Articles from the November 5, 2020 edition
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Freedom birthdays
Happy Birthday To Nov. 5: Teddy Smith, Ben Lastly, Laurie Watson Nov. 6: Adele Wilson Nov. 7: Steve Walker, Quincy Hudson Nov. 8: Sophie Moans, Cortney Gainer, Pam Rogers, Jennifer Thorton Nov. 9: Mark Nixon Nov. 10: Marlo Smith, Stuart Page Nov....
Freedom anniversaries
Happy Anniversary To Nov. 6: Mr. & Mrs. Monte Hepner Nov. 15: Mr. & Mrs. Donald Reutlinger Nov. 23: Mr. & Mrs. Terry Welty Nov. 30: Mr. & Mrs. Tracy Walker (Note: Send corrections, additions to: [email protected] or call 8...
Freedom United Methodist Church news
On Sunday, Nov. 1, the order of services at the Freedom United Methodist Church was: Prelude – Janell Reutlinger Announcements: We are on Facebook live at 11 a.m. Our Facebook page is Freedom United Methodist Church. Invocation by Pastor Todd F...
By Letter From The Commander
Volunteers have consistently continued to beautify the Legion between the warm spurts of weather the last couple of weeks, mending fences and getting the building ready for new gutters to be installed. There have been many monetary donations made...
Oklahoma Aeronautics Commission names new State Director of Aeronautics
The Oklahoma Aeronautics Commission has named Grayson Ardies as its new state director of aeronautics. The appointment was confirmed at the Commission's Oct. 14 meeting and his tenure as director...
Woods County voters approve EMS district
Almost 58 percent of voters cast favorable ballots for the Woods County proposition in Tuesday’s general election, Nov. 3. This proposition sets up a 522 EMS District for the county with the three mill ad valorem levy going to fund the three EMS s...
Freedom School bond issue results in question
At 6:58 p.m. a Freedom voter just made it through the door to cast her vote. At 7 p.m. Vanessa Gerloff opened the entrance door and announced, "Polls are closed. The polls are closed." Out of 222 regi... Full story
Bulldogs outscore the Bearcats
The Mooreland Bearcats met the Hooker Bulldogs last Friday night at the Mooreland field. The first quarter was a defensive battle filled with fourth down stops and penalties on both sides. Mooreland... Full story
In blue and red states, milestone wins for LGBTQ candidates
NEW YORK (AP) — Across the nation, LGBTQ candidates achieved milestone victories in Tuesday's election, including the first transgender person elected to a state Senate, and the first openly gay Black men to win seats in Congress. The landmark wins c...
Rural Democrats become extinct species in Oklahoma
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — For nearly 100 years in Oklahoma, Democrats controlled the Legislature in large part with lawmakers from rural parts of the state. But like much of the nation, the number of rural Democrats in Oklahoma has been declining s...
Coronavirus hospitalizations surpass 1,000 in Oklahoma
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — The number of people hospitalized in Oklahoma either with the coronavirus or under investigation for infection surpassed 1,000 on Wednesday, according to the Oklahoma State Department of Health. There were 1,026 people h...
Trump backers converge on vote centers in Michigan, Arizona
Dozens of angry supporters of President Donald Trump converged on vote-counting centers in Detroit and Phoenix as the returns went against him Wednesday in the two key states, while thousands of anti-Trump protesters demanding a complete tally of...
Election splits Congress, GOP bolstered as Democrats falter
WASHINGTON (AP) — The election scrambled seats in the House and Senate but ultimately left Congress much like it began, deeply split as voters resisted big changes despite the heated race at the top of the ticket for the White House. It's an o...
Trump sues in 3 states, laying ground for contesting outcome
WASHINGTON (AP) — As Democrat Joe Biden inched closer to the 270 Electoral College votes needed to win the White House, President Donald Trump's campaign put into action the legal strategy the president had signaled for weeks: attacking the integrity...
