teamed to lead the Langston University Lions to a record of 112 wins to only three losses and a fifty-nine-game winning streak. The trio also anchored Langston to a 1946 upset victory of the Harlem Globetrotters in an exhibition game at Oklahoma City. The next year Haynes and the Cudjoes played in Globetrotter jerseys.
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