QUINTON—Pocola and Quinton split their two basketball games here Monday night.

Pocola’s girls took the opener, 61-36, before Quinton’s boys ran past the Indians, 81-26.

The Lady Indians improve to 15-6 while Quinton drops to 4-18. Pocola’s boys are 1-18 while the Savages improve to 18-4. Heavener visits Pocola Tuesday.

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BELTON, Texas—Graveside funeral services for Geraldine Monks, 93, of Belton, Texas, are Thursday at 1 p.m. at the Shady Point Cemetery.
Services are under the direction of Dossman Funeral Home of Belton.

She passed away Sunday, Feb. 9, 2020 at a Belton nursing … Read More

ANDOVER, Kan.–Lodeska Ruth (Higgins) Hollan, 78, of Andover, Kansas (formerly of Heavener) was born April 19, 1941 in Hontubby to Wiley and Lida Bell (Scroggins) Higgins and passed away Feb. 2, 2020 in Whitewater, Kansas.

Funeral service was Monday at 2 p.m. … Read More

By DAVID SEELEY, Sports Editor

POTEAU – Sunday night’s Poteau Pirates Quarterback Club Football Awards Banquet, which took place at the Donald W. Reynolds Community Center, first of all allowed those in attendance to relive the 2019 football season, which culminated with Poteau High School’s first-ever state football title.

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POTEAU—The Poteau School Board will meet in a regular business meeting Monday at 6 p.m. in the Bert Corr Administration Building at 100 Mockingbird Lane.

The agenda can be seen HERE.

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The Heavener School Board will meet in a regular business meeting Monday at 6 p.m. in the Glenn Scott Educational Center at 500 West Second Street.

Here is the agenda:

Opening flag salute.
Invocation.
Call meeting to order and record members present.
Principal report: Diane Cox, Joe Westfall, Robert Craig.
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SPIRO–Funeral Service for Mark J. Kowalski, 63, of Spiro, is Tuesday at 2 p.m. at the First Baptist Church in Spiro.

Burial will follow at New Hope Cemetery in Spiro, under the direction of Mallory-Martin Funeral Home of Spiro.

He was born Feb. … Read More

PANAMA—Panama’s boys ran past Haworth, 82-67, Saturday night in high school basketball action to complete the sweep

The Lady ‘Backs won the opener, 52-43, to improve to 9-10. Haworth is 9-14.

The Razorbacks improve to 7-11. Haworth drops to 12-12. Panama hosts LeFlore Tuesday.

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By DAVID SEELEY, Sports Editor

POTEAU – The Spiro High School basketball teams spoiled homecoming for the Poteau squads in NOAA Conference action Friday night at Sherman Floyd Fieldhouse.

The Bulldogs outlasted the Pirates 60-59, then the Lady Bulldogs fought off a potential game-tying shot by the Lady Pirates to prevail 46-44…. Read More

By CRAIG HALL

Residents of the Heavener School District will go to the polls Tuesday to vote on an $8.3 million school bond vote to build a new multi-purpose educational facility.

Polls are open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. The polling place … Read More