report having a substance abuse disorder. Additionally, approximately 300 Oklahomans are admitted for urgent care or crisis mental health services. In the past year, 4.1% of adults in Oklahoma had serious thoughts of suicide, with one in 10 students reporting attempting suicide in the past 12 months.

HUGO — Sixteen Practical Nursing students graduated from Kiamichi Tech - Hugo on June 29, 2023. According to program director, Shelly Swalley, Practical Nursing graduates complete 1,508 hours of class time and clinical hours.

Alleged market manipulation during Winter Storm Uri may have been illegal... OKLAHOMA CITY — Attorney General Gentner Drummond has announced that he may take legal action against various entities he believes to be responsible for market manipulation and other potentially unlawful conduct related to Winter Storm Uri.

FORT TOWSON — On Sat., July 22, from 1-3 p.m., the Choctaw Nation’s “Growing Hope” program will be highlighted by the Fort Towson Historic Site. The program focuses on heirloom seeds that came through the Trail of Tears by the Choctaw people when they were forcibly removed to the state.

OKLAHOMA CITY – Corporation Commissioner Kim David today released a statement following the announcement from Attorney General Gentner Drummond relating to his office’s investigation of Winter Storm Uri.

Constitution Minute #45 Let’s do a quick summary of principle points we have covered in the previous columns: • To understand the Constitution, you need to understand the concept of “enumerated” powers, i.e. if a power is not listed, then the federal government has no authority to regulate that subject.

OKLAHOMA CITY — The Oklahoma State Election Board has re-launched its new Online Voter Registration System, State Election Board Secretary Paul Ziriax (pronounced ZEER’-iks) announced. The new online system allows individuals to complete and submit a Voter Registration Application electronically following a match of data from the applicant’s Oklahoma Driver License or State Identification Card.

Do this one. (If your spouse is a bit squeamish, then best accomplish this without them being in the kitchen) Catch a live toad. Fill a large pan with cool water and place the pan on the stove. Put the toad in the pan and then turn the burner on to low heat. The innocent soon-to-be-in-danger toad will sit contentedly in that water, never dreaming that his nice, personal paradise will begin to heat up and his lovely new home will steadily turn into a personal pit of death. He will sit there enjoying his little pond, not recognizing that is getting warmer, then entirely too warm, and then eventually will cook him to death.