Poteau Daily News

10/21/2025

We will feature youth deer hunt weekend photos on our outdoors page on Thursday.
Please send photos to [email protected] and include the child's name, location of the kill and how many points (if it was a buck) or submit in the comments.

10/21/2025

Arkoma moves football homecoming night to Thursday.

Arkoma moved up its football homecoming night from Friday to Thursday. The Mustangs (3-4, 1-1 District B-II-4) will host Foyil (5-2, 2-1 District B-I-3) in a non-district matchup with the

10/21/2025

OSBI is investigating an officer-involved shooting that occured on Saturday.

The LeFlore County Sheriff's Office requested on Saturday that the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation lend itself to an officer-involved shooting that occurred in Bokoshe. At around 12:30 p.m. that

10/21/2025

Howe's Kadynce Delt pitched far more strikeouts than others this season. Wister's Adi Higdon led in strike rate.

Wister freshman Adi Higdon led LeFlore County area pitchers in strike rate this season. Howe senior Kadynce Delt was by far the top strikeout pitcher. One of the most improved

10/21/2025

Here's our photo gallery from Pocola vs. Chouteau-Mazie football on Thursday.

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10/21/2025

Here's our Poteau BalloonFest photo gallery.

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10/19/2025

Congratulations to Wister's girls, Heavener and Poteau's boys and Panama's Heidi McGuire for qualifying for state with Wister's Aaliyah Nix winning her regional race!

Wister's Aaliyah Nix was the Class A girls champion in the cross-country regional at Nichols Park in Henryetta on Saturday. Nix won the two-mile race in 12:43, beating Rebecca Peterson

10/19/2025

DadForce has taken the stage at Poteau BalloonFest.

DadForce performs "All the Small Things" by Blink-182 at Poteau BalloonFest on October 18, 2025.

10/18/2025

Gates will reopen here at the Poteau BalloonFest at 5 p.m. with carnival rides, barbecue tasting, live music and more. Balloon glow is expected (not guaranteed) at 7 p.m.

10/18/2025

It has been a pleasure to have had four candidates for Oklahoma governor visit Poteau thus far. We look forward to any campaign visits from now until November 2026.

Through mid-October, with a little more than a year to go in the race for Oklahoma governor, four candidates for governor have already visited Poteau.

10/17/2025

Cyndi Munson, a candidate for governor, sits down for an interview at Poteau BalloonFest.

Cyndi Munson, the Democratic leader of the state House and presently the only Democrat in the race for the 2026 governor election, came to the Poteau BalloonFest on Friday. After

10/17/2025

Here's our video clip of knights clashing at Poteau BalloonFest.

Tyler and Austin Bailey duel at the Tulsa Tyrants in Fighting Armor arena at Poteau BalloonFest on October 17, 2025.