The first Thanksgiving on American soil probably occurred in May 1541 near Canyon, Texas, where Father Juan de Padilla said Mass for an army of 1,500 soldiers under conquistador Francisco Vasquez de Coronado. Or it may have occurred on September 8, 1565, when Father Francisco Lopez said a Mass for the 800 newly-arrived Spanish colonists in St. Augustine, Florida. Or among the English, the leader of the settlers who landed at Berkeley Hundred (in present-day Henrico County, Virginia) on December 4, 1619, commanded that: “We ordain that this day of our ships’ arrival, at the place assigned for plantation, in the land of Virginia, shall be yearly and perpetually kept holy as a day of Thanksgiving for Almighty God.”

SAN FRANCISCO — Another mob of looters targeted several San Francisco Bay Area retailers on Sunday night, marking the third such incident in as many days. Police told CBS San Francisco that they responded to the multiple calls of smash-and-grab looting incidents at the Southland Mall in Hayward, located south of Oakland and north of San Jose.

The chairman of the House Judiciary Committee Jerry Nadler (D-N.Y.) is urging the Department of Justice to charge Kyle Rittenhouse after he was found not guilty by Wisconsin jurors on Friday on all five counts in the deaths of two men during Black Lives Matter protests and riots in Kenosha in August 2020.

If someone were to ask you how you would sum up the past 2-3 years in a couple of short sentences, what would you write? If you have been able to evade the world COVID pandemic, you should consider yourself fortunate. If you and your family have been able to maintain your basic health — apart from COVID...

Mary Donna Luna came into this world May 18, 1946, born on the Luna family homeplace near Swink, Okla., to Millard(Bigun) Luna and Okemah Henthorne Luna. She married Dewey Ray Coffey, blending their families, on May 1, 1979. Donna departed this life Nov. 13, 2021 in Dallas, Texas. She was preceded in death by Dewey; her parents and her brother, Glen Luna.

Jessie Newal Hamill Fondy was born on June 8, 1943, in Hugo, Okla., to Jess Newton and Modell (Kizer) Hamill. She was preceded in death by her parents. She went to her final resting place on Sunday, Nov. 14, 2021, in Paris, Texas, at the age of 78.

Funeral services for John Paul Lundry, of Fort Towson, Okla., were held at 2 p.m. Tuesday, Nov.

DURANT –– For the second year in a row, Southeastern Oklahoma State University is inviting everyone to a “new’’ holiday tradition– the “Loop of Lights’’ drive-thru event. This new tradition was originated last year, with lights and decorations displayed around the campus loop.

By Andy and Renie Bowman Comments to: andybowman839@gmail.com Coffeetimecolumn.com An old man wakened to the grandfather clock in the hall chiming the hour. But when he heard 11-12-13-14 chimes, he quickly rolled over to shake his sleeping wife.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced the Fiscal Year (FY) 2022 scholarship application cycle for the USDA 1890 National Scholars Program and the 1994 Tribal Scholars Program. These partnerships with the 19 1890 landgrant universities and 35 tribal colleges and universities are among USDA’s efforts to develop the next generation of food and agriculture leaders and build an agriculture workforce that is more representative of America. These scholarship programs are administered through USDA’s Office of Partnerships and Public Engagement (OPPE).