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Happy Birthday To Aug. 12: Kelly Burnham, Mary Walker Aug. 13: Donnie Elmore, Keith Gregory, Dillon Smith, Wanda Bishop Aug. 14: DeWayne Hodgson, Mike Daughhetee, DeLisa Wade, Taylor Devine, Kate Murray Aug. 15: Leslie Ledford, Nikki Woodson Aug. 16: Wanda Reed, Mika Scates Aug. 17: Mason Collins Aug. 18: Jane Adair, Miranda Hodgson, Cole Howland Aug. 19: Rod Bradt Aug. 20: Tabitha Bradt, Judy DeVine, Adam Powers, Justice Bradt Aug. 21: Jim Shreeve, Paige Hughes, Bralee Eagen Aug. 22: Kristy Armantrout, Gary Walker, Jake Hughes Aug. 23: Don...
Happy Anniversary To Aug. 12: Mr. & Mrs. Ray Morris, Mr. & Mrs. Jack Bowers Aug. 19: Mr. & Mrs. Leo Tolle Aug. 22: Mr. & Mrs. Randy Reed Aug. 23: Mr. & Mrs. Daniel Rader Aug. 24: Mr. & Mrs. Sonny Wagner, Mr. & Mrs. Bob Benn Aug. 26: Mr. & Mrs. Stuart Page Aug. 28: Mr. & Mrs. Robert Province (Note: Send corrections, additions to: [email protected] or call 580-327-2200)...
On Sunday, Aug. 8, the order of services at the Freedom United Methodist Church was: Announcements: We are on Facebook, live at 11 a.m. Our Facebook page is Freedom United Methodist Church. Invocation by Pastor Todd Finley Call to Worship – Psalm 24 led by Ronna Wilson Opening Hymn – “He Lives” led by Jennifer Finley Affirmation of Faith Gloria Patri Hymn of Justifying Grace – “Rescue the Perishing” Offertory Prayer Presenting our Tithes and Gifts – Ushers Arly and Jan Eden Doxology Holy Scripture: Galatians 6:1-2 – Brothers and sisters, if s...
Monday, Aug. 16: Teacher In-Service Tuesday, Aug. 17: Teacher In-Service Tuesday, Aug. 17: Back to School/Open House Tuesday, Aug. 17: Physicals for sports, 5th-12th grades, 4 p.m. Thursday and Friday, Aug. 19-20: School offices closed Monday, Aug. 23: First day of school for students...
On Saturday, Aug. 21, at 11 a.m., come out to the Cimarron Cowboy Monument in Freedom for the Old Cowhand's Reunion and Chuck Wagon Feed. A traditional part of the long-running Freedom Rodeo, the gathering gives local cowboys, cowgirls, and those who love them a chance to honor one of their own. This year's Honored Old Cowhand will be Gary Earnest, 75. It's practically an Earnest family tradition at this point; other family members honored in this same way include Lena Earnest Selman in 1963... Full story
Almost 120 years ago, African American domestic workers settled in the Como neighborhood of Fort Worth, Texas, where they held Fourth of July parades, patronized shops on Horne Street and lived for several generations in what seemed like a small town within the big city. But many young families started moving away at the end of the last century, leaving behind small frame houses ready for renovation. An economic boom in Fort Worth helped make that possible. Hispanics who came from Mexico and Central America to work in construction,...
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — The superintendent of a public charter school in Oklahoma City said Wednesday that students and staff must begin wearing masks indoors, defying a new state law that prohibits such a mandate. Superintendent Chris Brewster at Santa Fe South Schools, a 3,500-student, pre-K through 12 district in south Oklahoma City, also said in a letter on the district's website that he is exploring the possibility of requiring a vaccine for employment at the school. "Among many reasons for requiring masks is that we have a number of immune-c...
