DURANT — Former Texas Ranger and Baseball Hall of Famer Ivan “Pudge” Rodriguez will be at Choctaw Casino & Resort – Durant for a meet-and-greet with fans on July 12. Fans can meet Rodriguez and the first 200 will have an opportunity to receive a photo autographed by the Texas Ranger legend.

The following new state laws have been approved by the Oklahoma Legislature and signed into law by Gov. Kevin Stitt • HB 3462 by Reps.

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Atonement for an Unsolved Murder 1 If someone is found slain, lying in a field in the land the Lord your God is giving you to possess, and it is not known who the killer was, 2 your elders and judges shall go out and measure the distance from the body to the neighboring towns. 3 Then the elders of the town nearest the body shall take a heifer that has never been worked and has never worn a yoke 4 and lead it down to a valley that has not been plowed or planted and where there is a flowing stream. There in the valley they are to break the heifer’s neck. 5 The Levitical priests shall step forward, for the Lord your God has chosen them to minister and to pronounce blessings in the name of the Lord and to decide all cases of dispute and assault. 6 Then all the elders of the town nearest the body shall wash their hands over the heifer whose neck was broken in the valley, 7 and they shall declare: “Our hands did not shed this blood, nor did our eyes see it done. 8 Accept this atonement for your people Israel, whom you have redeemed, Lord, and do not hold your people guilty of the blood of an innocent person.” Then the bloodshed will be atoned for, 9 and you will have purged from yourselves the guilt of shedding innocent blood, since you have done what is right in the eyes of the Lord.

From NEWSMAX and CNN reports... As the Democrats’ pressure on Joe Biden to step aside continues following the first presidential debate on June 27, several ranking lawmakers on Sunday told House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries that the president needs to step aside, CNN reported.

Recently, I have watched State Superintendent Ryan Walters’ courageous actions to return teachings of the Bible and Ten Commandments back into our public schools. I admire our State Superintendent’s openness and transparency. Regardless of how you feel about Supt. Walters, or the debate on should schools teach biblical principles, you must admit Ryan Walters is bold and is willing to address very difficult matters.

Publisher The rapid growth of “artificial intelligence” has made it almost impossible to make a determination as to whether a broadcast or recording is real... or fake.

The Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma celebrates five graduates from the Family Medicine Residency Program this summer. Doctors Henry Gutierrez, Zachary Cruse, Shanell Gray, Patrick McIntosh, and Daniel Stacy finish their threeyear residency with Choctaw Nation and four are remaining on as a physician with Choctaw Nation Health Services.

Memorial services for Kim Marie (Webb) Bertelson, of Antlers, Okla., will be at 1 p.m. July 12, 2024 at Miller & Miller Funeral Home.

Kendyll Carter, of Wright City, Okla., passed away July 4, 2024 in Sherman, Texas, at the age of 40. Kendyll was born Oct.