Pryor News

A man was arrested Tuesday morning after taking a night clerk hostage at the Best Western hotel in Locust Grove.

Pryor Municipal Utility Board promoted an employee this month. Bill Cowan was given the title of A-mechanic and received a raise from $18.89 per hour to $19.87. His raise is effective Oct.

A 28-year old man named Monday as a suspect in the murders of six persons in a house fire in Oklahoma City surrendered early today to deputies in Mayes county.

Ronnie Swank, winner of Sertoma's grand prize at their recent banquet, made winners of many when she immediately gave the money to Home of Hope and their new Pryor store Centsible Spending Resale Shop.

Pryor Municipal Utility employees have been staying busy. Gas crews are replacing a 2-inch gas line between North Vann and North Rowe from Northeast First to Northeast Fifth.

The Mayes County Courthouse lawn was adorned with greatness as veterans of all ages converged for the Veteran's Day Parade tribute.

Eighteen Mayes County firefighters recently passed a course in Firefighter One training.

Pryor Police arrested two men in connection with a methamphetamine lab discovered in an abandoned house, right down the road from Washington Elementary School on the west side of town.

A walk-in clinic was held in Pryor on Monday. By 11 a.m., the Mayes County Health Department had gone through about half of its 500 doses of vaccine -- the largest shipment the county has received so far.

New buses have joined the fleet at Pryor Schools. Superintendent Don Raleigh reported the seven new buses arrived last week and are being put into service.

Darrell Yoder, commissioner for Mayes County District 2, is looking for a new engineering firm.

Pryor is the home of one of the country's most unique and environmentally- friendly businesses: Amazon Environmental.

Friends of the Library donated funds to Pryor. Tommy Nixon, treasurer for the Friends of the Library, presented a $2,103.98 check Thursday to Thomas J. Harrison Pryor Public Library.

Pryor City Council approved a new aquatics coordinator and new city ordinances in their Tuesday meeting.

The City of Pryor's street department worked on the following projects during the week of Oct.

A Pryor man was arrested after neighbors reported seeing him looking into nearby windows.

Pryor teachers and students want to make Jasimine Cochran's wish come true. Jasmine, a ninth grader at Pryor Junior High School, is battling Hodgkin's lymphoma.

A concerned neighbor helped to foil a possible armed robbery Wednesday evening and the man captured is suspected of carrying out a similar robbery Monday night.

Members of the healthcare community met at El Humilde in Pryor Wednesday for a luncheon sponsored by Good Shepherd Hospice out of Grove.

Chouteau is one step closer to having a public library after action taken by the Board of Trustees at the town meeting Monday night.