LCJ newsletter 2-15-2025
Saturday's newsletter
Daily Bible verse
The LORD your God is with you, the Mighty Warrior who saves. He will take great delight in you; in his love he will no longer rebuke you, but will rejoice over you with singing.”
Zephaniah 3:17
Blast from the past
Today’s poll
Voter registration deadline approaches
March 7 is the last day to apply for voter registration in order to be eligible to vote in the April 1 Municipal General Election, Board of Education, General School Election and County wide Special Election, LeFlore County Election Board Secretary Kayla Rees said.
Rees said persons who are United States Citizens, residents of Oklahoma, and at least 17 ½ years old are eligible to apply for voter registration. However, you must be at least 18 years old to vote.
Applications must be received by the County Election Board or postmarked no later than midnight, March 7. Applications postmarked after that time will be accepted, but will not be processed until after the April 1 Election. Applications may also be submitted to any motor vehicle agency that is also an official voter registration agency by the submission deadline.
Applicants will be notified in writing when their application has been processed. Approved voters will receive a Voter Identification Card in the mail. Some may receive a letter that explains the reason or reasons the application was not approved. Rees said those who do not receive a response within 30 days of submitting their application should contact the County Election Board office immediately.
The LeFlore County Election Board reminds voters that applications must be approved by the County Election Board Secretary in order to vote.
Registered voters who have moved to LeFlore County from a different county or state will need to complete a new Voter Registration Application in order to be eligible for elections in Leflore County. If you have moved within the county and need to update your address, you may make changes online using the OK Voter Portal at oklahoma.gov/elections/ovp or complete a Voter Registration Application.
Voter Registration Applications can be downloaded from the State Election Board website at oklahoma.gov/elections. You may also complete a form at your County Election Board. Most post offices, tag agencies, and public libraries have applications available upon request.
The Leflore County Election Board is located at 103 N. Church St., Poteau and is open from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday. For Questions, please contact the Election Board at 918-647-3701 or leflorecounty@elections.ok.gov.
Broken Bow man pleads guilty to exploitation
MUSKOGEE – The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that Dylan Hansen Yazzie, 28, of Broken Bow, Oklahoma, entered a guilty plea to one count of Sexual Exploitation of a Child/Use of a Child to Produce a Visual Depiction.
The indictment alleged that between July of 2023 and September of 2023, Yazzie coerced or induced a minor to engage in sexually explicit conduct for the purpose of producing a visual depiction to transmit in interstate or foreign commerce. The crime occurred in McCurtain County, within the boundaries of the Choctaw Nation Reservation, in the Eastern District of Oklahoma.
The charge arose from an investigation by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Broken Bow Police Department.
Gerald L. Jackson, U.S. Magistrate Judge in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Oklahoma, accepted the plea and ordered the completion of a presentence investigation report. Yazzie will remain in the custody of the United States Marshals Service pending sentencing.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Caila M. Cleary represented the United States.
LeFlore County scoreboard
LeFlore County sports scoreboard for Friday.
Boys
Districts
Crowder 49, Arkoma 39
Moss 58, Bokoshe 47
Cameron 61, Webbers Falls 54
Eagletown 64, LeFlore 48
Panama 71, Colcord 31
Pocola 105, Warner 61
Whitesboro 56, Kinta 42
Wister 75, Indianola 35
Regular season
Stilwell 57, Poteau 40
Spiro 69, Westville 54
Girls
Districts
Savanna 67, Arkoma 28
Asher 69, Bokoshe 20
Webbers Falls 55, Cameron 48
LeFlore 47, Eagletown 43
Panama 57, Colcord 35
Pocola 51, Warner 27
Wister 68, Indianola 28
Regular season
Stilwell at Poteau (No score reported)
Spiro 52, Westville 42
Saturday’s schedule
Boys
Class 2A
Saturday
Wilburton at Howe
Saturday
Vian at Talihina
Class A
At Red Oak
Cameron vs. Red Oak
At Rattan
Wister vs. Rattan
Class B
At Whitesboro
Battiest vs. Whitesboro
Girls
Class 2A
Saturday
Wilburton at Howe
Vian at Talihina
Class A
At Rattan
Wister vs. Rattan
Class B
At Smithville
LeFlore vs. Smithville
At Whitesboro
Kinta at Whitesboro
Cameron splits district openers
RED OAK—Cameron split the opening games of the Class A Area I district basketball tournament with Webbers Falls Friday night.
In the early game, Webbers Fall pulled out a 55-48 win over the Lady Jackets to advance before Cameron’s boys stayed alive and clinched a trip to next week’s regional tournament with a 61-54 victory.
The Yellow Jackets play for a district championship around 7:30 p.m. Saturday at Red Oak against the hosts after the Webbers Falls and Red Oak girls play for a district championship in the early game.
Cameron’s girls finish with a 6-16 record. The Jackets improve to 14-9. Webbers Falls girls improve to 13-9 while the boys are eliminated with an 8-14 record.
