Wagoner News

Cherokee County sheriff's deputies are awaiting a medical examiner's findings on the death of an area man.

Groups find cost of audits is tough to bear By Liz McMahan Phoenix Staff Writer Wagoner Public Schools is dealing with more than just budget cuts, according to Superintendent Sonny Bates.

The third edition of the Wagoner People Book series will be released at an autograph party from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday at Wagoner's Historical Museum.

Muskogee County Retired Educators will meet at 1:30 p.m. Friday at Connors State College, Downtown Campus.

WAGONER, Oklahoma A missing Ardmore man has been found, according to police. Johnny Forson, 68, was found safe in Wagoner after he said his truck had broken down and he did not have a cell phone to contact anyone.

Catherine Zoller of Broken Arrow - wife, mother, writer, author and inspirational speaker - will talk about her book, "Genesis," when Books at Noon meets Tuesday in Fellowship Hall of First Presbyterian Church, 205 N. Main St., Wagoner.

Inez Combites Hood graduated from Wagoner High School in 1938 and began nursing school.

St. Andrew's United Methodist Church accepts November Angel Food orders, 2-6 p.m. today, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Friday, and 9 a.m.-noon Saturday.

The Court Appointed Special Advocate program, which serves abused and/or neglected children in Muskogee and Wagoner counties, recently certified 11 community volunteer advocates, according to a media release.

NEWS A* Enrique Pacheco found guilty of the murder of Shelleigh PoorBear. A*Okay to celebrate 90 years as a town on Saturday.

The Oklahoma Department of Libraries announced that a $10,000 grant was awarded to the Wagoner Literacy Center, a project of the Wagoner Library Friends Corp.

Event teaches them new skills for unexpected situations By Cathy Spaulding Phoenix Staff Writer Cub Scouts Matthew Burris and Justice Glory learned how to be prepared for flat tires.

Front row from left, project manager Kenneth Peters, State Sen. Mary Easley, Councilor Mary Jane Whisnant, Councilor Paula Templeton, Councilor Terry Crawford, Mayor James Jennings, city employee Albert Dorr, city employee Jason Jones; back row, from left, project inspector Jack Freeman, council member Bob Van Brunt, former City Council member Dan ...

Wagoner Books At Noon will meet on Tuesday in the meeting room of the Wagoner City Public Library, 302 N. Main St., in Wagoner.

Using narrative panels and films about World War II prisoners of war held in the United States, a retrofitted school bus called the BUS-eum 3 will tour two area schools.

Police said Wednesday that Ernest Carl Brower, 36, was taken into custody about 8 p.m. Tuesday.

A man suspected in the alleged armed robbery of a Dollar General Store is expected to be charged Wednesday, police said.

The 44th president was sworn in and barely took a breath. Within days - hours, really - he set to tackling a bruising recession that he inherited.

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An Oklahoma man tried to solicit a kickback in connection with the awarding of a security services subcontract to protect U.S. government personnel and contractors in Afghanistan, according to a federal indictment.