It is getting hotter throughout the week with high temperatures climbing from the upper- 90s during the middle of the week to 103 degrees on Saturday. No rain in the forecast for the next five to seven days.

Fort Towson Homecoming Princess Pageant results: • Princess, Talent Winner, Photogenic Winner: Acelee Ellis (pictured in red). • Junior Princess: Kamryn Earnest (pictured in peach).

Today’s Scripture: “For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.” John 3:16.

Raymond Gary Lake Association’s Independence Day celebration will be held July 4 with the annual firework show at Lake Raymond Gary State Park. This free firework show starts at sundown.

DURANT – A self-term limited former State Senator, Josh Brecheen, running for Oklahoma’s 2nd District Congressional seat has been targeted by an out-of-state “dark money political group” in the last week leading up to the June 28 primary elections.

OKLAHOMA CITY — Attorney General John O’Connor filed charges consistent with a multi-county grand jury indictment against two Oklahoma attorneys accused of facilitating illegal medical marijuana operations.

It’s becoming more and more apparent to this writer exactly how politics attempts... and actually does seek to run your life.

Paula “Sharon” Marunde, age 75, of Blanchardville, Wis,, passed away on Jan. 19, 2022 at St. Mary’s Hospital in Madison, Wis., with her children and love of her life by her side. She was born in Oklahoma City on Aug. 29, 1946, the youngest daughter of Cara E. and Mandy (Shults) Jones.

Funeral services for Jean Jordan Priddy, of Fort Towson, Okla., were held at 10 a.m. June 17, 2022 at Sobol Baptist Church.

Funeral services for Daisy Lamm Herd, of Sand Springs, Okla., were held at 2 p.m. Friday, June 17, 2022 at Miller & Miller Funeral Home.