With summer in full swing, thousands of Oklahomans are heading outdoors for work, adventure, and recreation on ATVs (All-Terrain Vehicles) and ROVs (Recreational Off-Highway Vehicles). As trail activity increases, safety experts are urging riders to make every ride a safe one –– because wearing a helmet and practicing responsible riding can prevent life-altering injuries and save lives.

FORT TOWSON –– The Fort Towson Historic Site will host a nighttime artillery firing on Saturday, July 12, from 7:45-9 p.m. The cost for the event is $10 per person.

Oklahoma Human Services recently debuted a new website — Guardianship and Alternative Options, to equip Oklahoma families, people with disabilities, and professionals in the caregiving field with essential information about caregiving options that promote independence and self-determination. This site was constructed with support from a Bridging Aging and DD Networks grant awarded through the National Association for Councils on Developmental Disabilities (NACDD). The Oklahoma State Alliance Team, which is comprised of many organizations and individuals from across the state, also officered support for this project.

A serious digestive disease appears to be connected to lymphatic function, scientists at the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation have determined. If confirmed through further research, the discovery by Sathish Srinivasan, Ph.D., and Xin Geng, Ph.D., could eventually lead to a new drug to treat or perhaps even prevent Crohn’s disease.

Joshua 22 15 When they went to Gilead— to Reuben, Gad and the halftribe of Manasseh—they said to them: 16 “The whole assembly of the Lord says: ‘How could you break faith with the God of Israel like this? How could you turn away from the Lord and build yourselves an altar in rebellion against him now? 17 Was not the sin of Peor enough for us? Up to this very day we have not cleansed ourselves from that sin, even though a plague fell on the community of the Lord! 18 And are you now turning away from the Lord? “ ‘If you rebel against the Lord today, tomorrow he will be angry with the whole community of Israel. 19 If the land you possess is defiled, come over to the Lord’s land, where the Lord’s tabernacle stands, and share the land with us.

12 So Manoah asked him, “When your words are fulfilled, what is to be the rule that governs the boy’s life and work?” 13 The angel of the Lord answered, “Your wife must do all that I have told her. 14 She must not eat anything that comes from the grapevine, nor drink any wine or other fermented drink nor eat anything unclean.

Soper Homecoming festivities draw large crowd

KERRVILLE, Texas — A 500-year flash flood in the Texas Hill Country has taken more than 100 lives, many children attending a summer church camp in Kerr County. The National Weather Service categorized the unprecedented rainfall as “the perfect storm,” and said it could have amounted to as much as 16 inches of rainfall in less than one day, sending a wall of water down normally lazy and pristine rivers and streams.