Talihina News

A bear family's excursion across a scenic highway in LeFlore County led to a motorcycle accident that injured two people Wednesday morning, authorities said.

Who makes a good teacher? A person who encourages youngsters to have a successful life, says a professor of education who is retiring after 39 years at East Central University.

Sandra Mantooth is a story teller. She has taught at Tupelo High School since 1971, and at Ninnekah High School from 1969-1971, Talihina High School from 1966-1969, and Summer School English at Ada High School in 1990, and has been dedicated to learning her entire life.

Fear lurked in the shadows of mythology's most famous labyrinth, built by Crete's King Minos to house the minotaur.

Authorities say several people were injured and several homes were damaged when tornadoes touched down in eastern Oklahoma.

Protectors Motorcycle Association's 5th Annual David King Nickell Poker Run Saturday, April 18th Registration at 9:00am Ride begins at 11:00am La Huerta's Mexican Restaurant Poteau, OK This year the ride will go to Talihina over the Talihina scenic byway to Wilburton, Robbers Cave State Park and end up back at Nickell Lake in Poteau.

The KEDDO 23rd Annual Seven County Spelling Bee was held recently at the KEDDO board room.

These storms were located along a line extending from Yanush to 10 miles south of Nashoba... moving northeast at 35 mph.

Even though Tallie Anderson wasn't physically at the memorial held for her Thursday evening inside Will Rogers Elementary's auditorium, her spirit was definitely in the building as family, friends, classmates and faculty bid an emotional farewell to the 11-year-old Shawnee girl who shed new light on the nationwide shortage of bone marrow donors for ...

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.

Week five is in the books and concludes the second week of hearing Senate bills on the Senate floor.

Two men died in separate accidents on state roads early Saturday, the Oklahoma Highway Patrol reported.

TALIHINA a ' A Tuskahoma man was thrown from his pickup truck during a crash in LeFlore County, killing him instantly.

Investigators still are searching for clues in the case of an elderly Latimer County woman stabbed to death in June in her Buffalo Valley home.

The hospital board heard about three new doctors serving the area during its regular meeting Monday.

Oklahoma will team up with two other states on a Route 66 travel guide after receiving a federal grant of more than $1 million to improve and enhance its scenic byways program.

More than 1,000 area hospitalized vets got a special Christmas visit this year. Nancy Ellis, president of the American Legion Auxiliary at Post No.

The Talihina Chamber of Commerce applied for a Byways Grant to help renovate the Rock House and five lots located on the corner of Dallas and First Street.