• Nearly 120,000 people began receiving full Medicaid benefits on July 1 The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced recently that approximately 190,000 individuals between the ages of 19-64 in Oklahoma are now eligible for health coverage, thanks to Medicaid expansion made possible by the Affordable Care Act (ACA). On June 1, 2021, the state began accepting applications, and to date, more than 120,000 people have applied for and were determined eligible to receive coverage.

Like a total eclipse of the sun or rare blood moon, the mass emergence of periodical cicadas is a natural phenomenon that piques interest worldwide. While the 17-year cicada is crawling above ground now on the East Coast and in the upper Midwest, state Extension specialists say Oklahoma is in the clear.

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The University of Central Oklahoma (UCO) honors local student Madelynn Dancer as Class Marshal for the 2021 College of Business spring graduating class. Students earn the title of Class Marshal for achieving the highest academic records within their colleges during their time at Central.

Baylor University celebrated more than 7,500 graduates of the Classes of 2020 and 2021 during six in-person commencement ceremonies May 6-8 at McLane Stadium on the banks of the Brazos River. President Linda A.

Hugo Chapel Baptist Church will have its annual Usher’s Program at 3 p.m Sunday, July 18 with the Rev. Roylia Akins. Special guests include the Rev. Clevondo Benson and Corinth Baptist Church family. The public is invited.

It looks like we’re going to be suffering through heat index values near 100 degrees every day this week and through the weekend and the actual high temperatures will be in the mid-to-upper 90s, so it will even be hot under a shade tree I’m afraid! Much of the week will be sunny but we could pick up a few scattered thunderstorms by the weekend. There is no sign of that terrible heatwave the western United States has been suffering with. It is going to come our way in the next two weeks, but there is lots of summer remaining. The temperature hit 130 degrees in Death Valley, Calif., this past weekend.

FORT TOWSON –– On July 2, Jennifer and LaTisa Davidson, owners of Jenna’s Concessions, received a $5,000 forgivable loan from Choctaw Nation Small Business Development (CSBD) and the Choctaw Development Fund.