“The Choctaw County Election Office appreciates John Chafin for all his years of dedicated service in the election office as the Assistant Secretary. We wish the happiest of new endeavors in his retirement and he will be greatly missed.

• Dates announced for 2026-2027 teacher workshops The Oklahoma Department of Transportation is helping teachers bring transportation- focused science, technology, engineering and math concepts into Oklahoma classrooms through free professional workshops and engaging hands-on activities, with dates...

From Oklahoma Watch Keaton Ross OKLAHOMA CITY — With less than a month until the Nov. 3 general election, the race to become Oklahoma’s next attorney general is heating up.

The office of Congressman Josh Brecheen is still accepting service academy nomination requests. The honor of attending a service academy comes with the obligation and commitment to serve in the military for a minimum of five years upon graduation.

By all reports that we have seen, President Trump’s visit last Thursday to Durant and Southeast Oklahoma was successful and well received.

OKLAHOMA CITY – Senators Bill Coleman, R-Ponca City, and Warren Hamilton, R-McCurtain, on Monday held an interim study to discuss solutions to water infrastructure and water quality challenges plaguing rural communities across the state.

Joshua 13 Land Still to Be Taken 1 When Joshua had grown old, the Lord said to him, “You are now very old, and there are still very large areas of land to be taken over. 2 “This is the land that remains: all the regions of the Philistines and Geshurites, 3 from the Shihor River on the east of...

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Funeral services for Charles “Charlie” Thomas Little, of Valliant, Okla., were held Friday, Oct. 2, 2026 at Miller & Miller Funeral Home.