anniversaries
J.P. and Lucy Ferguson
Ferguson
J.P. and Lucy Ferguson of Gore will celebrate 50 years of marriage on Friday. They were married in 1959, in Poteau and celebrated their honeymoon in Bossier City, La. Lucy retired after working se...
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Paul and Charlene (Harvell) Howard then Howard
Paul and Charlene (Harvell) Howard were honored in celebration of their 60th wedding anniversary on Oct. 11 at their home in Muldrow. The event was hosted by their children. Mr. and Mrs. Howard we...
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Jack and Pat Rosson Rosson
Jack and Pat Rosson will celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary with a drop-in reception from 2 to 4 p.m. Saturday at Sequoyah Manor Nursing Home in Sallisaw. The couple was married on Oct. 17, ...
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Nathaniel and Lelan Catlett then Catlett
A celebration honoring the 75th wedding anniversary of Nathaniel and Lelan (Roland) Catlett was held on Sept. 26 at the Muldrow Cherokee Community Center. It featured a luncheon for Mr. and Mrs. C...
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Jess and Virginia Huckelbury Huckelbury
Jess and Virginia Huckelbury were honored on their 50th wedding anniversary at the Muldrow Cherokee Community Center. The celebration was held on Aug. 15 and more than 50 people attended, includin...
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Jake and Hazel Gholston Gholston
Jake and Hazel Gholston of Muldrow celebrated their 70th wedding anniversary on Aug. 19 at their home. Attending were their three sons and daughters-in-law, Guy and Rebecca Gholston of Bonham, Tex...
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Prescott
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Mr. and Mrs. Jimmie Prescott were surprised with a reception in honor of their 50th wedding anniversary at Lee’s Chapel Assembly of God church in Muldrow on the evening of August 9. Jimmie, former...
Jones
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70 years ago on Aug. 19, 1939, Alvin Howard Jones of Muskogee and Bamma Ruth Gulley of Stigler, eloped to Tahlequah to be married. A celebration of this auspicious occasion will be held at 2 p.m. o...
Osburn
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Eddie and Betty Osburn recently celebrated their 62nd wedding anniversary. They both lived in Sallisaw and were good friends growing up. They started dating in June of 1947, and got married by a ju...
Edwards
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Paul and Wilma Edwards of Muldrow, will celebrate their 70th wedding anniversary on June 28. They will be honored with a reception from 2 to 4 p.m. at the Cherokee Community Center located on Hwy 6...
Southern
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Mr. and Mrs. Bill Southern of Muldrow, will celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary with a reception from 2 to 4 p.m. on June 27 at the Muldrow Cherokee Community Center, located at 603 N. Main St...
Barnes
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Mr. and Mrs. Charles E. Barnes of Gans, recently celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary with a private party hosted by their children. They were married on May 9, 1959, in Sallisaw by the late ...
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Kentucky State Police Capt. Lisa Rudzinski, left, and Mike Wilder, Executive Director of the Kentucky State Medical Examiners office, right, answer questions during a news conference, Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2009, at the Kentucky State Police Central Forensic Laboratory in Frankfort, Ky. The Kentucky census worker found naked, bound with duct tape and hanging from a tree with 'fed' scrawled on his chest killed himself but staged his death to make it look like a homicide, authorities said Tuesday. (AP Photo/Brian Bohannon)AP - On the surface it all seemed like a gruesome hate crime in a rural part of Kentucky with a history of disdain for the government: a census worker found bound with duct tape and hanging from a tree, the word "fed" scrawled across his chest.


Tue Nov 24 20:30:25 -0600 2009

A Continental Airlines airplane is refueled at its gate at Newark Liberty International Airport in Newark, New Jersey, March 29, 2009. REUTERS/Gary HershornAP - The government is imposing fines for the first time against airlines for stranding passengers on an airport tarmac, the Transportation Department said Tuesday.


Tue Nov 24 15:42:07 -0600 2009
AP - As an Ohio execution team tried to find a vein during an unsuccessful lethal injection attempt, prison staff sought help from a doctor — a move generally discouraged by ethical and professional medical rules — federal court papers show.
Tue Nov 24 20:24:04 -0600 2009