Porum News

Porum School will be hosting a Cherokee Summer Institute beginning Monday and ending July 17.

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Judy Nail was stirred by the opening notes of "Into the Wild Blue Yonder" Monday night at a free concert in Honor Heights Park.

For more than 23 years, the Masonic Charities Foundation of Oklahoma, the Oklahoma Masons and Prevent Blindness Oklahoma have worked hand-in-hand to provide free vision screenings to the children and families of Oklahoma.

Calling a Muskogee County Sheriff's dispatcher no longer means you call the jail and wait for a possible connection.

NEWS *DA is looking into allegations that Webbers Falls officials are in violation of state constitution provisions regarding their salaries.

A Porum man who threatened to kill himself before shooting a deputy in a 2008 domestic disturbance melee is headed to prison.

A Porum man who threatened to kill himself before shooting a deputy in a 2008 domestic disturbance melee is headed to prison.

At its regular meeting Tuesday, the Muskogee City Council's Works and Finance Committees approved: * An ordinance rezoning the property on the south side of Chandler Road between Eastpointe Road and the Muskogee Turnpike from Single-Family Residential to General Commercial.

At its regular meeting Tuesday, the Muskogee City Council approved: * Actual payroll of $857,613.33 for the pay period ending May 16.

At its regular meeting Tuesday, the City Council's Public Works and Finance Committees approved: * Mutual police assistance agreements between the Muskogee Police Department and the Muskogee County Sheriff's Department and the City of Porum.

The Oklahoma Department of Transportation began this week removing two inches of asphalt on Main Street from Okmulgee Avenue to Shawnee Bypass.

The Farm Service Agency county committee election for 2009 will be held in Local Administrative Area #3, said Brian Hisey, Muskogee County Farm Service Agency executive director in a media release.

Stigler junior Blair Olzawski served as a page to the Oklahoma House of Representatives, sponsored by Representative Ed Cannaday, D-Porum, the week of March 2-6. During their week as pages for the House, pages are able to sit in on legislative sessions, assist legislators and legislative assistants, and also participate in a mock legislature, where ...

A contract funded by the federal economic stimulus program was awarded to repair the drive along Interstate 40 in Muskogee County, State Sen.

Carl and Jennifer Brashear of Tahlequah announce the birth of their first child, Benjamin Wayne, on Sunday, March 15, 2009.

Porum Elementary will be holding screenings for 4-year-olds from 9 a.m.-2 p.m. April 17 at the Porum School library.

Muskogee County District 2 Commissioner Stephen Wright stressed his honesty throughout his 2004 and 2008 political campaign articles and speeches.

Debate on Senate Bill 834, or the School Empowerment Act, ratcheted up this week.

I must share a very positive experience on the state House floor during debate on two education bills last week.