Despite the challenges they faced to complete their education during a global pandemic, 220 Eastern Oklahoma State College students have earned their associate degree or certificate this year. Eastern’s 2021 graduates listed by county include: Choctaw County Kallie L.

Happy Birthday to Edward Roberts (July 31)! Students report to school on: Boswell: Aug. 2.

It has been common knowledge for years that all major developing countries have possessed the ability to conduct germ warfare. The Wuhan crisis is no exception. Was a virus created in the lab and deliberately leaked into the local wet markets for experimentation on the people of Wuhan? This is totally consistent with China’s poor record on civil rights and its complete lack of concern for all of the Chinese people. The virus created in Wuhan is by no means a poor reflection on all Asians especially Asia-Americans It is simply a reaffirmation of the Communist Chinese Government’s unconscionable disdain for human life. They are the ones to blame.

The Department of Veterans Affairs will require its health care employees to receive the COVID-19 vaccine, becoming the first major federal agency to implement such a mandate. “We’re mandating vaccines for Title 38 employees because it’s the best way to keep Veterans safe, especially as the Delta variant spreads across the country,” Veterans Affairs Secretary Denis McDonough said in a statement.

Melody Ann King, of Sawyer, Okla., passed away July 21, 2021, at the age of 54. Melody was born on Jan.