Participants in the upcoming Sheep and Meat Goat Boot Camp will combine classroom and hands-on education in an effort to better manage their operations. (Photo by Mitchell Alcala, OSU Agriculture) By Trisha Gedon STILLWATER, Okla. – Small ruminant producers [...]

Simple Modern is an Oklahoma company. The Oklahoma-based company expands its third-annual Stock Your School campaign and gives $500 grants for five local Teacher of the Year educators. Oklahoma-based drinkware and consumer goods company Simple Modern expanded its [...]

  Downtown Poteau’s Dewey District continues to see new energy with the addition of Eight Forks Ranch Café, bringing renewed activity to the historic area. Just next door, at 102 Dewey, Bridgman’s Furniture is receiving attention of its own. This [...]

Image submitted by authorPexels By Miriam Neal For local business owners and operations leads at small and medium businesses, business IT infrastructure can feel like the one thing that must stay calm while everything else shifts. The core [...]

PatriciaT (DURANT, Okla.) August 22, 2026 - Choctaw Casino & Resort – Durant announced its third and final millionaire of the summer early Sunday morning as part of the 2026 edition of “3 Months. 3 Millionaires.” Patricia T. from [...]

1089111356 AAA Foundation study examines the growing acceptance of speeding and public support for speeding countermeasures. OKLAHOMA CITY – Aug. 18, 2026 – "No one actually drives the speed limit." Three in ten drivers agreed with that statement in a new [...]

Study Offers Clarity for Pastors About Their Church Members PITTSBURGH (August 18, 2026) – According to a groundbreaking study from Infinity Concepts and Grey Matter Research, the average evangelical gives himself or herself just a 2.42 GPA across 12 key areas of spiritual [...]

OBU Red Earth Concert Series Claire Marquardt former Poteau resident serves as collaborative pianist on the Oklahoma Baptist University faculty. This year, she has founded the Red Earth Chamber Series (RECS), an independent professional chamber music concert series [...]

Oklahoma Highway Safety Office Local law enforcement ask drivers to help protect Oklahoma roadways and put an end to drunk driving.  Oklahoma City, OK — From August 19 through September 7, the U.S. Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and [...]

Oklahoma Department of Libraries This year, ODL launched another highly successful community of practice. These groups help library staff connect to meet statewide and local needs. Workforce Development joins Health and Youth Services—each topic centered in a space where libraries [...]

A Celebration of Life for Jane Ann Spangler-Peters, 66, of Poteau, Oklahoma, will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Wednesday, August 26, 2026, at Evans Chapel of Memories in Poteau, Oklahoma, with Reverend Taylor Pollard officiating. Cremation is under the [...]

Funeral services for Ellen May Livermore, 75 of Muldrow, Oklahoma  will be at 10:00am on Wednesday, August 26, 2026 at Mallory-Martin Chapel in Spiro, Oklahoma with Brother Gary James officiating. Burial will be at New Hope Cemetery in Spiro, Oklahoma [...]

Carolyn May Donithan of Spiro, Oklahoma was born on December 21, 1946 in Rushville, Illinois to Richard Carl and Violet May (Harn) Lashbrook. She passed away on August 17, 2026 in Fort Smith, Arkansas at the age of 79.   [...]

Funeral services for Betty Howard McKinney Roberts, 95, of Barling, Arkansas, will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Wednesday, August 19, 2026, at Mallory-Martin Funeral Home Chapel in Spiro, Oklahoma, with Brother Johnny Holderfield and Bob Pryor officiating. Burial will [...]