National Farmers Market Week, Aug. 3 to 9, is the perfect time for Oklahomans to explore their local farmers markets. Shape Your Future, a program of the Tobacco Settlement Endowment Trust (TSET), provides resources to make visits easier and more enjoyable. ShapeYour-FutureOK.com has fun, family-friendly farmers market activities as well as tips, ideas and inspiration for choosing fresh, local produce.

Patricia Joann (Morehead) Marsh Funeral services for Patricia Joann (Morehead) Marsh, of Fort Towson, Okla., were held Aug. 3, 2025 at Miller & Miller Funeral Home.

Clara Sue (Scott) Hearn, of Muskogee, Okla., passed away July 29, 2025, at the age of 56. Clara Sue (Scott) Hearn was born on May 5, 1969 in Hugo, Okla., to Columbus “Boo” Eugene Scott and Ruth Ella (Walkup) Scott.

Memorial services for Cathy Jane (Wilhite) Spalton were held July 31, 2025 at Old Church Cemetery in Bennington, Okla. Cathy Jane (Wilhite) Spalton, 72, went to be with the Lord on July 23, 2025, passing at her home in Indio, Calif., surrounded by her loving family.

Memorial services for Carrie May Byrd, of Hugo, Okla., will be held at 2 p.m. Aug.

to point Publisher I suppose it is normal for someone to ask themselves the question: “What would the world look like if so-and-so had never lived?” There are obvious answers, such as the absence of their children and their children’s children... and the cascading and exponential effects they all would have had.

House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer has issued deposition subpoenas for former President Bill Clinton and first lady Hillary Clinton in connection with the panel’s probe related to the “horrific crimes perpetrated by Jeffrey Epstein.”

Breitbart News has reported that 48 individuals have been arrested following what Uthmeier’s office described as a “six-day undercover operation targeting online child predators.” A press release notes that this marks the “highest number of arrests ever made during this annual joint effort to protect Florida children from exploitation and abuse.”

After a great amount of negative feedback from sportsman across Oklahoma, the Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation has reportedly dropped a recent rule that would require sportsmen to notify the ODWC via computer or phone app whenever they intended to hunt or fish on a state managed WMA or property.

Greetings! I’m “out of season,” but there’s something I want to say, and it may go over like a pregnant high jumper. There’s too many child participation trophies. And, how in the world do you really “win state” and get state championship rings when you’re just 9/10 years old? Come on!