DURANT –– Scholars from the inaugural cohort of the McNair Scholars Program at Southeastern Oklahoma State University recently presented their summer research projects at a banquet celebrating the initial year of the prestigious program.

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The former president of the Choctaw County Library, Inc. Board of Directors pleaded guilty to one count of embezzlement last week, according to court documents.

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was alive with activity last Thursday night as Hugo kicked off the preseason with a few Buffalo traditions. The evening started with the annual pie auction fundraiser where fans and family members can pay for the chance to smack their favorite player or cheerleader in the face with a pie tin full of whipped cream. The event went on for nearly an hour and a half, with next to no one coming away unscathed.

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DURANT –– Southeastern Oklahoma State University has announced the launch of six new degree programs, which will be available in the Fall II term. Of the six new degree programs, three are undergraduate degrees and three are graduate degrees.

By Andy and Renie Bowman Comments to: andybowman839@gmail.com Coffeetimecolumn. com We all know how it feels to have done it. We wanted to be brave, but at the last minute we pulled up stakes and ran for the hills. Our selfpreservation the only thing on our chickenliver minds. Then we spend the rest of our life beating ourself up for not saying or doing what was right. And also trying to outrun that self-defeating feeling inside that somehow, we are “less-than.”

Vertrice Mae Smith was born March 8, 1929 to Royal and Edith (Cremean) Waller in Lima, Ohio. She passed away Aug.