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Happy Anniversary To Dec. 31: Mr. & Mrs. Craig Harris Jan. 1: Mr. & Mrs. Gary Wise Jan. 2: Mr. & Mrs. Bret Smith Jan. 7: Mr. & Mrs. LeRoy Burkes Jan. 15: Mr. & Mrs. Bryan Pierce Jan. 20: Mr. & Mrs. Phillip Schultz, Mr. & Mrs. Mick Ferguson (Note: Send corrections, additions to: [email protected] or call 800-305-2111)...
Happy Birthday To Dec. 31: Rochelle Province Jan. 1: Lathen Kamas Jan. 2: Cindy Wagner, C. R. Nixon, Phyllis Brown, Craig Harris Jan. 3: Steve Headlee, Rob Daughhetee, Jay Lohmann, Steve Kirkpatrick Jan. 4: Janice Wardrop, Jason Fitzgerald, Kalea Jo DeVine Jan. 5: Larry Wise, Danita Walker, Kobe Gainer, Ariel Pierce Jan. 6: Joe Jessup, Dixie Stansberry, April Parker Jan. 7: Starla Bradley Jan. 8: Dawnell Hughes, Paula Fitzgerald, Shirley Schultz, Barbara Fitzmeyer, Lucy Ibarra Jan. 10: Teresa McIver, Janet Snow Jan. 11: Tegan Cook, Gene...
On Sunday, Dec. 27, the order of services at the Freedom United Methodist Church was: Prelude – Janell Reutlinger Announcement: 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 80 led by Lori Louthan Opening Hymn – “Hark the Herald Angels Sing” led by Jennifer Finley Affirmation of Faith Lord’s Prayer Gloria Patri Hymn of Justifying Grace – “Grace Greater Than Our Sin” Presentation of tithes and gifts Offertory Prayer by Pastor Todd Doxology Jen...
After a professional development day on Monday, Jan. 4, the second semester classes will begin at Freedom Public Schools on Tuesday, Jan. 5. That’s also the date for the 2021 Freedom 4-H and FFA Trophy Auction. The meal will begin at 6 p.m. in the school cafeteria with a menu of pulled pork, potato salad, baked beans and dessert. The trophy auction begins at 7 p.m. All funds raised will go back to the youth of Freedom and donations are greatly appreciated. If you have questions or need more information about next Tuesday’s trophy auction, you... Full story
As active coronavirus cases remain above 30,000 in Oklahoma, the state health department says its contact tracers are having to prioritize calls and will advise most people with confirmed cases to do their own contact tracing. In addition, the state has shuttered a contact tracing call center in Oklahoma City paid for by federal CARES Act money. A related contract for additional temporary contact tracers continues but the Oklahoma State Department of Health is looking for additional funding to keep those positions in the new year. Weekly... Full story
ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Lincoln Riley will remember this Oklahoma season for a long time. It took a lot to get to the end of it — with two significant trophies. The No. 8 Sooners navigated through the season played under the cloud of a pandemic, and their first 0-2 start in Big 12 play since 1998, to win their sixth conference title in a row, then wrapped it up with an overwhelming 55-20 win over 10th-ranked SEC runner-up Florida on Wednesday night in the Cotton Bowl — the first New Year's Six game played. "It's very meaningful to us with the w...
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A winter storm moving across southwestern Texas on Wednesday could dump more than a foot (0.30 meters) of snow before moving eastward and possibly spawning tornadoes in parts of Texas, Louisiana and Mississippi on New Year's Eve, according to weather forecasters. Jeremy Grams, a forecaster with the National Weather Services' Storm Prediction Center in Norman, Oklahoma, said 12 to 18 inches (0.30 meters to 0.46 meters) of snow was possible west of the Pecos River in southwest Texas, with another 3 to 5 inches (0.13 meters) p...
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — A group of advocates will be taking a 131-mile walk on New Year's to bring awareness to an Oklahoma death row inmate. The group of five men are walking in support of Julius Jones, a Black man convicted of first-degree murder in the 1999 shooting death of a 45-year-old white man, who argues he is innocent and was never even at the crime scene, according to the McAlester News-Capital. More than 6 million people have signed a Change.org petition demanding justice for Jones. His case has drawn the attention of celebrities K...
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — The Oklahoma State Department of Health has announced plans for coronavirus vaccine distribution locations in the state as it moves into phase 2 of vaccinations that will begin with first responders and health care workers who are not in a hospital setting. The department will establish "PODS," or Points of Dispensing Sites, at places such as schools, community centers and fairgrounds statewide for those in the second tier, which also includes people 65 and older, according to a statement from the department on Tuesday. "...
Responses to the coronavirus pandemic and police brutality dominated legislative sessions in 2020, leading to scores of new laws that will take effect in the new year. Virus-related laws include those offering help to essential workers, boosting unemployment benefits and requiring time off for sick employees. A resolution in Alabama formally encouraged fist-bumping over handshakes. Legislatures also addressed police use of force against Black people and others of color after the killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis led to widespread protests...
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly on Wednesday received the first of two COVID-19 vaccine shots while some top Republican officials passed, for now, because not all health care workers and nursing home residents have received theirs. Kelly designated herself and 10 other state officials as eligible to start vaccinations this week in an effort to protect state government's "continuity of operations" during the coronavirus pandemic. The others are the lieutenant governor, attorney general, secretary of state, state treasurer, i...
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — A Kansas man shot his estranged wife and killed his mother-in-law before he was fatally shot by a police officer during a confrontation Wednesday at a Wichita home, authorities said. Jason Williams, 37, of Wichita, died in the confrontation at his mother-in-law's house, police spokesman Charley Davidson said in a news release. Williams and his wife had recently separated and he was served with a protection from abuse order on Tuesday. He got into the home Wednesday by shooting out the front glass door, Davidson said. O...
