Once a person is determined to have a malignant tumor or the diagnosis of breast cancer, tests are done to find out if cancer cells have spread within the breast or to other parts of the body.

When it comes to breast cancer, there are some risk factors that you can’t control, such as your age and genetics. But there are other risk factors that are in your power to control.

There is a lot of misinformation out there resulting in common breast cancer myths. Make sure you know the truth behind these common misconceptions.

Knowing how your breasts normally look and feel is an important part of breast health. Although having regular screening tests for breast cancer is important, mammograms do not find every breast cancer.

• Texas & Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association Special Rangers aid in investigation FORT WORTH –– Love County resident, Joshua Dale Parsons, was convicted and sentenced in Sept. on one count of Larceny of Domestic Animal (horse) and one count of Knowingly Concealing or Receiving Stolen Property.

U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Rural Development Oklahoma State Director Kenneth Corn announced that USDA began accepting applications starting on Oct. 1 for grants to help agricultural producers and rural small businesses invest in renewable energy systems and make energy-efficiency...

OKLAHOMA CITY –– Could the state’s evaluation system for ranking the performance of public schools be improved? That was the topic of an interim study held Monday in the Senate Education Committee, requested by former educator, Sen. Jo Anna Dossett.

MUSKOGEE –– The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that Zachary Carlton Ty Capps, age 28, of Idabel, Okla., pleaded guilty to charges in a superseding indictment related to the murder of an Idabel resident.

107 – Kyle Wayne Eastwood: Assault and battery with a dangerous weapon. 108 – Percy Wayne Dunklin: Possession of cell phone or electronic device in penal institution.

If any of you lacks wisdom, he should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to him. James 1:5 NIV.