Stigler News

State Superintendent Sandy Garrett has announced the names of the 12 finalists for the state's 2009 Teacher of the Year award.

Kevin and Kim Idleman of Harrah and Carren Cantrell of Shawnee announce the engagement of their children, Macie Idleman and Kevin Cantrell.

For the past 38 years, Ted Evicks has been advising Southeastern Oklahoma residents about everything from those strange-looking bugs on their plants to the best way to wean a calf bawling for its mother.

The temperature has risen to the upper 90s in my little town of Quinton. Quinton Manor welcomes Certified Nurses Aides Kaylaunda Daniels and Crystal Thomas.

Two area students who will be incoming freshmen at Eastern Oklahoma State College have been named as recipients of the Oklahoma State Regent's for Higher Education Academic Scholars Program award.

I remember Stigler in his history of economic thought class, waxing eloquent about the wondrous idyllic life of the countryside, and then ending with a Stiglerian zinger; something like: 'and where there is no ...

Kiamichi Stigler National Technical Honor Society Advisor/Business Professionals of America advisor Nellwyn Carlton, left; NTHS President/ACTE Business Education Student of the Year, Jan Oldham; and Patricia ...

The second annual Crawfish Boil will be from noon to 5 p.m. May 24 at the Muskogee Civc Center.

Two people were killed Wednesday in a collision in Haskell County. James Arthur Weathers, 23, of Porum, and Kelly Denise Ward, 42, of Quinton, died at the scene of the crash about 5 p.m. near Whitefield, ...

When Main Street floods, it's a good thing that the water doesn't run several feet deep as it does on other streets in town.

“It was all just too much for her”

' As a military wife, Chizuri Cox lived in many places, but she called the former lead and zinc mining town of Picher her home. via NewsOK.com

BLUE DOME ARTS FESTIVAL , noon to 9 p.m. Friday, 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Saturday, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday, Blue Dome District, First and Second streets at Elgin and Detroit, Tulsa. via Muskogee Phoenix

Legislators can use the excuse this year that the state did not have enough revenue to properly fund the Ethics Commission. via Muskogee Phoenix

“I want to grow up to be a nobody.'”

' Valorie Lewis has lived through poverty, abuse and homelessness, and spent the large part of her childhood as the center of ridicule and feeling rejected. via NewsOK.com

Week 14 is completed and only two weeks are left in this session. Thursday I was pleased to introduce Marilyn Turvey, of McAlester, as the Nurse of the Day in the Senate. via McAlester News

The Stigler-Haskell County Chamber of Commerce is hosting the 42nd-annual Reunion Days Festival the third weekend of June. via Muskogee Phoenix

AM UPDATE :Stigler plans festival for June The Stigler-Haskell County Chamber of Commerce is hosting the 42nd-annual Reunion Days Festival the third weekend of June. via Muskogee Phoenix

“The grant will provide much needed assistance for its efforts. We believe in supporting programs to strengthen communities where we live and work.”

Allstate Agent David Perry received the Agency Hands in the Community award for his commitment to helping others in his area. via Muskogee Phoenix

Upper Mohawk, Inc. has an immediate need for full-time Staff Assistant to the Program Analyst in the Muskogee, OK office 1405- Crew Sales/ Manager Excellent Income, Average $500+ per week. via Muskogee Phoenix