Hughes County News

Oklahoma City - " Feed The Children's "Americans Feeding Americans Emergency Caravan" will make its next stop in Oklahoma to help 5,600 families in need.

Heavy rain and wind pounded parts of Oklahoma, leaving minor damage and flooding in parts of the state.

The Pittsburg County Health Department vaccinated students at Stuart Public School for the Influenza A H1N1 swine flu virus on Friday.

A car is partially submerged by flood waters near Tahlequah. Picture by Kevin Bruce.

OKLAHOMA CITY a ' The Oklahoma Highway Patrol has yet to release reports dealing with a weekend arrest in Holdenville that led to two state troopersa TM being placed on paid administrative leave.

The man who accused an OHP trooper of using excessive force has now been charged with obstructing an officer.

The Oklahoma Highway Patrol trooper in the notorious run-in with a paramedic is back in the spotlight.

The unemployment rate is rising in Oklahoma's two largest city's and is the highest in the southeastern corner of the state.

A Holdenville man was injured in a motorcycle crash Monday. Oklahoma Highway Patrol Trooper Tony Lemay said the wreck occurred on Spaulding Road about one mile south of Oak Ridge Road just after 2 p.m. Lemay said 37-year-old Robert Martin was driving a 2002 Honda Motorcycle north when he swerved to miss another vehicle going south.

Priscilla Christine Johnson, 90, of Harvest, Ala., died Sunday, Aug. 16, 2009, at her home.

"I believe we should prepare people, not panic them," Savanna Public Schools Superintendent Mitch Tidwell said.

HOLDENVILLE a ' Hughes County resident Sue McLoud has a tax warning for rural Oklahoma residents: Living outside the city limits wona TMt necessarily exempt you from paying city sales and use taxes.

A Wetumka man accused of locking a girl in a tool box for 16-hours this week also faces previous charges of child abuse and violating a protective order involving the same girl.

He is charged with kidnapping and assault and battery. CHARGED Christopher Kyle Lewis: He also is accused of holding a heated screwdriver against the girl's body.

He is charged with kidnapping and assault and battery. CHARGED Christopher Kyle Lewis: He also is accused of holding a heated screwdriver against the girl's body.

A Wetumka man accused of locking a girl in a tool box for 16- hours this week also faces previous charges of child abuse and violating a protective order involving the same girl.

He is charged with kidnapping and assault and battery. CHARGED Christopher Kyle Lewis: He also is accused of holding a heated screwdriver against the girl's body.

New figures from the Oklahoma Employment Security Commission show four Oklahoma counties reported double-digit unemployment rates last month.

OKLAHOMA CITY a ' New figures from the Oklahoma Employment Security Commission show four Oklahoma counties reported double-digit unemployment rates last month.

T. Boone Pickens said Wednesday he should have worked with Holdenville city officials when he had a cement slab with his signature removed from a driveway at what used to be his grandmother's home.