Happy? Maybe you are and maybe you’re not. But, one thing is certain, you have the right to try to be happy.

Congressman Frank Lucas (OK-03) released the following statement after the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced $55.2 million in competitive grant funding available through the new Meat and Poultry Inspection Readiness Grant (MPIRG) program.

OKLAHOMA CITY –– The U.S. Supreme Court today delivered a victory for property owners when it reversed a lower court’s decision regarding a California labor regulation on farmers.

DURANT –– Choctaw Nation Health Services Authority (CNHSA) is partnering with Rural Health Network of Oklahoma to bring Pfizer COVID-19 vaccination to the rural communities of Antlers and Hugo, Okla. On July 10, 2021 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., teams will be available in the cities to give the vaccine to anyone 12 years old and older.

For years, the terms “Alzheimer’s” and “dementia” have been used interchangeably. But the difference between them is important, say experts at the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, with no better time to learn than June: Alzheimer’s and Brain Awareness Month.

Coach Gross: “We have taken kids to skill camps, o line camps, the Southeastern Showcase, and had a lift-a-thon fundraiser last Friday. “We will be doing a ‘Buffaloe Camp’ on July 10.

The Reds 2021 Hugo Babe Ruth League Peewee Champions. Front row (l to r): Da’Travion’tae Guess, Mason Moore, Cole Flanagan and Hunter Roper.

2021 Record 35 wins 11 losses as a 12U Major World Series Record 5 wins 0 losses, scoring 69 runs and only allowing 10 runs World Series Event – June 16-19 in Gulf Shores, Ala. Names of Players in picture at right: Kneeling left – Cy Ammons Standing L-R Kenten Ladd Koal Branton – Coach JE Ellis Shade Cody DJ Alberda Drake Howard Holdan Robinson Nick Cody – Coach Tryan Teague Kobe Tabor Kneeling Right – Kane Branton Max Duncan – not pictured Charlie Duncan - Coach not pictured.

Kollin Edge, 18. Floyd Payne, 66.

PUSHMATAHA COUNTY –– An Antlers, Okla., man expired at the scene of a one-vehicle accident Friday evening on County Road N4220, five miles east of Antlers. According to reports from the Oklahoma Highway Patrol, Joshua Brown, 35, was southbound on CR N4220 when he departed the roadway to the right, overcorrected and crossed the center line.