Byng News

The Byng High School cheerleaders accept a donation from Chris Feiler representing Citizens Bank July 2, 2008, to assist in paying for summer camps and uniforms.

Michelle McDougale improvises a riding mower to cut her grass in Byng last week.

A gust front approaches the Byng area from the west in this fisheye lens view Wednesday evening.

The Pontotoc County Firefighters Association has spent the first half of 2008 planning for a fundraising event to be held at Ada Elks Lodge on July 26 and 27.

Michelle McDougale improvises a riding mower to cut her grass in Byng last week.

Ed. Note: Area Briefs are now listed in a calendar format. Each event is listed under the corresponding date of the event.

Wayne Case, President of Vision Bank Ada, announces the promotions of Debbie Thompson to senior vice president and enterprise risk manager; Sonja Hightower to vice president and manager of internal audit and ...

Sherri Curry , a member of Ada Business and Professional Women since 1989, was named 2007 Ada BPW Woman of the Year.

SATURDAY JUNE 21, 2008 Family Mediation Course scheduled ADA - A comprehensive course designed to train individulas to mediate family and divorce matters will be held in Ada over two consecutive weekends ...

Congratulations to Dr. Larry Birney on being selected to fill the post of Council on Law Enforcement Education and Trainingdirector.

Students from Norman North High School swept the fiction awards this spring in the fourth annual R. Darryl Fisher Creative Writing Contest at East Central University.

Life-long Ada resident John Christian is in the running for the office of the Pontotoc County Sheriff.

He has to find innovative ways to spend time with his children. He takes his children on his trucking route with him, especially in the summers Oklahoma City,OK,USA - NewsOK.com , by John David Sutter -June 15, ...

A memorial fund has been established in memory of 17-year-old Tyler Snowden, Stratford, who died June 7, 2008, at Doniphan, Mo.

Tupelo Public School announces it 2008 Teacher of the Year is Denice Gilliam. She teaches junior high and high school language and English at Tupelo Schools.

Congratulations to Byng Junior HIgh School teacher Jan Sturdevant on being named Oklahoma Math Teacher of the Year.

Pontotoc County Sheriff J.M. "Pete" Peterson has announced he will seek reelection to a second term.

Byng Junior High School staff announced one of its teachers has received the Oklahoma Mathematics Teacher of the Year Award for 2007-2008. Jan Sturdevant was awarded the honor by the Oklahoma/Arkansas section ...

Ada Mayor Barbara Young, center, declares the week of May 26-30, 2008, to be "Ada Senior Care Center Inc.

Pontotoc County Court Clerk Ernestine Eubank has announced she intends to file for reelection as Pontotoc County Court Clerk.