Oktaha News

High school senior Savannah Leggett relaxed as well as she could as blood was being drawn from her right arm.

"THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW," 8 p.m. Friday, the Roxy theater, 220 W. Okmulgee Ave.

PERSON SCRAMBLE, 1 p.m. Friday, Muskogee Country Club. Cost: $100 per person, limited to first 25 teams.

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Boral Bricks plant manager Sean Kirk watches plant employees load bricks, four to eight at a time, onto monorail cars, sometimes loading 1,900 bricks a day.

Oklahoma author Jim Marion Etter will discuss "People and Their Memories" 6:30 p.m. Tuesday at the Norman Public Library, 225 N. Webster Ave.

Dairyman and rancher David Boyer said he's not sure why his family has been named for an award for their success.

TAHLEQUAH a " The United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians in Oklahoma is pleased to announce its 5th Annual Keetoowah Cherokee Celebration Parade as a part of the 59th Annual Keetoowah Cherokee Celebration.

Ordinarily, First National Bank President David Wood doesn't have paint splotches all over his clothes.

Heavy rainfall over much of eastern Oklahoma since Wednesday is causing some flooding problems on Thursday.

It didn't take long for Jimmy Eller to take an interest in education after he moved to his farm near Oktaha in 1965.

Members of the OSSM Class of 2010 are as follows: Front row: Doyle Kindle, Tahlequah; Joey Wells, Hilldale; Isaac Smith, Oktaha; Brett McVey, Westville; Jeffrey Hobbs, Stilwell; second row: Laura Asaro, Oktaha; Lillian VanHauen, Oktaha; Brealyn Lewis, Westville; Victoria Bamberger, Tahlequah; Payton Johnson, Muskogee; Charlotte Kirk, Westville; ...

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Kelly Atkinson's second-graders at Creek Elementary School say they know what to do when they go to the bathroom or get ready for lunch: "Wash your hands - with soap." They're also learning to use a tissue or the inside of their arm to cover coughs and sneezes and not to let other kids eat or drink after them, Atkinson said.

Born at the old Baptist Hospital in Muskogee, Jody Green has gone from playful country boy to a recognized area musician.

Born at the old Baptist Hospital in Muskogee, Jody Green has gone from playful country boy to a recognized area musician.

At least one high school junior is ready for school to start. Her mother is making sure of it.

Oktaha Public Schools will welcome students back for the 2010 school year Aug. 19, a week later than most other area schools.

An 81-year-old woman who said she lost "everything" in a mobile home fire June 28 owns three other homes in Muskogee, according to relatives and county records.