Porum News

A suspected drunken driver is in jail after he crashed his motorcycle on the Lloyd Expressway Monday night, according to a probable cause affidavit filed in the case.

Sgt. Randy Richardson of Porum said he didn't expect to serve in both Iraq and Afghanistan when he enlisted in the Army eight years ago.

The Oklahoma Highway Patrol is still seeking information about whoever threw a concrete vase from a highway overpass, smashing the windshield of a moving tractor-trailer rig and critically injuring its driver.

Thursday, June 19, 2008 Posted: 11:32 a.m. The stone was thrown from an overpass over the Cherokee Turnpike near Locust Grove on June 12.

A $25,000 reward is being offered for information leading to an arrest for the assault of a truck driver last week.

The Oklahoma Association of School Administrators has named 20 school superintendents as 2008 District Administrators of the Year.

A piece of tombstone thrown from a turnpike overpass crashed through the window of a tractor-trailer rig, critically injuring the driver, the Oklahoma Highway Patrol said Thursday.

Warner First Baptist Church's home mission project is worth emulating. Members of the church, and other churches cooperating with them, donate money , and volunteer their time to complete home repairs and ...

Area motorists are being encouraged to steer clear of Country Club Road south of Peak Boulevard beginning Monday.

Richard O. Eldridge spent nearly his entire adult life working for the railroad.

The Oklahoma Scenic Rivers Commission reported that a 13-year-old boy was rescued early Monday afternoon by a friend and a Delaware County sheriff's deputy.

Jacob L. Seabolt of Muskogee was one of 200 students at the University of Science and Arts of Oklahoma who achieved a grade point average of 3.5 or greater during the spring 2008 semester and were named to the ...

For children taken from their families because of mistreatment, a good foster home can be safe haven.

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Porum High School juniors Allen Ray Goekler and Tatyana Sturdy and senior Rosa Harrison, represented House District 15 during the last week of session.

Two people were killed Wednesday in a collision in Haskell County. James Arthur Weathers, 23, of Porum, and Kelly Denise Ward, 42, of Quinton, died at the scene of the crash about 5 p.m. near Whitefield, ...

Daniel and Sibrena Deerinwater announce the birth of their second daughter, Brinley Ashton, on Thursday, Feb. via Muskogee Phoenix

David T. Bloxham, 48, of Tannehill, died Sunday, May 11, 2008, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Tulsa. via McAlester News

“I want to make sure teachers and staff have what they need to make kids successful”

In six years as superintendent for Porum Public Schools, Mark Calavan has helped garner voter approval of a new school event center and helped get $147,000 to upgrade the library. via Muskogee Phoenix

Natasha Dugan and Corey Rodgers of Tecumseh announce their engagement and upcoming wedding, Sept. via The Shawnee News-Star