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Benjamin Chotkey was born August 15, 1956 in Weleetka, Oklahoma to Raymond and Nancy (Karlarney) Chotkey. He passed away Friday, February 26, 2021 in Tulsa, Oklahoma at the age of 64.
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Jeffery Yahola was born December 27, 1967. To the late Thomas Yahola and Elizabeth Roberta Yahola. He passed away Tuesday, February 23, 2021. He is preceded in death by Thomas Yahola of Bristow OK, his brother Maurice Yahola of Wetumka, OK. Dennis Baker of Wetumka OK., and Sylvia Faye Baker of Wetumka, Oklahoma.
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Oreo Cookies now Political?
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We want to to Tommy Hogue for congratulate Wetumka During his recent promotion police officer Investigator. with Investigator our visit Hogue, we learned that he is the first official Investigator the Wetumka Police Department has ever had.
Read moreCharges are pending after a Wetumka suspect was arrested for allegedly stealing more than $1,500 worth of merchandise from a Holdenville business.
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An emergency City Council meeting was held on Saturday February 20, 2021. Those present included Donna Dyer, Council person at-large; Sherry Smith, city manager; Norma Marshall, Mayor; Richard Roush, Ward 4/ Vice Mayor. Attending via telephone conference were Logan Phillips, OK State Representative and Garret Eller, Wetumka City Attorney. Others present included Roger Absher, Wetumka City Superintendent and Landyn Oliver, Emergency Management. Council member Josh Howk was absent.
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Maxine Edwyna Cissel Horner was one of the first African American women to serve in the Oklahoma State Senate District 11, serving from 1986 to 2004, along with Vicki Miles-La- Grange. Horner held the position of Democratic Caucus Chair, as well as Chair of Business and Labor and Government Operations, and Vice-Chair of Adult Literacy. As Democratic Caucus chairwoman in the late 1990s she was a sponsor of the legislation creating the group now known as the Tulsa Race Massacre Centennial Commission.
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