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Auxiliary raises funds for hospital

The Pushmataha Hospital Auxiliary, Hospital Employees and members of the community joined forces to raise funds to replace some of the mattresses at Pushmataha Hospital. The new mattresses will make a stay in the hospital a little more comfortable for the patients.

Special Olympics team receives first place

The Rattan Special Olympics team traveled to Durant, Oklahoma, on February 14th for the annual music and art show.  The students received four first place ribbons and three second place ribbons in the art contest.  Those attending were left to right: Cason Wilcher, Garrett Hurlburt, Joseph Robert

Annual Convention Marks a Decade of Bird Watching

Three of Oklahoma’s bird watching hotspots will be toured as part of the 10th Annual Red Slough Birding Convention, hosted by the Idabel Chamber of Commerce May 5-8, 2018.

Phil's 'Chilling' Forecast: Six More Weeks of Winter

PUNXSUTAWNEY — In the town of Punxsutawney, Groundhog Day starts long before the clock turns one tick past 11:59 p.m. on February 1st.

Legislative forum a success

The Pushmataha County Retired Educators hosted their third Legislative Forum at the Church of Christ Fellowship Hall in Antlers last Thursday. The forum featured questions from the Oklahoma Retired Educators Association membership and the audience.

PTO receives $5,000 grant

The Bearcat PTO and Antlers Public School are thrilled to announce that Lowe’s has awarded them $5,000.00 in funding for their “Hydration Station” project. The grant funds come from Lowe's Toolbox for Education.

Cochran found guilty

District Attorney Mark Matloff has announced that a jury has found BRIAN WADE COCHRAN, age 35, guilty of the crime of “lewd acts with child under 16 years of age” and assessed a sentence of “life” in prison.

Bigfoot Festival to take placei n October

The Bigfoot Festival of Honobia, will take place October 2nd, 3rd and 4th this year.
Bigfoot fans will gather, from scholars to storytellers, in the deep woods near tiny Honobia in hopes of catching a glimpse of the huge hairy guy.

VIDEO: College Football’s Best Wide Receivers For 2015

They seem to defy the laws of physics with their eye-popping catches and bursts of speed that would make even The Flash envious. Now, these five receiving marvels are primed to create havoc once again on opposing secondaries across the land. Blink and you may miss these human blurs in action...

Commissioners request investigation into mismatching invoices

In this morning's special meeting of the Pushmataha County Commissioners, invoices were questions and claims made about falsified invoices from the Sheriff's Office.