the point When an entire town is out of water on a freezing, icy winter day, it drives home many of the realities that our parents and grandparents had to live with during more austere times. Also, being without water to drink, bathe, or flush toilets raises one’s appreciation for our forebears who had to get accustomed to sitting next to a friend or family member in a two-hole outhouse.

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OKLAHOMA CITY — Oklahoma’s largest tribes won’t join Gov. Kevin Stitt’s new task force on law enforcement and jurisdiction issues stemming from the U.S.

Sen. James Lankford, (R-Okla.), blasted last week’s leak of a draft border and immigration deal — which reportedly would allow 5,000 migrants per day into the US — as a “lie.” “A lie will go round the world while truth is pulling its boots on,” Lankford posted on X on Saturday, citing a quote from the English Baptist minister Charles Spurgeon.

Media spark outrage by calling Iowa early . . . Just 31 minutes after the Iowa caucuses began, the Associated Press already had its final results: a victory for former President Donald Trump. The early call ignited a firestorm of criticism from Trump’s opponents and even some Democrats who questioned the decision. Several other major news outlets called the election in Trump’s favor shortly after 7:30 p.m. local time before some voters even had the chance to cast their ballots at their local precinct. The call sparked outrage among some candidates’ campaigns who argued the call amounted to “election interference” that disenfranchised voters who waited in line in the freezing to choose their preferred nominee.

the point Only a few frigid weeks into 2024 the process to elect the next American president is in full swing. The opening round has convened in Iowa and as many expected, former President Donald Trump has chalked up a massive victory.

A member of Congress investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, protest at the U.S.

OKLAHOMA CITY – Rep. Justin Humphrey, R-Lane, has issued the following response to Oklahoma district attorneys and the Oklahoma attorney general after their replies to his recent request for an examination of the collection of probation fees.

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Agriculture has always been either No 1. or No. 2 in contributing to Choctaw County’s annual gross national product.

According to the latest Census data, there are 851 farms in Choctaw County taking up more than 337,000 acres. The average size of those 851 farms is just under 400 acres.

Annual sales for these agribusinesses total more than $50 million dollars.

The beginning of a new year reminds me of the marquee line in the blockbuster movie Forrest Gump, when Forrest said: “My momma always said, ‘Life was like a box of chocolates. You never know what you’re gonna get.”’ It’s pretty safe to say that as we stick our toes into the shallow edges of the new year — 2024, we can’t foresee all the twists and turns that lie ahead or how turbulent the waters might ultimately become in the coming year.