There a a few citywide issues I would like to address: • The vacant Ward 4 council seat. Mr.

With the sitting of each new American president, there are a gazillion changes that occur behind the scenes that have a profound effect upon our nation and our way of life. It seems that the past decade has brought an abnor

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WASHINGTON, D.C. — Retiring U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe’s relationship with U.S. Rep. Markwayne Mullin hit a low point after Mullin’s unauthorized attempt to visit Afghanistan last year. Now Inhofe has misgivings about the frontrunner to win his seat in November.

By Andy and Renie Bowman Comments to: Comments to: andybowman839@gmail.com Coffeetimecolumn.com While watching TV the other night, a commercial came on that got my attention. Yeah, that’s right.

Newspaper reporters and editors are occasionally singled out by our readers who have specific things (often confidential) they want to tell us. Those “things” run the gamut from someone stealing money from a public body, to having large silent UFOs hovering around their property.

Oklahoma Secretary of Education Ryan Walters has prevailed in a face-off with State Superintendent of Public Instruction Joy Hofmeister regarding millions of dollars in state spending with Hofmeister belatedly agreeing to provide more transparency.

Dear Editor, As a home health professional, I have seen firsthand how the clinically advanced, costeffective care we provide helps the homebound members of our community. That’s why I was so disappointed to see that Medicare has proposed cuts to home health once again.

Like so many of us, I have a lot of my family and friends’ birthdates in my phone’s calendar, and I have it set to notify me when a loved one’s birthday is on the horizon.

I can’t ever remember a time in the past half-century when there were so many job opportunities in Southeast Oklahoma and right here in Choctaw County. It’s almost safe to say there are either no businesses...