As Missouri-based Mansion Entertainment Group attempts to tweak the design of the $2 billion American Heartland Theme Park and Resort it has proposed near Vinita, a Canadian firm hired to design the massive project has filed a lien claiming it is owed nearly $5.5 million from unpaid invoices. The filing comes as the Oklahoma Legislature continues to consider a $35 million request from the city of Vinita for water infrastructure upgrades to accommodate the project.

The Ladies Frisco Cemetery Association met recently for a luncheon at a Yukon restaurant.

The organization is celebrating 108 years.

President Pat McDaniel conducted the meeting. She welcomed everyone and called upon Mary Culver to read minutes of the December meeting as well as the treasury report.

The ladies discussed a newly installed bulletin board at the cemetery in a display case built by Cotton Ruzicka, chairman of the Frisco Cemetery Board.

It shows all the burial plots at Frisco Cemetery.

The 2024 Okarche High School baccalaureate program was held recently in the school gymnasium.

The program was hosted by the Okarche Apron Annies OHCE.