Savanna News

It takes a lot to keep a business thriving for 40 years. Sometimes it helps to make it a family project.

By JAMES BEATY SENIOR EDITOR Savanna resident Orben Deaton feels like a lucky man today - even if a truck smashed through a building he owns and missed him by inches.

A deadline is nearing for those who need to apply for voter registration in order to be eligible to vote in the July 14 city sales tax special election in Savanna.

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

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.

PERSONAL INJURY COLLISION OCCURRED ON 032609 AT 1955 HOURS IN A PASTURE 2 MILES NORTH AND ONE HALF MILE EAST OF PITTSBURG IN PITTSBURG COUNTY.

Edmond "Outlaw" Cummins, 64, of Savanna, died Tuesday, March 10, 2009, at his home.

Eastern Oklahoma State College Music Department will present the annual Spring Concert, with one performance to be held 7 p.m. Thursday in Mitchell Hall Auditorium on the Wilburton campus.

"Swing wide ... swing wide." Oklahoma Highway Patrol Tactical Team Leader Shane Hackler advised a team of law enforcement officers as they moved down a hallway at the Kiamichi Technology Center, with simulated ...

A pickup truck veered off a Pittsburg County road and struck a guardrail, killing its 46-year-old driver.

Two people died in weekend accidents on Oklahoma roads, the Highway Patrol reported.

Drivers are still sliding off of roads today due to the icy winter weather, Pittsburg County Sheriff Joel Kerns said this morning, but most are going slow enough to avoid bad accidents.

Pittsburg County Commissioners, at their regular weekly meeting Monday morning, will again have a countywide burn ban to consider.

December sales tax revenue collected from McAlester shoppers in October rose more than 5 percent over the previous month and well out-paced last year's sales by more than 16.4 percent, according to data ...

A one-vehicle accident has sent a Kiowa man to the hospital. Beauford Ellis, 42, of Kiowa, was transported by the McAlester Fire Department to the McAlester Regional Health Center, the Oklahoma Highway Patrol ...