Jeremiah’s Complaint 1 You are always righteous, Lord, when I bring a case before you. Yet I would speak with you about your justice: Why does the way of the wicked prosper? Why do all the faithless live at ease? 2 You have planted them, and they have taken root; they grow and bear fruit.

The Buffaloes will be having their annual PIE AUCTION FUNDRAISER on Tuesday, Aug. 17, at 6:30 p.m. The event is one of the most popular of the year and helps the team raise funds for needed items for the upcoming football season.

Oklahoma came in at No. 3 in the USA Today Sports American Football Coaches Association Top 25 preseason poll released Tuesday.

New Rules for Turkey Hunting to Begin This Fall In a special meeting June 28, the Oklahoma Wildlife Conservation Com mission approved significant changes for wild turkey hunting season dates and bag limits. The changes will become effective for the fall 2021 wild turkey season going forward.

• Oklahoma first in the nation for legislation that provides tax credits to businesses that host drives for employees to donate blood while at work Oklahoma became the first state in the nation to pass legislation encouraging blood donation through business tax policy, legislation that was memorialized in a ceremonial bill signing Wednesday. The legislation will increase donations from volunteer blood donors by offering businesses tax relief to recoup lost wages and productivity occuring as a result of onsite blood drives hosted during work hours.

Financial exploitation is the improper use of a vulnerable adult’s financial, real or personal resources for the benefit of another person through the use of undue influence, coercion, harassment, duress, deception, false representation or false pretense.

DURANT –– A group of Southeastern Oklahoma State University professors and others with a mutual interest in birds has recently banded together to form the Texoma Audubon Society. The Texoma chapter is the brainchild of Southeastern ornithologist and professor of biology Dr.

August • Water all plantings thoroughly unless rainfall has been adequate. • The fall vegetable garden is planted now.

Another hot week in store for Choctaw county with high temperatures near 100 degrees through Friday with plenty of sunshine. A few thunderstorms could come back into the forecast for the weekend. Hopefully the clouds will give us a break Thursday night and allow us to view the meteor shower.

Friday, Aug. 20, is the last day to apply for voter registration in order to be eligible to vote in the Sept.