Deadline approaching for absentee ballots
The deadline to request absentee ballots by mail is approaching. Applications must be received by the County Election Board no later than 5 p.m. Monday.
Obituary for Florence Doyle
Funeral service for Florence Doyle (Peg), 87 of Poteau is 2 p.m. Wednesday at Oakland Pavilion in Poteau, with Jim Cook officiating. Burial will follow at Oakland Cemetery in Poteau,…
CASC gears up for homecoming
For the first time in two years, Carl Albert State College is holding Homecoming festivities, scheduled for the week starting Monday. “We are thrilled to finally once again be celebrating…
Burn ban remains, despite rain
By KEN MILAM The showers that fell across LeFlore County over the weekend weren’t enough to justify lifting the outdoor burning ban.
A difficult weekend, continued
By LEON YOUNGBLOOD If you read last week’s column, you will recall bad luck was the only kind available to me, Mason and Hannah last Columbus Day weekend, which went…
One lone grave
By BARBARA LEWIS, PVGS On U.S. Forest Service land near the Stapp Zoe area, surrounded by nothing except forest, sits one lonely tombstone.  Although several people know about the tombstone,…
Obituary for Joan Brown
Funeral service for Joan Carol Brown, 73 of Spiro is 2 p.m. Tuesday at Evans Chapel of Memories in Poteau with Doyle Martin officiating. Burial will follow at Fairview Cemetery…