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Biden Omits Mention of Dr. Seuss from ‘Read Across America Day’ Amid Concerns of Racist Undertones
Read moreIf a “nicest guy in the world” award was given to famous American pastors, few would disagree New York Times best-selling author Max Lucado should find himself toward the front of that line. He’s the consummate cuddly bear whose central message is God’s boundless and unmerited grace for all people, regardless of their story. This is the hallmark of his ministry and life. It oozes from his pulpit and the pages of his books. He speaks of it in a thousand different ways, always seeking to help people understand this glorious truth from yet another creative, illuminating angle.
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We want to to Tommy Hogue for congratulate Wetumka During his recent promotion police officer Investigator. with Investigator our visit Hogue, we learned that he is the first official Investigator the Wetumka Police Department has ever had.
Read moreCharges are pending after a Wetumka suspect was arrested for allegedly stealing more than $1,500 worth of merchandise from a Holdenville business.
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An emergency City Council meeting was held on Saturday February 20, 2021. Those present included Donna Dyer, Council person at-large; Sherry Smith, city manager; Norma Marshall, Mayor; Richard Roush, Ward 4/ Vice Mayor. Attending via telephone conference were Logan Phillips, OK State Representative and Garret Eller, Wetumka City Attorney. Others present included Roger Absher, Wetumka City Superintendent and Landyn Oliver, Emergency Management. Council member Josh Howk was absent.
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Maxine Edwyna Cissel Horner was one of the first African American women to serve in the Oklahoma State Senate District 11, serving from 1986 to 2004, along with Vicki Miles-La- Grange. Horner held the position of Democratic Caucus Chair, as well as Chair of Business and Labor and Government Operations, and Vice-Chair of Adult Literacy. As Democratic Caucus chairwoman in the late 1990s she was a sponsor of the legislation creating the group now known as the Tulsa Race Massacre Centennial Commission.
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Attorney and federal judge Vicki Miles-LaGrange, first woman U.S. Attorney in Oklahoma, was born in Oklahoma City on September 30, 1953, the daughter of educators. Selected for American Legion Auxiliary’s Girl State, Miles-LaGrange was prohibited from serving as governor at the national convention because of her race. This early experience with racism shaped her career and led to her fight for equality for all Americans. In 1974 Miles-LaGrange graduated from Vassar College and in from 1977 Howard University School of Law. She worked at the U.S. Department of Justice until her return to Oklahoma City in 1983. After working for the Oklahoma City district attorney’s office, she successfully ran for the Oklahoma Senate in 1986, becoming the first African American woman elected to that body. During her term Senator Miles-La- Grange fought for leg-islation to improve the welfare of both women and children.
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At age 16, Vicki Miles-LaGrange ’74 learn-ed a painful lesson about inequality. As she recounts, after being overwhelmingly elected by 416 peers as Governor of the 1970 Oklahoma Girls State, sponsored by the American Legion Auxiliary, she was denied the opportunity to represent Oklahoma in Washington, DC, because she was a “Negro.” The tradition had been that the Auxiliary selected the Governor and Lt. Governor to represent Oklahoma at Girls’ Nation in DC.
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