Inola News

The November 2010 elections are 16 months away and the waters are rippling with individuals positioning themselves to run for state office.

A former Inola resident has pleaded guilty in Rogers County District Court to seven counts of consumer fraud.

A 19-year-old Inola woman was killed in a single vehicle accident late Thursday on Grain Elevator Road west of Wagoner, the Oklahoma Highway Patrol reported.

Sequoyah Public Schools pre-kindergarten enrollment, 10 a.m.-2 p.m., at the lower elementary.

"June Bug Jog" packets available, 3-6 p.m., Claremore Recreation Center, 595 Veterans Parkway.

Approximately 2,500 Claremore homes and businesses were without power during a powerful storm that hit Rogers County Friday morning.

A complex of severe storms blew through much of eastern Oklahoma on Friday leaving a path of destruction behind.

Fire Chief Barney Grigg is proud of the 1991 three-quarter ton truck his department recently received through the U.S. Forestry.

My darling wife and members of her family are buried in the Inola cemetery. I go there every Sunday after church to clean all the headstones.

Once again the Oklahoma legislators have shown their true priorities. Their stance that life begins at conception and therefore needs to be protected, seems to preclude the idea that same life is just as important once the child is born.

Rogers County is estimated to have the largest percentage of Hispanic growth of any Oklahoma county since the 2000 census according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

In executive session at the May 11 Inola Town Council meeting, trustees agreed to allow the Library Board to terminate Paula Corle as Library Director.

Mayes County road crews are hard at work repairing dozens of damaged roads from the floods, but they're running out of money.

Going south, Johnston's Port 33 is boldly treading where many private industries would not dare.

Muskogee Garden Club purchased a Chaste Tree that was planted in the median on 12th Street in the Kendall Place Historic District.

In Inola, high water kept buses from dropping off students at their homes. The Rogers County school had planned to run limited routes on Friday afternoon, but when the water kept rising, school leaders decided to cancel all of its afternoon bus routes.

Students from Central Upper Elementary School that recently participated in Battle of the Brains in Inola are: Matt Dalton, Lindsey Prather, Ty Webster , Sydney Pharris, Kenya Potthier, Devon Hinds, Laural Butler, Taylor Collins, Andrew Noland , Truman Burrage , Hayden Jones, Connor Hostler , Chase Buckmaster, Melanie Butler.

With a new county budget on the horizon, Rogers County commissioners are seeking a replacement for Billy K. Quinton who recently resigned from the Rogers County Excise Equalization Board.

Lisa Wilhour accepted a check for the Inola Ministry House from Bobbie Martin, Mary Adams and Debbie Martin.

Claremore Support Group for the Visually Impaired, 10 a.m.-1 p.m., at the Claremore Community Center, 2301 N. Sioux.