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“We are fast approaching the stage…where the government is free to do anything it pleases, while the citizens may act only by permission.” — Ayn Rand.

OKLAHOMA CITY — Oklahoma State Auditor & Inspector (SA&I) Cindy Byrd has released her forensic audit report for the Seminole County Sheriff’s Office. The District Attorney requested the SA&I to investigate the financial activity of the Sheriff’s Office.

Oklahoma Watch In a House Criminal Justice and Corrections Committee meeting last week, Chairman Justin “JJ” Humphrey, R-Lane, presented two Oklahomans who said they were blackmailed by Department of Corrections inmates, that their relative was beaten or raped and that they were threatened with...

As we put February in the history book and enjoy some unseasonably warm weather, most of the folks here in Southeast Oklahoma are cranking up their expectations for another beautiful spring season.

Oklahoma Department of Rehabilitation Services will host People with Disabilities Awareness Day on March 5. The event brings hundreds of people with disabilities, their families and their supporters together and will again be held at the Oklahoma History Center.

Shape Your Future, a program of the Tobacco Settlement Endowment Trust (TSET), is offering resources on nutrition and health to Oklahomans ahead of National Nutrition Month in March.

Funeral services for Billy Shad Greenwalt, of Hugo, Okla., were held at 2 p.m. Feb. 27, 2024 at Miller & Miller Funeral Home. Billy Shad Greenwalt, 51, passed on from this life on Feb. 23, 2024, in Hugo, Okla., surrounded by his loving family.

Memorial services for Brenda Alene (Trapp) Vanderburg, of Valliant, Okla., will be held at 2 p.m. Friday, March 1, 2024 at Miller & Miller Funeral Home in Valliant. Brenda passed away Feb. 24, 2024, at the age of 60.

• March 5: Movie “I Still Believe” Antlers Move Theater at 6 p.m. • March 14: Brotherhood Meeting FBC Rattan at 7 p.m.