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Funeral services for Cordell “Coach” Hull are 10 a.m. Saturday at the old Spiro Gym with burial to follow in the Cowlington Cemetery, under the direction of Mallory-Martin Funeral Home of Spiro. Continue reading “Obituary for Coach Cordell Hull”
The area calendar lists the upcoming events in LeFlore County, southeastern Oklahoma and west central Arkansas. If you are a non-profit, school or church, submit an event. This is a free service for non-profits and churches, so if you want your event published, send an email to craig@heavenerledger.com Continue reading “Area calendar of events 1-29-2024”
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Clear skies and a beautiful day are forecast for Monday in LeFlore County and the area. Continue reading “Area weather forecast 1-29-2024”
Early voting for the Feb. 13 elections for the board of education, primary school and special elections in LeFlore County starts Feb. 8.
LeFlore County election board secretary, Sharon Steele, said early voting is open to all voters.
Early voting is available Feb. 8 and Feb. 9 from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. at the county election board at 103 North Church Street in Poteau. Steele said early voting is not available at polling locations.
For more information, call (918) 647-3701 or email leflorecounty@elections.ok.gov.
POTEAU—Feb. 9 is the last day to apply for voter registration in order to be eligible to vote in the March 5 presidential preferential primary, Election Board Secretary Sharon Steele said. Continue reading “Voter registration deadline approaches”
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PANAMA–Panama swept a pair of high school games from Gore Saturday night.
The Lady Backs opened with a dominating, 64-23 win before Panama completed the sweep as the Razorbacks edged Gore, 62-56. Panama hosts LeFlore Friday
Girls
Panama jumped ahead 47-13 at the half and breezed to the blowout win over the Lady Pirates.
The Lady Backs improve to 12-7 while Gore is 4-15. Panama was led by Kylee Gollihare’s 16 points.
GHS 6 7 7 3–23
PHS 16 19 21 8–64
Gore: Oakler Thornton 0 1-2 3 1; Rayleigh Moore 0 1-2 0 1; Ricki Huckbay 0 1-2 1 1; Emily Daily 0 0-0 3 0; Paige Curran 0 0-0 3 0Keira Rouse 0 2-2 0 2; River Shoemaker 1 2-2 4 2; Tristen Colbert 0 0-0 1 0; Lily Wooten 1 0-0 0 2; Kaitlyn Byrne 3 1-1 0 7; Natalie Casteel 2 1-2 1 5. TOTALS: 7 9-15 13 23.
Panama: Leah Watts 1 0-2 1 2; Laynee Simpkins 0 0-0 1 0; Kylee Gollihare 7 0-1 2 16; Sophie Pulice 3 0-2 3 8; Karlie Anderson 3 2-2 2 8; Gracyn Weaver 2 0-0 0 4; G. Sons 0 0-0 3 0; Madison Dalmut 0 1-2 1 1; Lexi Bell 4 1-2 0 11; Sky Bluford 3 0-1 0 6; Hayli Fox 3 2-2 3 8. TOTALS 26 6-14 16 64.
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Boys
Panama trailed by five at the half before rallying to take the lead and control the second half in the win.
The Razorbacks improve to 12-8 while Gore drops to 12-9
GHS 14 18 13 11-56
PHS 19 8 20 15–62
Gore: McDuffie 1 0-0 4 2; Shells 5 3-4 4 13; Cooper 7 5-9 3 23; Brookster 2 1-2 2 6; Jaynes 4 1-2 2 11. TOTALS: 19 10-17 15 56.
Panama: Gotes 3 3-4 5 7; Simpkins 1 0-0 1 3; Releford 6 5-6 1 16; Seamans 0 0-0 1 0; Huff 1 0-0 1 2; Bell 1 1-2 4 3; Nixon 8 0-0 4 19; Dalmut 4 0-0 3 8. TOTALS: 24 9-12 20 62.
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