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While you’re waiting
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While you’re waiting
March 4, 2026
While you’re waiting for the perfect opportunity, what opportunities are passing you by? While you’re waiting for the perfect time, is life passing you by because they say time waits for no man? What ...
I will never understand
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I will never understand
February 25, 2026
There are so many things messed up in this world today and so many things that I will never understand. Like how do people just walk away from a family pet that they’ve had three years or 13 years all...
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God’s favor is a keeper kind of love
February 25, 2026
A keeper kind of love doesn’t just meet expectations— it exceeds them with quiet, faithful kindness. In the story of Ruth, a destitute widow, and Boaz, a rich landowner, we see God’s favor revealing a...
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Welcome to Lent, our time to come home
By REV. THERESE STARR 
February 25, 2026
“Return to me with all your heart…” says the Lord through the prophet Joel (Joel 2:1213). “Store up for yourselves treasures in heaven... For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also” say...
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How can I truly know that I am a Christian?
February 25, 2026
Do you know that you know Jesus? Some have said that we should never doubt, but doubts and overcoming them are part of being a Christ- followers. Everyone doubts at some time. How we approach and over...
Committee Work Continues
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Committee Work Continues
By REP. TIM TURNER 
February 18, 2026
The second week of the legislative session was devoted primarily to committee work. Several of my bills passed this first step in the legislative process. House Bill 3759 passed the Appropriations and...
Bill to protect First Responders advances unanimously
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Bill to protect First Responders advances unanimously
February 18, 2026
OKLAHOMA CITY – Rep. Neil Hays, R-Checotah, secured unanimous approval today in the House Civil Judiciary Committee for House Bill 4260, a measure aimed at strengthening workers’ compensation protecti...
Letters
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Letters
February 18, 2026
James Finck’s last piece is leaning towards fascism. I don’t know anyone who thinks Trump didn’t win the election, but we do know he got beat in 2020 and instigated an insurrection. The first thing he...
Death often defines us for the good
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Death often defines us for the good
February 18, 2026
Death is an inevitable part of life but I have learned by loving the living that their death often defines us. I have lost many family members and friends during my life. In the last two weeks I have ...
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Ruth and Boaz: A divine meet-cute
February 18, 2026
If you survived Valentine’s Day on a steady diet of romantic comedies, you probably witnessed a classic “meetcute.” That’s the moment when two unlikely characters collide in an unexpected, slightly aw...
Session is off to the Races
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Session is off to the Races
By REPRESENTATIVE NEIL HAYS 
February 11, 2026
It has already been a strong start to the legislative season. Feb. 2 marked the start of the Second Session of the 60th Oklahoma Legislature. The opening day included a joint session of the Oklahoma H...
From grateful to hateful
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From grateful to hateful
February 11, 2026
Wow how quickly this world can turn from grateful to hateful! It seems like the enemy is always trying to steal your joy, even on a Sunday! What should have been the Lord’s Day became a halftime heada...
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Redeeming love isn’t cheap, but it’s priceless
February 11, 2026
If the book of Ruth were a movie, it might look like a Hallmark romance — lots of talking, very little action, and no explosions. But don’t be fooled. Ruth opens with heartbreak and ends with hope, re...
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Called to be salty and lit
By REV. THERESE STARR 
February 11, 2026
“You are the salt of the earth… You are the light of the world!” (Matthew 5:13-16). This is a little intimidating, isn’t it, if you fully take in what Jesus is saying?? He is talking to every one of u...
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Has God called us to give up everything?
February 11, 2026
A certain ruler asked him, “Good teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?” “Why do you call me good?” Jesus answered. “No one is good -- except God alone. You know the commandments: ‘Do not co...
A vision of 2026
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A vision of 2026
January 7, 2026
Well if you are reading this then you survived the Christmas countdown of 2025 and all the holiday hoopla. Now it’s on to 2026 and what this year will hold for us. For some it comes with the excitemen...
Connecting kids to healthcare coverage
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Connecting kids to healthcare coverage
By JOE DORMAN OICA CEO 
January 7, 2026
OKLAHOMA CITY – As 2026 begins, the topic of insurance affordability and what can be done to keep costs from going up is topof- mind. While much of that discussion will occur at the federal level and ...
Oklahoma can have clean water and good jobs
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Oklahoma can have clean water and good jobs
January 7, 2026
If I had to describe my main priority as your attorney general, it boils down to this: I fight every day to do what’s right for the people of Oklahoma. That holds true now more than ever in the fight ...
Light the World campaign reaches Oklahoma
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Light the World campaign reaches Oklahoma
January 7, 2026
One of my favorite aspects of the Christmas season is how the spirit of Christ makes people just a little bit kinder. People look out for the welfare of their fellow man just that much more. Finding w...
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The most backward advice you’ll hear all year—and why it works!
January 7, 2026
Every January brings a fresh wave of advice about self-care, selfimprovement, and selffocus. So it may sound backward—even foolish— to suggest putting ourselves last. Yet that’s exactly the challenge ...
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Butler captured on Kerr Lake after two-week manhunt
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Butler captured on Kerr Lake after two-week manhunt
By AMIE CATO-REMER COURTESY 
March 4, 2026
After nearly two weeks on the run that included a reported kidnapping and a multi-county search, escaped inmate Robey L. Butler was captured Monday morning near Keota, bringing a tense manhunt to a sa...
Game Ball
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Game Ball
March 4, 2026
EHS Superintendent Montie Guthrie accepts a game ball donation from Board Vice President Martha Asher. The game ball is signed by all the members and coaches of the 2020 Lady Ironheads basketball team...
Family and friends say farewell to Tracy Scroggins and his mother
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Family and friends say farewell to Tracy Scroggins and his mother
By LaDonna Rhodes Staff Writer 
March 4, 2026
It was a sad day when Checotah heard of the passing of one of their own, Tracy Scroggins, whose name lives on at the field house and playground in his hometown. Scroggins passed away at the age of 56 ...
Mayor issues proclamation honoring late editor Jerry Fink
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Mayor issues proclamation honoring late editor Jerry Fink
By Shauna Belyeu General Manager 
March 4, 2026
On March 2, the Eufaula City Council opened its regular meeting by honoring the life and legacy of longtime journalist Jerry Fink. Mayor James Hickman read a formal proclamation recognizing the late E...
Heritage Home Care Inc. celebrates three years of patient-centered growth in rural Oklahoma
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Heritage Home Care Inc. celebrates three years of patient-centered growth in rural Oklahoma
March 4, 2026
Heritage Home Care Inc., a locally owned and operated home health agency headquartered in Eufaula, is celebrating its third anniversary of serving patients and families across eastern and southeastern...
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