OKLAHOMA CITY – In an effort to return local control to Oklahoma schools, Sen. David Bullard, RDurant, recently filed legislation to repeal the state’s minimum salary schedule for teachers.

Funeral services for Emma Jean Flax, of San Diego, Calif., will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday, Jan.

Funeral services for John Henry Coleman, of Hugo, Okla., will be held at 1 p.m. Saturday, Jan.

Our Blood Institute is in critical need of type O blood donors, with supplies of both O-positive and O-negative blood at low levels following the holidays. With patients living in the balance every day, O donors are needed now to support hospitals and emergency responders.

“Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable.” — John. F.

OKLAHOMA CITY – Rep. Justin Humphrey, R-Lane, has submitted a letter to President Donald J. Trump, congratulating him on what he termed the “triumphant incursion of Venezuela and the capture of Nicolas Maduro.”

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said that acquiring Greenland is “essential” to U.S. national security and that an impending “fight for the Arctic” is real.

The Justice Department says the agency is investigating an incident in Minnesota on Sunday in which demonstrators disrupted a church service because they believed the pastor has ties to Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

the point With about three weeks remaining before Hugo voters fill a nagging vacancy on the city’s governing council, the political wates are getting a bit warmer. As an engaged observer in local politics for a little more than a half-century, I see a number of similarities in campaign styles among the candidates, and I also see the possibility of the “silent” vote having an impact on this election.

The Oklahoma Rodeo Pageants Council is announcing major changes to the format for the Miss Rodeo Oklahoma competition scheduled for June 9–12, 2026, in Woodward, Okla. The changes are designed to make the pageant more attractive and affordable to contestants across its four age divisions.