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With Oklahoma’s third-grade reading outcomes among the worst in the nation, state lawmakers have advanced legislation that requires early intervention for struggling readers in elementary school and mandatory retention for students who end the third grade reading years below grade level.

We can’t live with these people from this other America. We can’t negotiate with them. There is no compromise with the crazy, radical agenda they want. And we certainly can’t give them any power to rule over our lives.

A driver has died following a single-vehicle crash in Hughes County. David Fisher, 43, of Allen, Oklahoma, was identified by the Oklahoma Highway Patrol as the victim of the crash.

A Holdenville woman has entered into a plea bargain on drug charges filed against her following a February 12 traffic stop in Tupelo for speeding. Tupelo Chief of Police Destin Wilkerson was assisted at the scene by Oklahoma Highway Patrol Trooper Heath Davidson.

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HOLDENVILLE — The Muscogee (Creek) Nation officially broke ground Wednesday on a major new healthcare facility that tribal leaders say will significantly expand medical access in Hughes County and the surrounding region.

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With Self-Pity One of today’s Favorite activities, We’ve Come a Long Way Since Blind Hymn Writer Fanny Crosby in 1875 From the time she was six weeks old, Fanny Crosby was blind, but she did not feel sorry for herself. She learned to dress and feed herself . . . to climb trees . . . and to write poems. When she was only eight years old she wrote: O what a happy soul am I Although I cannot see, I am resolved that in this world Contented I will be.