Wetumka News

&#xD;&#xD;WETUMKA -- The Wetumka Chamber of Commerce will receive nearly $2 million dollars during the next three years to establish a family health center.&#xD;&#xD;The grant from the federal Health Resources Service Administration includes $525,000 this year then $650,000 in each of the next two years.&#xD;&#xD;The Wetumka area has been without medical services since December when a clinic run by the hospital in Holdenville closed.&#xD;&#xD;The health center is to be open by Jan. 2 and chamber officials say they hope to have it in operation before then.&#xD;&#xD;&#xD;&#xD;Copyright 2008 The Associated Press.<br/>read more  |  comments: 1<br/>

The Chamber of Commerce has been awarded a $525,000 federal grant to set up a family health center serving all of Hughes County and parts of Okfuskee and McIntosh counties.

Oklahoma native and former NASA astronaut John Herrington is planning a coast-to-coast bicycle ride.

Disheartening gasoline prices are forcing many commuters to look for alternate ways to get around, and the Muscogee Nation's transit service may be just the ticket for tribal citizens.

' Phillis Middleton is haunted daily by her youngest daughter's abduction and strangulation three years ago in Okfuskee County.

“You can go on one flight, 10 flights, 100 flights and not one picture can match the satisfaction of knowing you did what you were supposed to do.”

Wetumka native John Herrington talked about how he could pick up "1,000 pounds of stuff" with his fingertips. via Muskogee Phoenix

“The rhythms of life tell us when to plant crops, when to hold ceremonies.”

After several years of tackling subjects on Native American roots and survival, Northeastern State University will reach for the skies with the 36th Annual Symposium on the American Indian. via Muskogee Phoenix

“I think they have a good legal argument”

' On a calm day, Postmaster Robert Shaw can smell cigarette smoke on the sidewalk when he opens the doors for business. via NewsOK.com

Three women were injured late Monday when the car they were in collided with tractor being used to move a round bale of hay out of the westbound lane of Oklahoma 9 about eight miles west of town. via Muskogee Phoenix