TULSA, Okla. (AP) — Two siblings who survived the Tulsa Race Massacre are going to visit Africa for the first time, fulfilling a lifelong dream. Viola Fletcher, 107, and her 100-year-old brother Hughes Van Ellis are scheduled to fly to Ghana on Friday and return Aug. 21. They will be accompanied by family members and others. The all-expenses-paid trip to Accra is being co-sponsored by Our Black Truth, a Virginia-based social media platform, and the Diaspora Africa Forum in Ghana, the Tulsa World reports. "We are sending out our treasures to, j...
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Topeka Mayor Michelle De La Isla will have a pacemaker implanted on Monday because of damage to her heart from COVID-19, she said Wednesday. De La Isla was hospitalized for 12 days earlier this year because of COVID-19 health issues. She also had minor surgery after the virus attacked her gastrointestinal system. "COVID is no joke," she said. "On Monday, this is all going to get fixed." State health department data showed that Kansas averaged 37 new COVID-19 hospitalizations a day for the seven days ending Wednesday, the h...
ARKANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) — A 2-year-old child died from suspected heat illness in southeastern Kansas, sheriff's officials there said. Cowley County deputies and medics were called just after 6 p.m. Tuesday to a home in the southern part of the county, near Kansas' southern border, for reports of an unresponsive child, the sheriff's office said. First responders could not revive the child. Sheriff David Falletti said early indications show the toddler died due to extreme heat. Officials have not released details of how the child or where the c...
BOSTON (AP) — Boston's famous Skinny House is on sale again for a whopping $1.2 million. The vertically rectangular-shaped house was listed on Monday, the first time it's been on the market since 2017. Four years ago, it was sold for $900,000, The Boston Globe reported. The home, located in Boston's North End, is about 1,165 square feet (108 square meters). But more interestingly, the house is barely 10 feet (3 meters) wide at its widest point. The humble abode narrows in the back, ending at 9.25 feet (2.8 meters). There are four stories in the...
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The Taliban seized three more Afghan provincial capitals and a local army headquarters Wednesday, completing a blitz across the country's northeast and giving them control of two-thirds of the nation as the U.S. and NATO finalize their withdrawal after decades of war. The fall of the capitals of Badakhshan, Baghlan and Farah provinces put increasing pressure on the country's central government to stem the tide of the advance, even as it lost a major base in Kunduz. Afghan President Ashraf Ghani rushed to Balkh p...
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — With the highly contagious delta variant fueling a surge in coronavirus cases just as students return to classrooms, major school districts in Arizona, Florida, Texas and beyond are increasingly defying Republican leaders who banned school mask mandates in several states. The showdowns have drawn in the White House and landed in courtrooms where judges have so far allowed school mask requirements in two states. Schools across the U.S. have a patchwork of different rules as they try to keep classrooms open during the c...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Hours after clinching an initial budget victory, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer conceded Wednesday that Democrats face a tough pathway to delivering a package surging $3.5 trillion into family, health and environment programs to President Joe Biden's desk. Schumer, D-N.Y., made the remarks after the Senate approved a budget resolution outlining Democrat's 10-year plan for transforming the government into an engine focused on helping lower- and middle income people and slowing the planet's ominously warming t...
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention urged all pregnant women Wednesday to get the COVID-19 vaccine as hospitals in hot spots around the U.S. see disturbing numbers of unvaccinated mothers-to-be seriously ill with the virus. Expectant women run a higher risk of severe illness and pregnancy complications from the coronavirus, including perhaps miscarriages and stillbirths. But their vaccination rates are low, with only about 23% having received at least one dose, according to CDC data. "The vaccines are safe and effective, and it has...
GREENVILLE, Calif. (AP) — California's largest single wildfire in recorded history continued to grow Wednesday after destroying more than 1,000 buildings, nearly half of them homes, while authorities in Montana ordered evacuations as a wind-driven blaze roared toward several remote communities. The dangerous fires were among some 100 large blazes burning across 15 states, mostly in the West, where historic drought conditions have left lands parched and ripe for ignition. The east end of Northern California's massive Dixie Fire flared up on T...
