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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.

Jaws of life needed to free woman from vehicle

Rescue workers were called to the scene of an accident about 5 miles North of Antlers on HWY 271 where a vehicle flipped, pinning the driver inside.

UPDATE: More information has been released regarding the accident that occurred on Tuesday, July 28, about 4 miles north of Antlers.

Silver Alert still active for missing Antlers woman

The Antlers Fire Department issue a Silver Alert on Monday after an Antlers woman had been missing since the day before.

Sheriff asks for salaries to come out of county general

In this morning's County Commissioner meeting the Sheriff's budget was once again a topic of discussion.

Duncan expressed being displeased with receiving monthly allotments of his budget instead of in one large installment.

Tulsa man arrested in connection to body found by Antlers

A Tulsa man was arrested Monday after the body of a Talala man who had been missing for a month was found north of Antlers this weekend.
Vernon Lee-Mountel Smith, 27, was arrested on on complaints of second-degree murder and kidnapping.