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Today is the 221st day of 2022 and the 50th day of summer. TODAY’S HISTORY: In 1842, the Webster-Ashburton Treaty was signed by the United States and Great Britain, delineating the eastern section of the United States and the region that became Canada.
The Wildcats were off and running at midnight Monday to open the 2022 season, which kicks off Aug. 26 at home against Kingston.
Voters cast their tickets for the people’s choice award for the best barbecue at the 9th Annual United Way BBQ Showdown hosted by Valero. All proceeds brought in over the course of the two-day event will go to United Way of South Central Oklahoma. A full story about the event will be featured in The Ardmoreite on Tuesday, August 9. Drew Butler/The Ardmoreite
“Cover to Cover,” The Brother Brothers (Compass Records) Identical twins Adam and David Moss are easy to tell apart on their charming new album of cover tunes. That’s usually David singing the high part, his gentle harmonies with Adam doing a distinctive dance that can only result from plenty of practice and shared genes.
Last week, officials from the U.S. Department of Justice visited the Oklahoma County jail for three days. Not long after, on Sunday, July 31, an inmate died at the jail — the 12th fatality this year.
Chickasaw Nation Election Secretary Rita Loder announced results of the Aug. 2, 2022, primary election.
This story was produced in partnership with the Oklahoma nonprofit newsroom Oklahoma Watch. The state of Oklahoma filed a lawsuit Friday seeking to recoup money from a contractor it hired to distribute emergency federal education funds during the COVID-19 pandemic.
John Frank Hart was born January 13, 1932 in Elk City, Oklahoma. He entered heaven’s gates on August 4th, 2022 where he was reunited with his wife Phyllis on her birthday. John was 91 years young. John was raised in the Elk City and Canute area where he rode his horse back and forth from this grandparents house in Canute to his other grandparents home in Elk City. He was largely raised by his grandparents whom he called Mom and Pop. Their home was right next to the rodeo arena where the famous Beutler Brothers rodeoed. He grew up helping Jiggs and Jake Beutler for years at the arena. He broke his leg in the stall with one of the bucking brones so they laid him in the back of the truck and took him to the hospital there in Elk City where his aunt, Etta Musick was the RN. The hospital was named Musick Hospital, after his Aunt. Having 10 aunts and uncles and dozens of cousins he was very spoiled as an only child. At 16 he attended military school in Ponca City where he said he was “roughed up on the first day”. When he left military school he wanted to join the army National Guard so his mother signed for him to join. Shortly after he was sent to Aberdeen, Maryland where he became a weapons specialist. His 45th guard unit was first called in to work the Woodward tornado on April 9, 1947 where 107 people perished and 1000 injured with catastrophic damage.
James Gordon “Jim” Calhoun The son of the late Francis Ward Calhoun and Lillian (Vallee) Calhoun, Jim was born on January 30, 1929 in Zimmerman, LA and passed away August 4, 2022 at the Ardmore Veterans Center at the age of 93 years, 6 months and 4 days. Jim grew up in Glenmora, LA where he graduated high school.