Krebs News

Something's fermenting at the Choc Beer Co. - lots of ideas about how to best market the unique brew in the wake of its winning some of the biggest awards in the industry.

Clifton Ronald Loman, of Haileyville, was ordained as a pastor in the Lutheran Church - Missouri Synod in a special worship service on June 28, at Trinity Lutheran Church in Krebs.

Warren Spahn, the winningest left-handed pitcher in professional baseball history, threw two no-hitters, won a Cy Young Award, appeared in 14 All-Star Games and battled Nazis during World War II in his 21-season career.

Deacon Chuck has felt compelled for several years to share what he has learned in his studies through his music.

Choc Beer Co. took home a silver medal from the North American Beer Awards earlier this month.

Mr. and Mrs. Arthur J. Madden celebrated their 30th wedding anniversary last week with a trip to the eastern Oklahoma towns where they grew up and married.

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

The Krebs Police Department recently invested in digiTICKET, an electronic ticketing device.

Four more former workers charged in a theft ring involving $80,000 in stolen merchandise have entered into plea bargains in the case, escaping jail time in exchange for restitution orders.

Savanna Junior High School has announced the selection of the valedictorian and salutatorian of the eighth grade class.

Jim Cortassa grew up with his Italian heritage, including a lot of hands-on experience while still a boy in Krebs.

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Why go to Italy for fine Italian fare? Members of the Bartlesville 66 Federal Credit Union Gold Club toured McAlester on Monday.

The monthly meeting for the McAlester Archeological Society will be on May 14, from 7 p.m. - 9 p.m. at Krebs City Hall in Krebs.

A Quinton man died early Friday when his vehicle drifted into oncoming traffic and crashed head-on into another vehicle in Pittsburg County.

THIS IS THE TROOPER'S INITIAL REPORT: A FATALITY COLLISION OCCURRED AT 10:23 HOURS ON 05/01/2009, 5 MILES EAST OF KREBS ON SH31 IN PITTSBURG COUNTY.

An exhibit features wooden puzzles from the 1920s and 1930s. Above, shown in the Frank Phillips Home library are puzzles titled "In Fairyland - the Maids and the Swan" and "In Colonial Days." They are from the Parker Brothers Pastime Puzzles collection, dated 1932.

She didn't win the Miss Oklahoma title the first time she tried - or the second time, or the third.

A Savanna man has been ordered to complete anger management and parenting classes after pleading no contest to charges he burned a child's hand with a lighter.

Girl Scouts of Eastern Oklahoma will host former television reporter and 2004 Miss Oklahoma Elizabeth Kinney Stidham as the keynote speaker for the inaugural McAlester Juliette Low Leadership Society Luncheon April 23.