Carolyn Watson Rural Oklahoma Community Foundation offering grants to LeFlore County schools

Sales tax revenue was down in LeFlore County in the May report by the Oklahoma Tax Commission

POTEAU—Carl Albert State College has released the names of its President’s Honor Roll and Vice President’s Honor Roll for the first semester.

The following are students from LeFlore County.

President’s (requires a 4.0 GPA)

Arkoma—Morgan E. Giles, Cha-Marie Robertson.

Bokoshe—Kelseigh N. Hopson

Cameron—Edward L. Pate

Heavener—Katie A. Bottoms, Lily R. Friedl, Arturo Ortega, Alexandria L. Rold.

Hodgen—Lisa … Read More

The LeFlore County courthouse and several LeFlore County school districts have been cancelled on Friday due to the snow.

Carl Albert State College will be closed at both the Poteau and Sallisaw campuses and classes at the Kiamichi Technology Center are also cancelled.

School districts that are cancelled for Friday are Arkoma, … Read More

The top seeds for the junior high county tournament advanced to Thursday’s semifinals with wins on Tuesday.

The top-seeded Spiro boys defeated Hodgen, 56-43, while the Howe girls advanced with a 42-15 win over Spiro.

Only consolation games will be played Wednesday. All the semifinal games will be held at Panama. In … Read More

The top-seeded Howe girls and Spiro boys cruised to easy wins on the opening day of the 2017 junior high LeFlore County Tournament.

Howe’s girls defeated Fanshawe, 45-19, while the Spiro boys blasted Cameron, 50-12.

Play continues Tuesday at Bokoshe, Panama and Heavener.

Girls
Monday’s scores
Fanshawe 46, Bokoshe 9
Howe 45, Fanshawe 19
Spiro 21, Panama … Read More

Brackets have been released for the 2017 junior high basketball LeFlore County Tournament.

Bokoshe is the host for the tournament this year and will host games along with Heavener and Panama.

Finals will be held at the new Panama facility.

The Howe girls and Spiro boys are the top seeds for the tournament…. Read More

Seeds were announced the LeFlore County Junior High basketball tournament on Wednesday.

The Spiro boys and Howe girls were given the top seeds. The tournament will be played at Bokoshe, Heavener and Panama. The finals will be played at Panama in the new Razorbacks Event Center.

BOYS
1. Spiro, 2. Whitesboro, 3. Talihina, … Read More

Sales taxes were up in eight out of 15 LeFlore County communities in the latest report by the Oklahoma Tax Commission.

Overall, the total was up $16,286.62 from $654,175.59 in November of 2015 to $670,462.21 in November of 2016.

Pocola received the largest increase, going from $48,367.34 last year to $67,963.06 thanks … Read More

Candidates for the board of education in 17 LeFlore County school districts will file their declarations of candidacy starting at 8 a.m. on Monday and continuing Tuesday and Wednesday, according to LeFlore County election board secretary Sharon Steele.

Steele said the official filing period ends at 5 p.m. on Dec. 7. … Read More