• Through the Work@ Health Program OKLAHOMA CITY – Productivity losses related to personal and family health problems cost U.S. employers more than $225 billion every year.

Choctaw County Republicans will hold its 2024 Precinct Meetings & County Convention from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 24, 2024 at the Sawyer Community Center. Please note, registration opens at 9:30 a.m. and closes at 10:15. No one will be admitted after 10:15 a.m. A voter card or a state issued photo ID is required, voter’s name must be listed on the register, and registration date must be before Jan. 24, 2024. Delegates will be elected to the Republican State Convention on May 3-4, 2024, in OKC. Exact location TBA.

Felony 027 – Tori Lanee Scott: Harboring a fugitive from justice. 028 – Rylee Allen Finch: Bail jumping.

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The University of Central Oklahoma recently announced the students named to the university’s honor rolls, a distinction given to those who achieve the highest academic standards. For the fall 2023 semester, 1,666 students were named to the President’s Honor Roll, an honor achieved by those who recorded a “straight-A” or 4.0 GPA.

Oklahoma senior citizens, caregivers, and those interested in matters affecting aging Oklahomans are invited to the State Capitol for Senior Day on Monday, March 11. Attendees will have the opportunity to share ideas, needs and concerns with their state lawmakers, visit with organizations and state agencies to learn about services for older Oklahomans, and learn about current legislation that may affect older Oklahomans.

A series of findings from the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation could someday lead to extending the female reproductive period. Menopause officially signals the end of female fertility, but for most women, ovaries begin their downswing around age 35 –– years before their menstrual cycle ends.

Early voting is available Thursday, Feb. 8, and Friday, Feb. 9, from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. at the County Election Board, located at 300 E. Duke St., on the ground floor of the County Courthouse across from the Sheriff’s Office. Early voting is not available at polling locations.

My name is Michele Frazier. I am the fourth of my parents’ five children, and I grew up in the little country community of Union Grove right outside of Haworth. Growing up in Union Grove was where I learned firsthand the importance of being civic-minded and helping others. My parents and the other adults in this small, tight-knit community modeled what it meant to be neighbors helping neighbors.

I am Carzelle Smith. I have been a resident of this community all of my life –– was raised on the south side town.