DURANT –– Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma has appointed Amy J. Pierce as the first fulltime district court judge for the tribal nation’s Judicial Branch. She was sworn in last week by Choctaw Nation Chief Justice David Burrage at the Choctaw Nation Judicial Center.

A psalm of David. 1 I call to you, Lord, come quickly to me; hear me when I call to you.

Peter Explains His Actions 1 The apostles and the believers throughout Judea heard that the Gentiles also had received the word of God. 2 So when Peter went up to Jerusalem, the circumcised believers criticized him 3 and said, “You went into the house of uncircumcised men and ate with them.” 4...

Promise of Restoration 1 While Jeremiah was still confined in the courtyard of the guard, the word of the Lord came to him a second time: 2 “This is what the Lord says, he who made the earth, the Lord who formed it and established it—the Lord is his name: 3 ‘Call to me and I will answer you and...

• Free resources and tools available from Shape Your Future This New Year, Shape Your Future, a program of the Tobacco Settlement Endowment Trust (TSET), encourages Oklahomans to build healthy habits through small changes in everyday routines.

For some Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation employees, clocking out means it’s time to tune-up. After months of joking about their shared musical interests, OMRF scientists Jakub Bunk, Jacob Brown, Ph.D., and Joe Woodward decided to get serious about their extracurricular jam sessions.

As diagnostic procedures become more sophisticated and the public’s awareness grows, more individuals will be accurately diagnosed at a younger age and an earlier stage of the disease.

The Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL), signed last month by the President, provides Oklahoma the opportunity to nearly double the annual amount of funding to reclaim abandoned coal mine land.

Misdemeanor 170 – Mat Edward Rosson: Trespass after being forbidden. 171 – Larry Wayne Chumley: Protective order violation.

Happy Birthday to GW Collins (Jan. 7)! The deadline for the Calendar of Events is 12 p.m.