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The monthly tax disbursement report from the Oklahoma Tax Commission offers a window into the economic health of Oklahoma counties as well as individual communities. These figures also offer a comparison to this time last year and opens a conversation topic for what effect, if any, the recent shut down and reopening of the economy has had locally, countywide, and statewide.
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A two-vehicle collision in Holdenville claimed the life of brothers Jaden Thomas Yarbrough, 21, Holdenville, and Lawrence Brice Yarbrough, 22, Shawnee, Saturday afternoon.
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DUSTIN 4TH GRADE STUDENT CHRISTOPHER JOHNSON was anxious to get back to school. It has been an unusual school year and hopefully things will get better quickly.
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Delve into Oklahoma’s African American history from pre-statehood to the Civil Rights movement while exploring the landmarks, historic towns and museums that provide endless opportunities for discovery. Oklahoma’s African American journey is tightly woven into the historical fabric of Oklahoma. Here, learn about the profound impact African Americans have had on the state’s military, frontier, Western and modern history. Learn more by visiting the Seminole Nation Museum for a collection of documents relating to Black Seminoles in the museum’s research library. Learn of J. Coody Johnson (1864-1927), one of the most prominent African American attorneys practicing in Oklahoma. He was born north of present Wewoka and was the grandson of a slave belonging to William McIntosh, the great Coweta chief of the Creek Nation. He was esteemed by Creek and Seminole as “the Black Panther.” He was intimately familiar with the language, laws, and customs of the Creek and Seminole. Learn of The Black Seminoles or Afro-Seminoles are black Indians associated with the Seminole people in Florida and Oklahoma. They are mostly blood descendants of the Seminole people, free blacks and of escaped slaves who allied with Seminole groups in Spanish Florida.
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A film crew representing Voice of America, an international broadcaster providing news and information to 85 countries in more than 40 languages on multiple platforms including television, radio, web and mobile, to a measured weekly audience of 237 million people visited Clearview last week to interview Shirley Nero of Clearview and Leon Anderson of Grayson. Dora Mekouar, Voice of America, sent prepared questions with the film crew for Nero and Anderson to answer during the interview. Shirley Nero, representing African American history in Oklahoma and Leon Anderson representing Black town mayors each gave their perspectives of life in their representative towns. After the interviews, the film crews videoed historical sites in the towns of Clearview and Grayson. The interviews will air within the next few weeks.
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Eighty-nine years ago, on August 20, Alpheus Grundy was born on a farm east of Henryetta, Oklahoma. He attended his first year of at Grayson, Oklahoma. In 1946, Congress approved the Lake Eufaula project under on the Canadian River for flood control, water supply, hydroelectric power, navigation, and recreation mainly in McIntosh and Pittsburg counties, with small portions in Haskell and Okmulgee counties, the family lost their land and moved to Rentie Settle west of Henryetta. Grundy graduated from Rosenwald School and joined the army where he served in the Korean War. On his return home, he married Dorothy Mayberry of Clearview, OK. They had one daughter, Puritha (deceased). The couple has lived in Oklahoma City and Dallas, but returned to Clearview after retirement to fish, garden, raise cows, and enjoy life. Recently, Grundy’s life consists of planting a garden every year for the community, mowing empty lots and his own, and serving as a town trustee.
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