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Poteau man pleads guilty to unlawful reentry
Poteau man pleads guilty as the United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that Angel Urbina-Ramirez, a/k/a Angel Urbina Ramirez, a/k/a Angel Urbinaramirez, 53, a Mexican national unlawfully present in Poteau pleaded guilty to one count of Unlawful Reentry of Removed Alien, punishable by a term of imprisonment of not more than ten years, and a fine of not more than $250,000.
LeFlore County man sentenced to life for murder

LeFlore County District Attorney Kevin Merritt announced Tuesday that Alex Nathaniel Davis, 35, of Poteau, will spend the rest of life in prison for the July 2021, murder of Tara Strozier. Strozier, 40, of Fort Smith, Arkansas, was missing for more than a week before her body was found in a pond in Cameron.
LeFlore County commissioners to meet 7-21-2025
LeFlore County commissioners to meet in a regular business meeting 9 a.m. Monday at the county courthouse in Poteau.
Poteau School Board agenda 7-14-2025
Poteau School Board will meet 6 p.m. Monday in a regular business meeting at the Poteau Administration Office at 3003 North Broadway in Poteau. The agenda can be seen HERE. … Read more
Memorial services for Marvin Frank Powell planned
Memorial services for Marvin Frank Powell, 73, of Poteau are 4 p.m. Friday at the Hugo Community Center. He was born Oct. 23, 1951, in Sawyer to Dorethea Helen (Lowman) … Read more
Carolyn Elaine Anderson obituary
Carolyn Elaine Anderson, 75, of Poteau passed away July 4, 2025, in Poteau and was born June 28, 1950, in Shady Point to Elaine (Kubala) Prock and L.D. Prock.
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