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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...
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Zach Garcia’s New Symphony, ‘Chintaloowali’’ Debuts
ADA, Okla. — When Zach Garcia was asked to write a Chickasaw-inspired symphony for the University of Central Oklahoma (UCO) Symphony Orchestra, he was excited for the opportunity. Audiences at East Central University’s (ECU) Ataloa Theatre March 9, 2026, were treated to the world premiere of “Chintaloowali’ (I Sing to You).”
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Zach Garcia’s New Symphony, ‘Chintaloowali’’ Debuts
ADA, Okla. — When Zach Garcia was asked to write a Chickasaw-inspired symphony for the University of Central Oklahoma (UCO) Symphony Orchestra, he was excited for the opportunity. Audiences at East Central University's (ECU) Ataloa Theatre March 9, 2026, were treated to the world premiere of "Chintaloowali' (I Sing to You)."
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Special screening of “Powwow People” on June 14
DURANT – The Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma will host a free public screening of the film “Powwow People” at 2 p.m. Sunday, June 14 at the District Cinema at the Choctaw Casino & Resort – Durant, 4216 S. Highway 69/75. Seating for the family friendly event...
oklahomahistory.net
Vol 30 Issue 1,531 June 4, 2026
The Daily Alaska Empire newspaper (Juneau, Alaska) February 13th 1946 – Ardmore Oklahoma – at least 14 persons were injured none seriously in a tornado which struck this southern Oklahoma city of 20,000 early today strewing homes in its path and disrupting telephone and power lines. The city...
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McSwain Theatre announces Children’s Summer Movie Series and upcoming live events
ADA, Okla. — The McSwain Theatre will host its Thursday movie showcase throughout June, featuring classic and family-friendly films with showtimes at 2 and 7 p.m. each Thursday. Tickets for the movie showcase are $3 for general admission, $2 for seniors and $2 for children ages 12 and under....
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Choctaw Nation Hosts Screening of “Stickball: The Little Brother of War”
DURANT, Okla. — The Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma recently hosted a special screening of “Stickball: The Little Brother of War,” a documentary short exploring the history, culture and modern-day significance of Native stickball, one of the oldest Indigenous games in North America. Held Saturday, May 30 at...
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WinStar World Debuts Renovated Redbud Golf Course
THACKERVILLE, OK – WinStar World Casino and Resort recently unveiled its highly anticipated renovated golf course, the Redbud Course, to the public. Originally designed by golf course architect D.A. Weibring and Wolfard Golf Design, Redbud was meticulously renovated in 2026. The enhanced course features laser-leveled tee boxes, resilient Tahoma 31 fairways, well-defined Tifton 10 roughs, and consistently smooth TifEagle greens.
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Vol 30 Issue 1,530 May 28, 2026
It was in Harper's livery stable on North Caddo, that the Great Fire of 1895 started, wiping out or damaging all buildings in Ardmore's business district. Forty-six structures were destroyed and nine others sustained damage. The fire burned through the area bound by A Street northwest, North Caddo, Broadway and Main Street, taking with it the city's best buildings, including the Anderson-Burch Opera House, the First National Bank, which was the first brick building to be built in Ardmore, the Klosky Opera House, the Ardmoreite Building and the Pennington Building. Prisoners in the Federal Jail on Mill Street were moved to the Broadway Baptist Church and then to a second house near Santa Fe tracks. In the first hour of the conflagration, the three public wells on Main Street went dry.