FORT TOWSON –– Experience the history of southeastern Oklahoma at the annual Doaksville Historic Candlelight Tours. Tours will be held Friday, Oct. 7, and Saturday, Oct. 8, beginning at 6:30 p.m., with the last tour departing at 9:30 p.m. A guide will take visitors on a 45-minute walking tour through the streets of this once prominent town. The venues on the tour will cover specific historic events in Doaksville’s history. Doaksville served as the capital of the Choctaw Nation intermittently after 1850 and regularly from 1858 to 1863. Guests will learn about the history of the area from the perspective of Fort Towson Commander Josiah H. Vose. Advance registration is available by calling 580.236.0537 or emailing fttowson@history.ok.gov. Fort Towson Historic Site is located north of U.S.

McCURTAIN COUNTY –– On September 30, 2022, Special Agents with the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation, with assistance from the Oklahoma Highway Patrol, arrested John Wesley Smith for the 1993 murder of John Randall O’Steen.

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Participating optometric physicians across the state of Oklahoma will be giving complimentary eye exams to those in need as part of the Oklahoma Association of Optometric Physician’s (OAOP) third annual Giving Sight Day. Most participating locations will hold complimentary vision clinics on Saturday, Oct. 1, but some locations will participate in the days immediately preceding or following that date. Some clinics require appointments, while others are first come, first serve. A list of participating clinics along with dates and other relevant details can be found here: https://oklahoma. aoa.org/patients-andpublic/ giving-sightday.). Each clinic has different protocols and requirements and patients should carefully consult the weblink.

OKLAHOMA CITY – September is World Sexual Health Month, and the Sexual Health and Harm Reduction Service (SHHR) at the Oklahoma State Department of Health (OSDH) is implementing a program that provides free self-tests to identify human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) to Oklahomans.

Oct. 1 will be a busy day for thousands of “stick-and-string” hunters in Oklahoma.

Five seniors at Hugo High School are candidates for this year’s Football Homecoming Queen crown. The Coronation will be held at 6:30 p.m. Friday before the Buffaloes kickoff against the Wilburton Diggers.

GRANT –– A woman and child lost their lives last Thursday afternoon, after a collision with a Freightliner on U.S. Hwy.

More than 2,000 Texans have expressed their opposition to the proposed Marvin Nichols Reservoir by signing a petition which condemns the water project and states, “The proposed Marvin Nichols Reservoir would rob Northeast Texas of land, valuable jobs, and precious water, devastating the region’s economic vitality, heritage farmlands, and natural resources. I stand in opposition to this project and call on policymakers to put a stop to this costly, unnecessary and damaging project.”

KFOR OKLAHOMA COUNTY –– Death row inmate Richard Glossip is set to die Dec. 8, but on Thursday his attorney and a lawmaker revealed newly uncovered evidence that they say brings his guilt into question.