Douglas P. Walker of the Glendale community was born Sept. 9, 1963 in Honolulu, Hawaii to Donald Douglas and Edna Maxine Walker and passed away Jan. 18, 2026 in Oklahoma City at the age of 62. Memorial service to honor Douglas’ life is 10 a.m., Thursday at the Dowden-Roberts Funeral Home Chapel in Heavener with … Read more
Sallisaw wins wrestling match over Poteau in the District 4A-8 wrestling dual meet Tuesday at Sallisaw, giving the Black Diamonds another trip to the state meet. See the dual scores and team standings on Wednesday’s daily newsletter. Subscribe for free and get more: https://heavenerareanews.beehiiv.com/
LeFlore County Tournament basketball semifinals are set after the quarterfinals games were played Tuesday. As expected, the top seeds in both the boys’ bracket and girls’ bracket advanced to the semifinals with those games moving to Spiro, aside from the Poteau’s boys scoring a minor upset over Spiro. Boys’ updated bracket PDF Girls’ updated bracket … Read more
Calendar of events for the next week for Heavener, LeFlore County, southeastern Oklahoma and western Arkansas. The calendar is a free service for our readers. If you know of an event coming up,, please CONTACT me. Tuesday LeFlore County commissioners meet 9 a.m. Poteau Evening Lions Club meet 6 p.m. CASC Graveside services for Leon … Read more
Weather forecast for Tuesday in LeFlore County, southeastern Oklahoma and western Arkansas is for mostly clear skies early with clouds moving in and a chance for rain overnight. The high is forecast to be 53 degrees with a low of 40 degrees. Sunrise was 7:24 a.m. Sunset is 5:35 p.m. See our live weather radar … Read more
Lenda Mae Andrews of Heavener was born Feb. 2, 1943 in Bennington to George and Jessie (Hamill) Jackson and passed away Jan. 17, 2026 in Heavener at the age of 82. No services are scheduled at this time. Cremation arrangements are under the direction of Dowden-Roberts Funeral Home in Heavener. Lenda married Jerry in 1967. … Read more
Favorites rule opening day of the 2026 LeFlore County Tournament to advance to Tuesday’s quarterfinals as the top seeds open tournament play. For the boys, Heavener, Panama, Spiro, Whitesboro and Poteau moved into the quarterfinals. In the girls’ bracket, Heavener, Wister, Poteau, Whitesboro and Talihina moved on. The winners of Tuesday’s games move into the … Read more