Hofmeister draws fire amid OSDE audit

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Oklahoma Secretary of Education Ryan Walters has prevailed in a face-off with State Superintendent of Public Instruction Joy Hofmeister regarding millions of dollars in state spending with Hofmeister belatedly agreeing to provide more transparency.

Public Records

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Felony 052 – Dennis Wayne Hider: Abuse/exploitation/neglect of vulnerable adult. Misdemeanor 054 – Luke Austin Cody: Protective order violation.

Home Health funding threatened...

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Dear Editor, As a home health professional, I have seen firsthand how the clinically advanced, costeffective care we provide helps the homebound members of our community. That’s why I was so disappointed to see that Medicare has proposed cuts to home health once again.

Choctaw Nation announces 2022 Labor Day plans

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The 2022 Choctaw Nation Labor Day Festival will return this year after being canceled for two years due to the pandemic. The festival will take place on the Tvshka Homma Capitol Grounds Sept. 2 through Sept. 4.

OSSAA under study by St. Representative

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OKLAHOMA CITY – Rep. Ty Burns, R-Pawnee, will hold an interim study this fall before the House Common Education Committee investigating the Oklahoma Secondary Schools Activities Association (OSSAA). A date for the study has not yet been set.

Issues that matter...

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Newspaper reporters and editors are occasionally singled out by our readers who have specific things (often confidential) they want to tell us. Those “things” run the gamut from someone stealing money from a public body, to having large silent UFOs hovering around their property.
Issues

Jimmy Lee Walker

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Funeral services for Jimmy Lee Walker, of Hugo, Okla., were held at 10 a.m. July 25, 2022 at Miller & Miller Funeral Home.
Jimmy Lee Walker

Dianna Lynn Corgill

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Funeral services for Dianna Lynn Corgill, of Fort Towson, Okla., were held at 10 a.m. Tuesday, July 26, 2022 at Miller & Miller Funeral Home.
Dianna Lynn Corgill