not pictured: 29 kamden bostic te-db 28 sam perez / wr-db 33 zakk gilmore rb-lb 13 zaven siniga te-lb .

76 zane allen ol-dl not pictured: 25 jamairion robinson wr-db Buffs 60 casen knight ol-dl Photos Courtesy / Kelli Stacy .

I am writing a baseball memoir entitled, “Missing the Cutoff Man: A 50-year baseball odyssey” and only a few days ago I wrote the following about Junior Satterfield, who passed away this week. - Floyd “Junior” Satterfield was one of the greatest baseball players to ever come from Hugo. Floyd Satterfield’s mother was a full blood American Indian from the Choctaw tribe. Being from Oklahoma where every kid learns about the great Jim Thorpe, I recall being convinced that he had to be related to one of the greatest athletes in U.S. history.

Guest Columnist Halito, chim achukma (Hello, how are you)? The Olympics are in full gear and Kim and I are loving it. The modern era Olympics, which concerns us, was reborn in 1896 in Athens, Greece.

Guest Columnist Once in a great while some athlete captures my attention and I become enamored with the very heart, soul and sinew of that person. If this Olympian doesn’t make your heart “soar like an eagle” then you may not have a heart.

Lucile Morehouse, daughter of Nathan and Autumn Morehouse of Boswell, Okla., competed in the United Taekwon-do Alliance Grand Nationals this year in Tulsa, Okla. Morehouse is a student under Master Rick Arnold with Arnold’s Martial Arts in Sherman, Texas.

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For more than a year, residents along the Kiamichi River in Southwestern Latimer County and Northeast Pushmataha County have been opposing a state and federal hydro-electric project on the upper Kiamichi River.

DURANT — Former Texas Ranger and Baseball Hall of Famer Ivan “Pudge” Rodriguez will be at Choctaw Casino & Resort – Durant for a meet-and-greet with fans on July 12. Fans can meet Rodriguez and the first 200 will have an opportunity to receive a photo autographed by the Texas Ranger legend.

The following new state laws have been approved by the Oklahoma Legislature and signed into law by Gov. Kevin Stitt • HB 3462 by Reps.