Maud News

Red dirt, rockabilly, and western swing with Oklahoma ties are on tap this summer at Cain's Ballroom : Wanda Jackson , the Queen of Rockabilly, from Maud, Oklahoma, was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame back in April .

Charles Richard Hale moved from this life into the arms of Jesus on May 31, 2009 after a lengthy illness.

As a lover of western heritage and the former volunteer webmaster of the U.S. Cavalry Association , I found Cathryn Blackburn 's video, "A Horse Story," very compelling.

Thomas Leistner, 56, was in a private yard southwest of Bowlegs in Seminole County about 6 p.m. trying to pull a tree from the ground with a chain when the tractor turned over onto him, the Oklahoma Highway Patrol said.

Athens Cemetery needs donations ADA - Donations are needed for the upkeep of Athens Cemetery.

I want to give honor to three young men in their late teens who helped make "My Impossible Dream" come true in 1974.

Shawnee resident Clara Hurst won first place April 23 in the Regional Senior Spelling Bee held by COEDD Area Agency on Aging at the Shawnee Senior Citizens Center.

Four Maud 4-H members competed in the recent Pottawatomie County Impressive Dress contest.

Sophomore Chaz Moody picked up two pitching victories Thursday night as Maud swept a doubleheader from Macomb, 11-0 and 5-4. In the three-inning opener, Moody fanned seven, walked two and gave up one hit.

Voters approved a one-cent sales tax increase in McLoud Tuesday, while school board members were elected in Dale and Macomb and council members were elected in Maud, McLoud and Bethel Acres.

Voters in Pottawatomie County who want to have absentee ballots mailed to them for the April 7 Annual School Runoff Dale I-2, Macomb I-4 and the Municipal General for the City of McLoud, Town of Bethel Acres, City of Maud, Specials Bonds for Little Axe I- 7 and Harrah I-70 should apply now; County Election Board Secretary Diana Knight recently ...

Delivered 24/7, a Southern Gospel quartet, will be appearing Sunday, March 29, at First Baptist Church at St.

Several 4-Hers competed at the Pottawatomie County small bore air pistol match on Feb.

Patsy Morrel Kelly and Raymond Kelly, both now 77, are shown in this 1938 photograph of students in grades one through four at Eagle School.

Wanda Jackson , a native of Maud, Okla., and a resident of the Oklahoma City area, will be inducted into the Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland next month, but tonight she's playing Cain's Ballroom here in ...

"Brothers of the Cross Timber," a novel set in Shawnee during the early 1920s, will premiere with a book-signing event at the Chicago Street Deli across from Oklahoma Baptist University Thursday from 5 p.m. to ...

On Feb. 13, three Maud 4-H members with leader, April Graves, traveled to two nursing homes, Pioneer and Seminole Estates, in Seminole to distribute homemade valentine cards to the residents.

Six candidates filed for municipal seats Monday in Pottawatomie County with the filing period continuing to 5 p.m. Wednesday.

Seven McLoud residents were named to Oklahoma Baptist University's academic honor roll for the fall 2008 semester.

Icy roads continued to be a factor for drivers and emergency responders in the area Tuesday evening and Wednesday morning, but with sunny skies Wednesday afternoon, conditions were improving as road crews ...