Oklahoma’s civil power is at risk, as a court order showed last week. The unraveling of state power in eastern Oklahoma is fascinating to watch—if you don’t happen to live there.

Sunday, December 19 , two Hughes County jail inmates attempted to hang themselves. Deputies responded quickly and both were taken to Holdenville General Hospital. One was treated and released back into custody of the Hughes County Sheriff’s office and the other inmate was sent to OU Medical Center and has also been released back into custody.

Oklahoma Judge Denies State’s Request to Stop National Guard COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate By Katabella Roberts December 29, 2021 An Oklahoma federal judge on Tuesday ruled against an attempt from the state to block the Department of Defense’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate for National Guard members. U.S.

Comments to: andybowman839@gmail.com Coffeetimecolumn.com Face it, our floors here in the Midwest get freezing cold in the wintertime. So cold that you really can’t just ignore them.

Jim Priest is CEO of Goodwill Industries of Central Oklahoma and can be reached at jpriest@okgoodwill.org. “You’re just like your grandpa.” I wish I had a nickel for all the times I heard that phrase through my growing up years.

The world seemed to get closer to spinning out of its orbit in 2021. If you’d told me five years ago that men would be treated as women, criminals would not be prosecuted, and censorship would be widespread, I wouldn’t have believed you.

Frankie Orr and his sister Kiana with Shirley Ritter Audrey Ramsey Anita and Kim Farley Diane Houser.

Martha Ann Huntley passed away at the age of 61 on December 20, 2021, at her home in Seminole, Oklahoma. She was born on January 17, 1960, in Talihina, Oklahoma to Bosleno Gibson and Aggie (Sewell) Gibson. Martha grew up in Holdenville until 1972 when she moved to Wewoka and finished out the school year there. She was a member of the Muscogee Creek Nation of Oklahoma and worked as a cashier.

Anthony Hackney passed away on December 6, 2021 at the age of 58. He was born on September 3, 1963 in Riverside, California to George William and Mary Florence Hackney. He married Kaye Johnston in 1991.

Bobby L. Denney was born on February 16, 1937, in Holdenville, OK to Robert C. and Pearl Gardner Denney. He passed from this life at Hope West Hospice, Grand Junction, CO, on December 19, 2021, from heart failure.