For Danielle Jamison, winter brings pain. The cooling temperatures wreak havoc on the 36-year-old South Carolina mother who was born with sickle cell disease, a life-threatening genetic disorder.

• Significant increase in cases due in part to lags in holiday testing, reporting OKLAHOMA CITY — State Commissioner of Health Dr. Lance Frye issued the following statement regarding the spike in COVID-19 case numbers: “Today the State Department of Health reported 6,487 new cases of COVID-19 and 23 deaths.

The proper conservative response to last Wednesday’s violent entry into the Capitol and vandalism, as well as assaults on lawenforcement, is to identify the guilty parties and ensure they are arrested.

“Free and fair elections are at the heart of our democracy, and regardless of our political affiliation or who we voted for, it is absolutely essential that our elections are safe and secure and that we can be confident in the results — no matter who the winner is. The integrity of our system depends on it — now and in the future. My goal was never to put our constitutional system at risk, nor was it ever to overturn an election; it was to get the facts into the open and allow the truth to direct our steps. I am well aware that some in our state have said — along with the national media — that more than 50 court cases have already settled this election. The problem with that argument is that clearly they haven’t. Thousands of people still have questions.”

Sunny days and clear nights are in the forecast for the week ahead with high temperatures generally in the 50s; although we may hit 60 on Thursday. The nights will drop into the low- to mid-30s.

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OKLAHOMA CITY –– Earlier last week, OSDH announced the launch of an online COVID-19 Vaccine Scheduler Portal on Thursday, Jan. 7, to notify Oklahomans when they’re eligible to receive the vaccine and provide more information on how to schedule an appointment.

WASHINGTON, D.C. — For tens of thousands of loyal Donald Trump followers, their participation in a national show of support for their embattled president turned into a horror show on Wednesday, Jan. 6, when many, including known ANTIFA thugs, illegally broke into and occupied the U.S. Capitol building, and assaulting Capitol Police.

It is no secret at the Choctaw County Ambulance Authority, Executive Director Randy Springfield, assisted by office staffers Julie Oakes, Aaron Mack and Brenda Logan, has pursued all avenues to ensure the district remains fiscally sound.

HUGO –– Hugo city councilors started off the new year with a full agenda during the first meeting of 2021. A clash of opinions regarding financial assistance of $10,000 for the construction of a rodeo ticket booth led to an almost hourlong, heated discussion.