Canadian News

Two Ponca City men are dead and a third is missing after a tornado struck their fishing cabin at a tourist resort in Canada.

Norma Ann Weeks, 73, of McAlester, died Friday, June 26, 2009, at a local nursing home.

Inez Vail Smith, 80, died Wednesday, June 24, 2009. Graveside services will be 11 a.m. Saturday at Massey Cemetery in Crowder.

Warren Lawrence Salmans, 89, of McAlester, died Sunday, June 21, 2009, at his home.

Get ready for a Red Dirt revival with Country Fever in Pryor. The festival runs through Sunday.

Mr. and Mrs. Arthur J. Madden celebrated their 30th wedding anniversary last week with a trip to the eastern Oklahoma towns where they grew up and married.

Kenneth Lewis Harmor, 82, of Canadian, died Saturday, May 30, 2009, at his residence.

Two Pittsburg County men were injured in a single-vehicle accident on Sunday. Jonathan Tubby, 23, of Canadian, and Michael Ricketson, 32, of Indianola, were transported to the McAlester Regional Health Center following the accident, said the Oklahoma Highway Patrol.

The eighth grade class of Crowder Public Schools has chosen the top students from the class of 2009.

Helen Small, 73, of McAlester, died Saturday, May 16, 2009, at a local nursing center.

Canadian Public Schools has chosen the top eighth grade students from the class of 2009.

John Robert Holland Sr., 65, of Canadian, died Thursday, April 23, 2009. Visitation will be from 1 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. Monday at Canadian United Methodist Church.

Micheal O'Day Greenway, 63, of, McAlester, died Friday, April 3, 2009, at McAlester Regional Health Center.

Inabell Dugan, 87, of McAlester, died Friday, March 13, 2009, at McAlester Regional Health Center.

An Antlers woman been hospitalized following a Friday collision with a link crane.

Tonight through Sunday, it's the Dirty Carny Side Show at FlyTrap Music Hall. The best of local music will rock out at one of Tulsa's newest music venues.

January tax collections from November sales were mixed among area towns as compared with last year, with McAlester's falling to $1.32 million this year compared with $1.38 million a year ago.

The McAlester Archeological Society will meet on Feb. 12 from 7 to 9 p.m. at Krebs City Hall.

Gary William Vails, 46, of Indianola, died Saturday, Jan. 24, 2009, at St. Edward Medical Center in Fort Smith, Ark.

The Rev. James McLaughlin brought his message to McAlester on Friday, starting with a song.