Indianola News

Crystal Stapp, 38, of Krebs, died Friday, Nov. 6, 2009, at St. John's Hospital in Tulsa.

Nolan Marie Muncy, 86, of McAlester, died Friday, Oct. 30, 2009. The family will receive visitors from 6 to 8 p.m. today at Bishop Funeral Home.

Chad Henninger wants to help make sure they're never forgotten. "They" are the 75,000 American and Filipino prisoners of war who were forced to undertake the brutal Bataan Death March in the Philippines in 1942 during World War II.

Arlie J. Young, 83, of McAlester, died Sunday, Aug. 9, 2009, at his home. Funeral services will be at 3 p.m. Wednesday at Bishop Chapel of Memories with the Rev.

Two former employees of a McAlester convenience store have been charged with a third person in a faked robbery over the Independence Day holiday weekend.

Wanda June Buse, 81, of Wilburton, died Saturday, July 4, 2009, at her home. The family will receive friends at Brumley-Mills Funeral Home in McAlester this evening from 6 to 7 p.m. Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Brumley-Mills Funeral Home Chapel with Willard Francis and the Rev.

Norma Ann Weeks, 73, of McAlester, died Friday, June 26, 2009, at a local nursing home.

INDIANOLA, OK, June 27, 2009 /24-7PressRelease/ -- BONUS Building Care, one of the highest ranked and fastest growing companies in the commercial office cleaning industry, is pleased to announce that it has ranked 10th out of 101 companies ranked in Entrepreneur's recent Home Based Franchise rankings for 2009.

A powerful storm that roared through Pittsburg County early Saturday closed roads, caused damage and left thousands of utility customers in the dark.

Two Pittsburg County men were injured in a single-vehicle accident on Sunday. Jonathan Tubby, 23, of Canadian, and Michael Ricketson, 32, of Indianola, were transported to the McAlester Regional Health Center following the accident, said the Oklahoma Highway Patrol.

The eighth grade class of Crowder Public Schools has chosen the top students from the class of 2009.

Canadian Public Schools has chosen the top eighth grade students from the class of 2009.