Bowman Comments to: andybowman839@ gmail.com Coffeetimecolumn.com We humans have personality traits, that are readily apparent. And because we all have our own individual and highly-weird traits, each of us also has singularly different desires.

The suspected shooter at Saturday’s White House Correspondents’Association Dinner was charged Monday with attempting to assassinate the president of the United States. It was the third attempt on President Trump’s life in less than two years.

After facing criticism from senators expressing ethical concerns about the darker side of how gambling affects communities, a bill to legalize sports betting failed in the Oklahoma Legislature’s upper chamber last Friday.

To The Editor: I am writing to air some questions relative to the proposed gas-fired power plant that is planned for implementation near Boswell. Before moving forward, the public deserves a transparent and comprehensive evaluation of this proposal, which should be provided by Williams Companies out of Houston.

A well-utilized Strategic Air Command (SAC) base for many years until its closing on the last day of 1969, the former Clinton-Sherman AFB has for many years stood as Oklahoma’s base bid in the race to Space. It’s 13,500 foot runway has made it ideal for any kind of aircraft or space plane that requires a longer runway for either takeoff or landing.

STATE CAPITOL — Senate Bill 1788 by Sen. Adam Pugh and House Speaker Kyle Hilbert was signed by the Governor Kevin Stitt Monday at a special ceremony held at John Rex Elementary. In attendance was State Superintendent Lindel Fields, who expressed strong support for the bipartisan legislation.

I came away from last Thursday’s Town Hall meeting in Boswell with mixed feelings. The meeting opened up with area citizens and even aspiring candidates for public office voicing their desire to attract better jobs to the area so our sharpest and brightest young citizens could choose to remain near their homes and raise families here with good paying jobs and benefits.

Living in a desert in the summertime, a real actual desert, you have to learn to make choices. Choices that can make or break how well you thrive in this rather harsh environment.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio revoked the green cards of foreign nationals linked to Iranian propagandist, according to an announcement from the State Department on Saturday. “Masoumeh Ebtekar — also known as “Screaming Mary” — was the spokeswoman for the Islamic terrorists who stormed the U.S.

WHERE’S THE CHANGE? This week, the Oklahoma legislature passed a nearly $13 billion dollar state budget for fiscal year 2027- SB#1177. The budget is slightly more than last year.