Do you collect silver and/or gold coins and want to know what they are worth? Appraisals will be offered free at the upcoming Paris Coin Show. Organizers said their final show of the year, which is just in time for Christmas, will take place from 9 a.m.

Felony 087 - Andrea Dawn Cooper: Assault and battery with a dangerous weapon. 088 - Braddriques K.

SO FAR THIS YEAR, Bailey Cody’s seventh grade English students have read 133 books collectively. “High-interest, relevant novels are critical in motivating my students to read inside and outside of my classroom,” Cody said. “Several ways I am encouraging my students to read is by allowing them to choose what book they read independently and incorporating Book Clubs. In Book Clubs, students choose from several novels, and I group them with students who chose the same novel. I also enjoy changing things up in my classroom; recently, we had a ‘Starbucks Day.’ Students came into class, were served hot chocolate and snacks, and then read all hour in a cozy spot of their choice.”

Choctaw County Ambulance Authority (CCAA) has added thousands of dollars to its operations fund - money that came as a result of helping another Oklahoma community. The topic was discussed during the authority’s regular board meeting Nov.

Oklahoma is failing its citizens with disabilities. Our state’s fee-for-service Medicaid program has too many barriers for people with disabilities to navigate and leaves the system unmotivated to help people receive the care and services they need to live independently.

The human gut is home to microorganisms that outnumber our cells by a factor of 10 to 1. Now, discoveries by scientists at the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation have redefined how the so-called gut microbiome operates and how our bodies coexist with some of the 100 trillion bacteria that make it up.

BOSWELL VOLUNTEER Fire Department recently came to visit Boswell 2 Head Start students. They spoke to the children about Sparky the fire dog, 911, stop, drop and roll and kitchen safety and how to use a fire extinguisher.