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Thinking Out Loud:  Six T’s That Can Make Our Lives Easier

Thinking Out Loud:  Six T’s That Can Make Our Lives Easier    There are six fundamentals of grief recovery, which are very important to the grieving process.  Most people try to avoid them not knowing that they are delaying their healing and advancement to the future.  Let’s examine and evaluate them and apply them also to…

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“Through With Chew Week” Highlights the Dangers of Smokeless Tobacco

“Through With Chew Week” Highlights the Dangers of Smokeless Tobacco  This year’s Through With Chew Week, Feb. 18-24, is dedicated to educating Oklahomans of the dangers smokeless tobacco, or “chew,” poses to users. Tobacco Stops With Me, a program of the Tobacco Settlement Endowment Trust (TSET), encourages Oklahomans to avoid harmful tobacco products and advocates…

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Lou Annie Walters

Lou Annie Walters Funeral services for Lou Annie Walters will be held Wednesday, February 14, 2024 at 2:00 PM at the Okfuskee Indian Community Building north of Okemah. Interment will follow at the Hicks Family Cemetery. Wake services will be Tuesday, 7:00 PM also at the Okfuskee Indian Community Building. Lou Annie Walters was born…

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Wildlife Fishing Report. February 7, 2024

CENTRAL   Edwards Park: January 31. Elevation is 2 ft. below normal and rising, water temperature 50°F and murky. Rainbow trout fair on in-line spinnerbaits, PowerBait, sassy shad, and tube jigs around points, shorelines, and spillway. Report submitted by Keith Thomas, fisheries biologist.   Route 66 Park: January 31. Elevation is normal and stable, water temperature 50°F and murky.…

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Lowe Announces 2nd Annual Black History Day At Capitol

Lowe Announces 2nd Annual Black History Day At Capitol OKLAHOMA CITY –The Oklahoma Black Legislative Caucus will be hosting the 2nd Annual Black History Day at the Capitol on Monday, February 12, 2024, from 9:00 am to 1:00 pm in the 2nd floor rotunda at the Oklahoma State Capitol. This year, the keynote speaker will…

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Multi-County Grand Jury indicts three in Swadley’s contract scandal

Multi-County Grand Jury indicts three in Swadley’s contract scandal OKLAHOMA CITY (Feb. 8, 2024) – The Multi-County Grand Jury has indicted three men for conspiracy to defraud the state and other fraudulent claims stemming from the Swadley’s Bar-B-Q contract with the Oklahoma Tourism and Recreation Department. Ronald Brent Swadley, Curtis Ray Breuklander and Timothy Raymond…

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Grief during Valentine’s Season

Grief during Valentine’s Season Don’t we love our holidays?  Food, family, fellowship, fun, sentimental focus… but it’s different after a significant loss.  Valentine’s Day can be one of the most difficult holidays of all.  Why?  Because it is a more couple oriented and intimate holiday.  The holidays of large-family-gatherings are over and this sweet one…

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Eric Don Roberts 

Eric Don Roberts Eric Don Roberts age 39, passed away Sunday, February 4, 2024 in Holdenville, OK. He was born June 16, 1984 in Okemah, OK to Randy Roberts and Laquita Fish. He graduated from Butner Public Schools. He worked as a ranch hand for most of his life. He enjoyed playing Wahoo, Farkle, softball,…

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Teresa Louise Clark

Teresa Louise Clark Teresa Louise Clark was born December 2, 1963 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma to Alvin Howard Poe and Claudia (Smith) Sanders. She passed away, Sunday, February 4, 2024 in Okmulgee, Oklahoma at the age of 60. Teresa enjoyed crafting, gardening, watching her favorite shows on tv and was an avid reader. Teresa is…

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