Kiowa News

Lena Mae Peppers, 97, of McAlester, died Tuesday, June 16, 2009, in McAlester. Funeral services will be at 10 a.m. Friday at McAlester First Church of the Nazarene, 700 W. Adams, with the Rev.

James Lee Lewis, 65, of McAlester, died Tuesday, June 16, 2009, at McAlester Regional Health Center.

A McAlester native is set to be bestowed with the state's highest official honor.

A federal judge has sentenced Kiowa businessman Steve Phipps to one year and one day in prison for his role in paying three legislators kickbacks to steer state taxpayer money toward his companies.

U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Oklahoma Sheldon Sperling hopes a corner has been turned with the sentencing of two men who were key players in a kickback scheme involving public money.

A federal judge in Muskogee has sentenced former state lawmaker Mike Mass to two years in prison for his role in a kickback scheme.

Sheldon J. Sperling, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Oklahoma, announced that Steven R. Phipps, age 52, of Kiowa, was sentenced to 12 months and 1 day imprisonment, followed by 24 months of supervised release and was ordered to pay restitution in the amount of $279,259.00 and a fine of $50,000 for Conspiracy to Defraud the United ...

Country music superstar Reba McEntire is among dozens of people asking a federal judge to show leniency on a Kiowa businessman scheduled to be sentenced this week.

What do a country music superstar, the 4-H Club director for Pittsburg County and the superintendent at Kiowa Public Schools have in common? They've all signed letters or affidavits sent to federal District Judge Ronald White seeking a lighter sentence for Kiowa businessman Steve Phipps.

2. North- and southbound U.S. 69 is narrowed from State Highway 131 through the town of Kiowa.

The following construction projects will impact travel on major highways from Friday, May 22, through Monday, May 25.

Kiowa High School has announced the top students of the class of 2009. The school's commencement ceremony was held Thursday.

At this writing , we are well into the last two weeks of the session with approximately 350 bills remaining for consideration, which is a monumental task.

Sacred to the Native peoples of the Northeastern United States, wampum was essen... Read more... Red Earth parade route changes direction OKLAHOMA CITY What has been referred to as America's most unique parade is changing directions.

The Kiowa Masonic Lodge No. 117 and the Pittsburg County Association of Volunteer Fire Departments were happy to present a check to Clayton Rice on April 20.

Hundreds of thousands of teens nationwide are expected to participate in the National Day to Prevent Teen Pregnancy on Wednesday.

Sammy Johnson, 68, of Eufaula, died Tuesday, April 28, 2009. Funeral arrangements are pending with Hunn, Black & Merritt Funeral Home of Eufaula.

Authorities are working a three-car pile up on U.S. Highway 69 at the overpass which leads to the McAlester Army Ammunition Plant.

Donald Gene Smith, 65, of Kiowa, died Tuesday, April 21, 2009, at his home. The family will greet friends from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. tonight at Bishop Funeral Home.

Pittsburg County Sheriff Joel Kerns shows a makeshift garrote that inmates fastened to bars in the old Pittsburg County Jail so they could yank other prisoners against the bars and beat them.