Dear Editor: Substance abuse is a serious social issue in Oklahoma. The state has one of the highest rates of substance misuse in the nation.

to point Publisher As this year’s Thanksgiving holiday comes upon us, I feel more grateful than usual about living in Southeast Oklahoma. I would like to put the U.S.

To The Editor: The days following the first frost of the season set off conditions for serious grass fires. Warm temperatures, dry conditions and high winds faced three adjacent property owners eight miles southeast of Hugo on Thursday, Nov.

OKLAHOMA CITY — Oklahoma State Auditor & Inspector [SA&I] Cindy Byrd has released her forensic audit report for the Town of Bradley in Grady County. Byrd launched the investigation after receiving a citizen petition from Bradley residents.

Comments to: andybowman839@gmail.com Coffeetimecolumn. com Grandma Gertie is more than ready for Thanksgiving Day to arrive. For the first time in 17 years, she is going to have her entire family home for Thanksgiving dinner.

to point Publisher Every year we join with regional residents in soaking up all the warm colors and gorgeous weather we experience each fall in Southeast Oklahoma.

Anew report from the Office of Inspector General within the Department of Health and Human Services shows multiple states made improper Medicaid payments to managed care organizations after enrollees had died, which exposes persistent fiscal and oversight problems in the nation’s Medicaid...

the point There are a number of projects around Choctaw County that indicate some positive development energy for the area. That’s something to be excited about.

OKLAHOMA CITY – In a brief filed Monday, State Rep. Tom Gann, R-Inola, reiterated his challenge to $250 million in recent rate increases and more than $1 billion of bond payments approved by the Oklahoma Corporation Commission (OCC) and currently being collected from customers of electric utility...

Texas Congressman Chip Roy confirms the Muslim Brotherhood is directly targeting Texas to take over the Texas Government. “This is why so many new mosques have been built so quickly in Texas, they now have the third highest amount of mosques in America,” Roy stated this week in social media posts.