Carl Albert State College cheer team recently competed in the Intermediate All-Girl Junior College Division at the National Cheerleaders Association (NCA) Nationals competition. Competing on April 10-11, the Vikings took the mat twice during preliminary and final rounds. Judges evaluated routines based on stunts, pyramids, tosses, standing and running tumbling, jumps, collegiate image, routine compositio … Read more
Funeral services for Linda Louise Chastain, 73, of Spiro, are 2 p.m. on Monday at Mallory-Martin Funeral Home Chapel in Spiro with Reverend Vernon Stone officiating. Burial will follow at Old Bokoshe Cemetery, under the direction of Mallory-Martin Funeral Home in Spiro. Linda was born on Aug. 3, 1952, in Greenville, Michigan, to Sybil Christine … Read more
MUSKOGEE–The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that Clifford Elmo Smith, 41, of Poteau entered a guilty plea to one count of Possession of Certain Material Involving the Sexual Exploitation of a Minor, punishable by up to 10 years in prison and a $250,000 fine. The Indictment alleged that beginning … Read more
Catherine Stacie “Cathie” Carlson, 49, of Talihina was born on Dec. 2, 1976, in Talihina to Margie (Ward) Jones and Eugene W. Jones. She passed away on April 8, 2026, at St. Francis Hospital in Muskogee. Funeral services are 2 p.m. on Wednesday at Christ’s Church at Lenox in Muse with Bro. Raymond Johnson officiating. … Read more
Kaitlin Hurst homered and was 2-3 with four RBI and two runs as Heavener defeated Battiest, 11-2, Tuesday in slow pitch softball. Heavener is 10-6 and hosts Arkoma Thursday. Haylee Morrison tripled and went 2-3 with two runs and a RBI, Kristy Shadwick finished 2-3 with two RBI and a run, Olivia Smith had a … Read more
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