May 17, 2025 The May meeting of the Red Hat Rebels was hosted by Linda and Traci Ring at the Springs At The Artesian in Sulphur. Attending were Diane Bowman, Glenda Stinson, Linda Ring, Traci Ring and new members Georgia Ramsey, and Cathy Wilson.

DEVOTION – 7-27-25 READ THE STORY You know what he did? He told them the story. Not just any story. He told them the story of God and God’s plan for people. Then starting with what Moses and all the prophets had said about him, Jesus began to explain everything that had been written about himself in the Scriptures. Fascinationg. Jesus’ cure for the broken heart is the story of God. He started with Moses and finished with himself. Why did he do that? Why did he retell the ancient tale? Why did he go all the way back two thousand years to the story of Moses? I think I know the reason. I know because what they heard is what we all need to hear when we are disappointed.

SCANLAN AND CLIFT Andy Scanlan, manager of the Holdenville Seamprufe plant which now represents a half million-dollar annual payroll in the city, and Cecil Clift, young insurance man and civic leader who won city-wide acclaim by his work on the lake improvement committee and on the city planning committee of the Chamber of Commerce. At the luncheon-meeting of Chamber of Commerce directors Thursday, John E.

Jim and Zelda Ragland have only one son—they named after his Dad—Jim Junior. Young Jim was reared here in Hughes County—in fact James J. Ragland, now a missionary was a resident of nearly every school District that we had in the County during his lifetime.

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FELONIES Robert Brian Hanson – Feloniously pointing firearm, Reckless conduct with firearm Larry T. III Crawford – Larceny from the house, Conspiracy Sumer Nicole Gaskins – Attempted domestic assault and battery by strangulation, Malicious injury to property under $1000 MISDEMEANORS Bryant Lee Hill – Harassing and threatening electronic communication Kenneth Teel – Larceny of merchandise from retailer CIVIL American Exchange Bank vs James P.

Oklahoma shoppers willbeoutthisweekend to take advantage of the annual Tax Free Weekend, beginning Friday, August 1, and ending Sunday, August 3, 2025. Oklahoma’s sales tax holiday will exempt clothing under $100 from sales tax.

The U.S. Supreme Court’s 2020 ruling in Mc-Girt v. Oklahoma, which held that the pre-statehood reservation of the Muscogee (Creek) Nation was never formally disestablished for purposes of federal criminal law, created vast uncertainty regarding regulatory issues across most of eastern Oklahoma.

Jaymie Larney is the granddaughter of the late Virginia Larney and the great-niece of Geneva Larney, both of whom were part of the Moss High School team that won a fastpitch state championship in 1959. Jaymie’s parents are Jim (Seminole Nation of Oklahoma) and Landrea Larney (Navajo Nation).

In Oklahoma, less than half of school funding goes to instruction in roughly 150 of the state’s more than 500 school districts, according to state records. Yet total superintendent compensation in some of those districts continues to climb.