According to Choctaw County Sheriff Terry Park, Brandon Peters (left) was last seen Sunday near Rattan Landing. He was seen carrying a raft and a tent. His bike was located at Salt Creek Boat Ramp. Sheriff Park said it is possible he needs medical attention.

Nan Isht Aiyukpa, which is “Blessings” in Choctaw, is the newest program offered by Choctaw Nation Health Services Authority’s Nutrition Department. To start, this program will be offered to all Choctaw children who qualify for free or reduced-price lunches in Atoka, Bryan, Choctaw, Coal, Hughes and McCurtain counties.

• Early voting to be held Thursday, April 1 through Friday, April 2 at the County Election Office The deadline to request absentee ballots by mail is approaching. Applications must be received by the County Election Board no later than 5 p.m.

Oklahoma residents who may have questions about insurance coverage offered through the Marketplace are encouraged to pose their questions to certified navigators who are on board at regional Legal Aid Offices across the state, including Hugo.

• OSDH makes updates to online dashboard of COVID-19 data OKLAHOMA CITY — The Oklahoma State Department of Health issued the following statement regarding updates to the state’s COVID-19 data dashboard on the OSDH website: “A number of changes have been made, starting this week, to the state’s COVID-19 data dashboard. These changes are intended to better represent Oklahoma’s COVID-19 data to the public,” said Joli Stone, Deputy State Epidemiologist.

Friday, March 26 Pork Chops Mashed Potatoes Fried Okra Rolls Jello with Fruit Cocktail Wednesday, March 24 Roast Beef & Gravy Black-Eyed Peas Potato Wedges Corn Bread Peanut Butter Cookies.

Showers and thunderstorms will be on the increase from Wednesday into Thursday as a cold front moves across our area, but once this front is gone we are going to have some fantastic weather from Friday through the weekend. High temperatures will be in the 70s and we might even come close to 80 degrees on Saturday.

Since we passed the March 11 deadline to advance bills that originated in our chamber, we’re now focusing on reviewing House bills that were approved in their chamber and assigning them to our Senate committees. We sent roughly 450 measures to the House, and they sent approximately 420 to our chamber. We’ll spend the next three weeks hearing these in committee.

Mexican cartels are getting stronger as the Biden administration weakens security at the border, according to several current and former law enforcement officials. Most cartel violence occurs in Mexico as different factions fight for territory along the border into the United States.

Who would challenge the fact that our world today has gotten much smaller than at any time in its history. Not physically smaller, of course, but smaller in the sense that we can communicate and interrelate with people and businesses in other nations around the world in a matter of seconds...