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Blades Siblings Take All Honors at Glenpool High School

5 years 2 weeks ago

Makai Blades was recently named 2020 Mr. GHS (Glenpool High School). Maki is a senior at Glenpool. Makai’s honors during high school included being named Homecoming King during football season, Running Back of the Year for District 5, October Student of the Month, OCA Male Scholar of the Year, and All Star by Class Football Team. He was predicted to win the state championship in 5A 100 and 200 track events. Last year he won the 100 and 2 nd in the 200. He also rand the 4x1 and 4x2. He has obtained a track scholarship to Pittsburg State in Kansas.

George W. McLAURIN v. OKLAHOMA STATE REGENTS (1950).

5 years 2 weeks ago

McLaurin v. Oklahoma State Regents, an important case leading up to the U.S. Supreme Court’s 1954 decision in Brown v. Board of Education, struck down the Oklahoma statute that mandated segregation in education. The case began when the University of Oklahoma denied George W. McLaurin admission to its graduate program in education, citing the segregation statute, which made it a misdemeanor to operate a school in which both blacks and whites were taught. McLaurin filed suit in federal court in Oklahoma City. In an opinion marked by balance, even caution, a three-judge panel struck down the law, to the extent that it prohibited McLaurin from attending the University of Oklahoma. whites were taught. McLaurin filed suit in federal court in Oklahoma City. In an opinion marked by balance, even caution, a three-judge panel struck down the law, to the extent that it prohibited McLaurin from attending the University of Oklahoma.

Pet’s Sweet Potato Pie

5 years 2 weeks ago

PET’S SWEET POTATO PIE

Monday afternoon Hughes County

5 years 3 weeks ago

Monday afternoon Hughes County Sheriff Marcia Maxwell and her Deputies executed the first of several search warrants that will soon come to the Dustin area.

Lee’s Texaco 50-years-old and still going strong

5 years 3 weeks ago

LEE’S TEXACO 50TH ANNIVERSARY —One of the most well-known businesses in Hughes County is Lee’s Texaco in Horntown. For over fifty years they have provided food, fuel and tires to countless customers. Started in 1969 by W.G.