LCJ newsletter 6-29-2025

Sunday's newsletter

Craig Hall

Jun 29, 2025

Daily Bible verse

Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called children of God.

Matthew 5:9

Blast from the past

A Heavener and Spiro player fight over a pass in a 2014 game at Spiro.

News briefs

Russia launched its biggest aerial attack against Ukraine overnight, a Ukrainian official said Sunday, part of an escalating bombing campaign that has further dashed hopes for a breakthrough in efforts to end the 3-year-old war. See the story HERE.
U.S. President Donald Trump on Sunday pleaded for progress in ceasefire talks in the war in Gaza, calling for a deal that would halt the fighting in the 20-month-long conflict as Israel and Hamas appeared to be inching closer to an agreement. See the whole story HERE.
Senate Republicans voting in a dramatic late Saturday session narrowly cleared a key procedural step as they race to advance President Donald Trump’s package of tax breaks, spending cuts and bolstered deportation funds by his July Fourth deadline. See the story HERE.
President Donald Trump unquestionably secured a big win as the conservative Supreme Court wrapped up its term this past week, but there were signs that the administration’s long-running feud with the federal judiciary is far from over. See the story HERE.
A legal dispute between two Oklahoma school districts and the State Board of Education (OSBE) has come to a close, following a joint order of dismissal approved during Thursday's board meeting. See the story HERE.

Sports briefs

Dave Parker, a hard-hitting outfielder who was set to be inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame next month, has died, the Pittsburgh Pirates announced Saturday. He was 74. See the story HERE.
Aldrich Potgieter, standing on the practice green at Detroit Golf Club, said the most challenging part of his life was moving to Australia when he was 8 and returning to South Africa at age 17 because the COVID-19 pandemic limited his opportunities to compete. See the story HERE.

Mostly clear skies and hot Sunday

Heavener area weather forecast for Sunday calls for mostly clear skies and continued hot temperatures.

The high is forecast to be 95 degrees with a low of 74.

Sunrise was 6:07 a.m. Sunset is 8:36 p.m.

Saturday’s high was 95, the hottest temperature so far in 2025, with a low of 74. No rain was recorded, leaving the monthly total at 8.39 inches, well above June’s average rainfall of 3.90 inches.

Average temperatures for June 29 are a high of 92 and low of 64. Records for the date were a high of 101 in 1980 and a low of 58 in 1973.

Last year on June 29, the high was 95 with a low of 77.

Heavener area calendar of events

Heavener area calendar of events for the next week. The calendar is a free service for our readers. If you are with a non-profit and want an event publicized, email news@heavener.news.

Monday

LeFlore County commissioners meet 9 a.m.

Funeral services for Mary Ann Tate

Tuesday

Poteau Evening Lions Club meet 6 p.m. CASC

Wednesday

Poteau Rotary Club meets noon EOMC

Thursday

Poteau Kiwanis Club meets noon

Heavener City Council meets 6 p.m.

Heavener VFW bingo 6:30 p.m. Highway 59 North

Friday

Happy Fourth of July

LeFlore County historical society bingo

Poteau cruise night

Celebrate America in Poteau

Firework show at Choctaw Casino in Pocola

Saturday

Firework show at Wister Lake

Today in history

1995

U.S. space shuttle docks with Russian space station

On June 29, 1995, the American space shuttle Atlantis docks with the Russian space station Mir to form the largest man-made satellite ever to orbit the Earth. This historic moment of cooperation between former rival space programs was also the 100th human space mission in American history. At the... read more

American Revolution

1776

South Carolina’s Edward Rutledge opposes independence

Arts & Entertainment

1613

The Globe Theatre burns down

1956

Marilyn Monroe weds playwright Arthur Miller

1967

The Rolling Stones fight the law, and the law wins

1967

Actress Jayne Mansfield dies in car crash