OKLAHOMA CITY – A group of state representatives and senators today called on the State Department of Education and State Board of Education to investigate whether House Bill 1775 was violated by a teacher who claims she willingly broke the law and would do it again.

On Monday the former president of the Choctaw County Library, Inc. Board of Directors was charged with embezzlement of board funds following a month-long inquiry from the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation.

grabs County Fair Awards! Otona Self won two 2nd place ribbons for her photography. JoLynn Self won grand champion and 1st place for baby carseat cover and bassinet; 1st place bead work; 1st place quilt top; 1st place on two paintings; 1st place on a fabric hot air balloon; one 2nd place and one 3rd place. Cecilia Self Hendricksen won

An experimental drug being tested to treat a rare blood disorder may also benefit people who have sickle cell disease, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation scientists have discovered. In research models, the compound reduced the length and severity of vasoocclusive crises, the most frequent and severe complication of sickle cell disease, said OMRF Cardiovascular Biology Program Chair Lijun Xia, M.D., Ph.D., who led the study.

OKLAHOMA CITY –– Last week, Attorney General John O’Connor criticized the ongoing campaign by the abortion industry and others to confuse and mislead the public about abortion laws, following the U.S. Supreme Court’s recent historic overturning of Roe v. Wade in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization. He also released a guidance document for law enforcement after the State’s most recent abortion law became effective.

Felony 067 – Austin Darryl Ryan: Assault and battery upon a police officer. 068 – Sedrick Moltke Frierson: Bringing contraband (weapons/ explosives/drugs/ etc) into jail.

The Fort Towson Historic Site will host Mexican-American War Days: A Long Walk in the Sun on Sept. 16-18. This free event will feature an encampment set in the 1846-1848 time period of the Mexican-American War. Educational presentations and opportunities to interact with experts in the fields of infantry, Mountain Howitzers, dragoons, and field artillery will bring this underrepresented period of history to life with sights, sounds and smells to ignite the imagination. Public presentations will be held on Saturday, Sept. 17 from 10 a.m. until 4 p.m.

Public Service Company of Oklahoma (PSO) will begin converting its Hugo streetlights to new technology that will brighten roadways, street corners and public spaces for homeowners, drivers and law enforcement later this week. LED conversion of 584 PSO-owned streetlights is set to begin this week, weather permitting.

The Oklahoma Water Resources Center at Oklahoma State University is teaming up with Texas A&M University for a $1.7 million project to study the benefits of regenerative agriculture in Oklahoma and Texas.

• Welcome to the 115th annual Choctaw County Fair There’s a certain excitement in the air at a county fair that simply doesn’t exist anywhere else. The sights, sounds and of course, the aroma of horses, livestock, poultry, people, carnival rides, concessions and the like call to mind the slowly shortening days and cooler nights of late summer.