From The Daily Signal A Republican senator is calling on three major credit companies to reverse course after announcing new policies that would distinguish firearm-related purchases from other retail purchases, according to a letter sent Tuesday.

the point Three weeks without a drop of rainfall in most of Choctaw County have created lots of dry crusty ground and some very difficult forage conditions to everyone in the cattle or livestock industry. These severe drought conditions have sent quality hay prices through the roof and have left many cattle operators, both large and small, wondering where they are going to find/afford hay for the coming winter.

The Federal Reserve is expected to raise interest rates another three quarters of a point this week in its effort to bring down inflation, further increasing the strength of a rapidly rising dollar in the process.

Funeral services for Justin White, of Brownwood, Texas, were held at 10 a.m. Sept.

RATTAN — Executives from the Oklahoma Department of Commerce and Representative Justin Humphreys recently visited Diamond T Trailer Manufacturing, a recipient of the 2022 Oklahoma Innovation Expansion Program (OIEP) to learn more about the company’s operations and discuss how the company is utilizing OIEP funding.

Recently, the Joint Committee on Pandemic Relief Funding approved nine projects to head to the full Legislature for consideration. These projects include funding for mental health, healthcare, water projects, information technology modernization, and infrastructure to help keep our public services running smoothly. I’ll keep you all updated on projects as they are approved in the coming weeks. This was a huge undertaking and it’s great to see so many vital projects head to the next step in the process as we continue our work to get these funds distributed.

the point By Stan Stamper Publisher This week’s edition comes to our readers with a bit of frazzle around the edges. With half of our staff out on jury duty, articles and stories that would usually get several layers of scrutiny, are almost thrown together.

Dear Editor: I couldn’t agree more with your Editorial “Water Abundant, but costly” with one exception! As you quoted Professor Gary Allison, “Water flows downhill... and towards money,” yes it costs money, but the return far outweighs the cost! The current “migration” of urban DFW is not toward Amarillo, not even San Angelo, nor Houston! Northeastern Texas has discovered southeast Oklahoma, and for good reasons.

Former President Donald Trump took to his own social media brainchild, Truth Social over the Labor Day Holiday to issue additional condemnation upon the Biden administration and the FBI for the manner in which they stormed his Florida home in recent weeks, claiming they were seeking to reclaim sensitive records.

Last week I attended the most graphic, overt, and disturbing training I have attended in my 30 years of law enforcement. The training was intended to educate on illegal gangs and cartel activities, deeds, and movements. It revealed how the cartels use dismemberment, beheadings, and other forms of mutilation to impose fear and intimidate the public and rival gangs. I was outraged to be told these mutilations are not just occurring in Mexico but are now being carried out right here in the United States.