Comments to: andybowman839@gmail.com Coffeetimecolumn. com Maybe it truly has been horrible all this time, maybe God did pick you out of all humanity to suffer badly your entire life. Maybe, just maybe, you were selected to show the world how a life of pure misery looks.

Therefore, as God’s chosen people, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience. Bear with each other and forgive whatever grievances you may have against one another.

The Choctaw County Republican Party will meet at 5:30 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 22 at the Choctaw County Library. The speaker this month will be Anthony DeVore, who is running for the District 19 Representative seat.

A Common Destiny for All 1 So I reflected on all this and concluded that the righteous and the wise and what they do are in God’s hands, but no one knows whether love or hate awaits them. 2 All share a common destiny— the righteous and the wicked, the good and the bad, a the clean and the unclean,...

Jesus Like Melchizedek 11 If perfection could have been attained through the Levitical priest-hood— and indeed the law given to the people established that priest-hood— why was there still need for another priest to come, one in the order of Melchizedek, not in the order of Aaron? 12 For when the...

BOSWELL –– Lucile Morehouse, the daughter of Nate and Autumn Morehouse of Boswell, has been recognized with three significant environmental and youth leadership honors for 2025: the Global Youth Award, the Presidential Environmental Youth Award (PEYA), and an Eco-Hero Award Honorable Mention.

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The deadline to register for the Feb. 10 Hugo City Council Special Election is Friday, Jan. 16. Any application mailed must be postmarked by midnight on Jan. 16 and any voter who registers online must be timestamped prior to 5 p.m. on Jan. 16.

HUGO –– A former Hugo Public Schools special education teacher has pleaded not guilty to alleged child abuse charges. Yolanda Dunbar, who was arrested in connection with the case, entered a not guilty plea Tuesday to two felony counts of child abuse, according to court documents.

McINTOSH CO. –– A man accused of the murder of Hugo’s Traci Byrd appeared in court last Wednesday for a competency review. According to court records, the defendant, Armando Mustafo Rojas-Caceras appeared with his attorney.