“Elections belong to the people. It’s their decision. If they decide to turn their back on the fire and burn their behinds, then they will just have to sit on their blisters.” — Abraham Lincoln

Bowman Comments to: andybowman839@gmail.com Coffeetimecolumn. com Does it seem to you that God is always saying “No” or “Don’t do that” or “Thou shalt not?” If you think that, you are not alone. Many people feel the same way.

Memorial services for Brenda Alene (Trapp) Vanderburg, of Valliant, Okla., will be held at 2 p.m. Friday, March 1, 2024 at Miller & Miller Funeral Home in Valliant. Brenda passed away Feb. 24, 2024, at the age of 60.

As we put February in the history book and enjoy some unseasonably warm weather, most of the folks here in Southeast Oklahoma are cranking up their expectations for another beautiful spring season.

Oklahoma Watch In a House Criminal Justice and Corrections Committee meeting last week, Chairman Justin “JJ” Humphrey, R-Lane, presented two Oklahomans who said they were blackmailed by Department of Corrections inmates, that their relative was beaten or raped and that they were threatened with...

OKLAHOMA CITY — Oklahoma State Auditor & Inspector (SA&I) Cindy Byrd has released her forensic audit report for the Seminole County Sheriff’s Office. The District Attorney requested the SA&I to investigate the financial activity of the Sheriff’s Office.

“We are fast approaching the stage…where the government is free to do anything it pleases, while the citizens may act only by permission.” — Ayn Rand.

Comments to: andybowman839@gmail.com Coffeetimecolumn. com If you are in the habit of consulting only yourself, trusting your own instincts and believing that you will know in your heart what to do when the time comes, then you have a big problem.

the point Publisher I can’t remember any time during the past 50 years that I have experienced a total news overload until this week. We have some big news stories, but I don’t remember any time when we have had SO MANY big news stories at the same time.

OKLAHOMA CITY – Sen. George Burns, R-Pollard, has introduced Senate Bill 1712, a bill aimed at guiding the transition of electric utilities from coal-fired electric generation facilities to advanced nuclear reactors.