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Choctaw Cultural Center Celebrates 5th Anniversary
DURANT, Okla. – The Choctaw Cultural Center will celebrate its 5th Anniversary July 23 through July 25 with three days of special demonstrations, classes, contests, and more honoring 14,000 years of Choctaw history and culture. Since opening its doors on July 23, 2021, the 100,000 square foot center has...
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T-Okie Weekend 2026 celebration kicks off in Tatums
TATUMS, Okla. (KSWO) — The T-Okie Weekend 2026 celebration ran from Friday, July 3 - 5, in the historic black town of Tatums. The population grew for the Fourth of July holiday. ATVs, wagons, and horses were used for the trail ride. The trail ride began around 7 p.m. Friday. Later that night, attendees enjoyed a goat roping event followed by a field party.
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Ardmore theater mourns 8-year-old actor Matthew Miller, known for his ‘best day ever’ spirit
ARDMORE, Okla. (KXII) - Eight-year-old Matthew Miller, a fixture of the Ardmore theater community since infancy, died Monday from pulmonary hypertension, a rare condition that affects blood flow to the lungs. Family friend Eran Worsham said Matthew never let his diagnosis affect his spirit. “It’s hard losing a child, but...
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Durant teen gets surprise chance to play guitar on stage with Collective Soul
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‘T-Okie Weekend’ returns to Tatums for Fourth of July celebration
TATUMS, Okla. (KSWO) — The small town of Tatums is preparing to host its annual T-Okie Weekend celebration July 3–5, and city leaders are inviting the public to take part. Tatums Mayor Kristopher Harvey said the event is a homecoming celebrating the history of the town. The celebration has been held since 1961 in the historic Black town, which has a population of about 120 people.
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Scissortail reopens, completes massive renovations at WinStar Resort
The state gets back another of its top courses today as the Scissortail Course at WinStar Resort in Thackerville reopens to the resort guests and public. As was the case with its sister course Redbud which reopened in June, Scissortail has been closed for more than a year for an extensive renovation of all existing turfgrass on fairways and greens.
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Vol 30 Issue 1,535 July 2, 2026
Charlie Dry was a test pilot for NASA in Houston Texas. I remember one time him telling me he could fly anything with wings. After we had been friends for a few years, he told me he was moving back to Tishomingo. After years of fighting traffic 2 hours to get to work and 2 hours to get home, he said no more, tired of the rat race. He moved back to Tish. I had a newspaper clipping of him at one time where he was on the front page of The Daily Oklahoman newspaper IN COLOR, but I can’t find it right now. In that Oklahoman picture he was wearing his astronaut suit giving a show and tell at a school to some OKC kids. Charlie was married to the famous singer Anita Bryant (one of her most popular songs was Paper Roses). Charlie died in 2024 in Tishomingo after a battle with cancer. Charlie was a near genius in my books, I miss him and our talks. Charlie and Anita are buried in the Tishomingo City Cemetery.
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Choctaw Durant’s Grand Theater Receives ACM Award
DURANT, OK – The Choctaw Grand Theater has been named the Academy of Country Music’s “Casino of the Year – Theater.” This is the fourth time the venue has earned this honor. The Choctaw Grand Theater has been eligible three times in the past –...
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Stratford Peach Festival to celebrate 50-year anniversary
The festival will be on Saturday, July 18, at the Stratford City Park. There will be multiple family-friendly activities, including carnival rides and a petting zoo. Watch News 9 at 5 p.m. newscast 8/20/2026 now. 10 hours ago. Watch News 9’s 9 a.m. newscast now. 16 hours ago. Watch...
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Everybody Cut Loose with Today’s leslie T Vintage Video – “Footloose”
This was the theme from the movie of the same name starring Kevin Bacon in his breakout role; Rob Lowe and Tom Cruise also tried out for the part. He plays a teenager who moves to a small town where dancing is illegal. Dean Pitchford, who wrote the screenplay to the film and the lyrics to all the songs in the movie, got the idea from a 1979 newspaper article about the town of Elmore City, Oklahoma, where a law against dancing was on the books since the 1800s. The 14 high school seniors decided they wanted a prom, and got the town council to overturn the antiquated interdiction so they could dance. Pitchford visited Elmore City to research his screenplay, where he spent a week immersing himself in their culture.Pitchford was an actor, appearing in stage productions of Godspell and Pippin before getting a chance to write lyrics for songs in the 1980 movie Fame. He started working on Footloose when he was a staff songwriter for Warner Brothers Publishing. For a while it looked like 20th Century Fox was going to pick up the screenplay, but it ended up being produced by Paramount, who were rewarded with $80 million in ticket sales from the film, which cost about $8 million to make.
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Hudson Hobbs grabs lead in OGA Stroke Play Championship
Hudson Hobbs of Ardmore shot a 6-under-par 65 to take the first-round lead in the Oklahoma Golf Association Stroke Play Championship Monday at Shawnee Country Club. Four golfers are two shots back after carding 4-under 67s. They are Parker Payne of Norman, Oklahoma State golfer John Wild of Glen Ellyn, Illinois, Northeastern State University golfer Will Livermore of Frisco, Texas and Nathan Brown of Tulsa.
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Chisholm Trail Municipal Band returns for 50th season in Duncan
DUNCAN, Okla. (KSWO) - The Chisholm Trail Municipal Band returns to Duncan this summer for its 50th season. The concert will play at 8 p.m. on June 18 in Fuqua Park, featuring jazz and big band music from the 1940s. Organizers say they will host a patriotic concert on July...
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Zach Top Performs Acoustic ‘Amarillo by Morning’ at Durant Show
Zach Top kicked off his Cold Beer & Country Music Tour in Oklahoma with a moment that stopped the room — a stripped-down, acoustic cover of George Strait's "Amarillo by Morning" that drew an immediate and emotional response from the crowd. Top surprised fans at the album release party...