Boys
After trailing 31-26 at the half, Cameron outscored Webbers Falls 35-23 in the second half, including 25-16 in the final quarter to get the win and move on.
Javon Adcock Led the Jackets with 22 points. Lochlan Moody had 15 and Eli Yates added 10.
Chevy Cole led the Warriors with 20 points, 16 in the first half. Luke Pierce added 15.
Cameron 61, Webbers Falls 54
CHS 15 11 10 25--61
WFHS 16 15 7 16--54
Cameron: Lochlan Moody 5 1-2 3 15; Javon Adcock 7 8-12 2 22; Jett Hetherington 2 1-4 2 5; Trenton Wagner 1 0-4 2 2; Eli Yates 3 4-8 2 10. TOTALS: 18 14-30 11 61.
Webbers Falls: Gunner Shelby 0 3-4 5 3; Chevy Cole 9 2-2 4 20; Elli Heflin 3 1-2 3 7; Thudan Yandell 4 0-1 5 9; Luke Pierce 5 4-7 4 15; Brutus Robinson 0 0-0 2 0. TOTALS: 21 10-16 23 54.
Girls
The Lady Warriors also used a big comeback to get the win.
After trailing 24-14 at the half, Webbers Falls cut the margin to eight points after three quarters before going on a 26-11 run in the fourth quarter to get the win.
Bridgette Baer had 18 points in the second half for Webbers Falls with 12 coming in the fourth quarter. Cheyenne Hertier added 15 and Kailey Mannon scored 12.
Mylie Ibison led Cameron with 18 points while Brayli Beason finished with 10.
Webbers Falls 55, Cameron 48
CHS
WFHS 9 5 15 26--55
Cameron: 12 12 13 11—48
Cameron: Brayli Beason 4 2-2 5 10; Addie Adcock 2 2-2 2 7; Mylie Ibison 6 2-2 4 18; Harley Slusser 2 1-3 3 5; Paitlyn Beason 3 1-1 3 9. TOTALS: 17 8-10 17 48.
Webbers Falls: Kailey Mannon 5 2-5 4 12; Cheyenne Hertier 5 2-4 3 15; Bridgette Baer 6 1-2 2 18; Audri Spears 2 0-0 3 4; Abbie Patterson 1 0-0 0 2; Bailey Ward 1 2-4 5 4. Totals: 20 7-15 17 55.
Warmer temperatures expected Saturday
LeFlore County’s weather forecast for Saturday calls for mostly cloudy skies, a chance of rain and warmer temperatures for Heavener, Poteau and the area.
The high is forecast to be 58 degrees along with a low of 25.
Sunrise was 7:03 a.m. Sunset is 6:03 p.m.
Friday’s high was 55 with a low of 45. No rain was recorded yesterday, leaving the monthly total to 1.21 inches. Average rainfall for February is 2.90 inches.
Average temperatures for Feb. 15 are a high of 55 and low of 27. Records for the date were a high of 72 in 1979. The record low was 18 in 1973.
Last year on Feb. 15, the high was 74 with a low of 52.
LeFlore County calendar
LeFlore County calendar of events for the next week. The calendar is a free service for our readers. If you are a church or non-profit event, please email me at craig@heavenerledger.com.
Saturday
High school basketball: District tournaments
Monday
Happy President’s Day
High school basketball: Heavener at Muldrow; Checotah at Spiro.
Tuesday
LeFlore County commissioners meet 9 a.m.
Poteau Evening Lions Club meet 6 p.m. CASC
Wednesday
Poteau Rotary Club meets noon EOMC
Thursday
Poteau Kiwanis Club meets noon
LeFlore County Republicans meet 6 p.m. Patrick Lynch Center
High school basketball: Small school regionals
Heavener VFW bingo 6:30 p.m. Highway 59 North
Heavener Utilities Authority and city council meet
Friday
High school basketball: Poteau at Broken Bow in district tournament; small school regionals
Today in history
1898
The USS Maine explodes in Cuba’s Havana Harbor
A massive explosion of unknown origin sinks the battleship USS Maine in Cuba’s Havana harbor on February 15, 1898, killing more than 260 of the 350-plus American crew members aboard. One of the first American battleships, the Maine weighed more than 6,000 tons and was built at a cost of more than... read more
1960s
1965
1968
Henry Lewis named first Black conductor of a major U.S. orchestra
21st Century
2003
Millions protest the impending invasion of Iraq
Arts & Entertainment
1950
Disney’s “Cinderella” opens in theaters
Sports
1953
Polio survivor becomes first female U.S. figure skater to win world title
1961
U.S. figure skating team killed in plane crash
1998
Dale Earnhardt Sr. wins his first Daytona 500
2002
IOC finds fraud, awards second gold in Winter Olympics skating event
U.S. Presidents
1837
Congress ratifies treaties for Indian removal
1903
1933
FDR escapes assassination attempt in Miami
World War II
1942