Life lessons I learned from my life as an east Texas pastor. One evening as I was taking my daily walk around and through the cemetery by the Old Palestine Baptist Church, I was walking on FM 2610 in front of the church, praying and looking at the beautiful pond when I looked down and saw a crack in the asphalt.

The Oklahoma Aerospace Institute for Research and Education (OAIRE) has partnered with uAvionix to help enable Beyond Visual Line of Sight (BVLOS) drone operations at the new Skyway Range. A provider of avionics solutions and infrastructure services for uncrewed and crewed aircraft, uAvionix will play a key role in developing Skyway Range in Oklahoma, according to OAIRE officials.

Good news: This year’s flu vaccine appears to be particularly effective at preventing severe cases. Bad news: Only about 40% of Americans eligible for flu shots have received one.

Any registered voter who wants absentee ballots mailed to them for elections in 2024 may request absentee ballots for a specific election or for a full calendar year. No excuse is needed to vote by absentee ballot. There are many ways to apply. For many voters the easiest way to apply is online through the State Election Board’s OK Voter Portal. Voters may also fill out an application at the County Election Board or simply write us a letter.

hustles the basketball up the floor for the Hugo Buffaloes in their recent games in the Oklahoma City Star Spencer tournament. Benson and the Buffaloes will tip-off Thursday, Dec. 28 in the Idabel Winter Classic at 5:45 p.m. against Tulsa KIPP.

First Assembly of God, 1176 US 271 South. Pastors Barbara and Keithen Brown, hugolstog@yahoo.com.

During My Daily Devotional God showed me this scritpture. Philipians 3:13: “Brethren, I count not my self to have apprehended: but this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before:” Today I want to leave the past behind and latch onto the future.

We are hopeful that while the national secret agencies battle the bad guys in the shadows, things right here in Choctaw County will just get better and better. We have a number of positive business developments coming our way, and we should be making as many preparations as possible to educate and train a capable workforce that businesses need to function.

The National Institutes of Health has awarded an Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation scientist $2.9 million to better understand how genetic variants contribute to the autoimmune disease lupus. Scientists discovered the connection between genetic variations and lupus more than half a century ago.

the point Publisher year... The week after Christmas and before New Years has always been a funky week for me.