Wilburton News

Wanda June Buse, 81, of Wilburton, died Saturday, July 4, 2009, at her home. The family will receive friends at Brumley-Mills Funeral Home in McAlester this evening from 6 to 7 p.m. Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Brumley-Mills Funeral Home Chapel with Willard Francis and the Rev.

Clifton Ronald Loman, of Haileyville, was ordained as a pastor in the Lutheran Church - Missouri Synod in a special worship service on June 28, at Trinity Lutheran Church in Krebs.

Like any aging athlete, there comes a time when even a pro bass fisherman knows it's time to quit.

Bradley DeWayne Sellers Jr., 16, of Wilburton, died Wednesday, June 24, 2009, in Wilburton.

Two Bartlesville residents were killed Tuesday evening in a two-vehicle crash, and a Wilburton teenager was killed later that night when he was ejected from his car on a Latimer County road.

A 16-year-old Wilburton boy has been killed in a one-car crash on a county road in Latimer County.

Vehicle crashes in Oklahoma claimed the lives of at least four motorists over the weekend, the Oklahoma Highway Patrol said.

A Wilburton man died at a Tulsa hospital Sunday from injuries sustained in a motorcycle accident the day before.

Brandy McCarty, of McAlester, was delivering medical supplies to a customer in the Wilburton area on May 29 when a vicious attack changed her life.

Quinton High School has selected it's top students for the 2008-2009 school year.

Ovie Cathey, 75, of Gowen, died Friday, May 29, 2009, at his home. Graveside services will be Monday at 10 a.m. at Damon Cemetery with the Rev.

With the legislative session concluded, I want to take this opportunity to summarize important bills, as well as provide some reflections on my work as your representative.

Kevin Younger received the Outstanding Student Teacher of the Year award from East Central University in Ada.

Roy Isom Jr., 83, of Wilburton, died Thursday, May 14, 2009, at St. John's Medical Center in Tulsa.

Robert Frank Prock, 90 of Wilburton, died Monday, April 27, 2009, at his home. Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Friday at Jones-Harkins Chapel with Scott Elliott officiating.

Megan Carline was 16 when she dropped out of high school. Eight years later she went back to school, became an honors student and will soon represent the state of Oklahoma at a national convention in California.

I once heard someone say it's funny that television weather forecasters can be wrong 50 percent of the time and not get fired.

Horns blared and people shouted at the Taxed Enough Already protest rally held in McAlester - and that was just from the drivers who were passing by.

McAlester physics teacher Dave Martin paid an Easter visit to his father's gravesite.

Several people were injured and several homes were damaged when tornadoes touched down in eastern Oklahoma, authorities said.