Upcoming Events

7/4- City of Watonga July 4th Celebration @ Huff-Lorang Park6-9 p.m. Food, bubble machine, bounce house, live musuc and more!7/4-City of Geary July 4th Celebration at the Geary park free swim with donation starting at noon, free hot dogs, pop & water starting at 8 p.m.

Red Cross Recommends Steps to Stay Safe as Temperatures Soar

As extreme heat blankets Kansas and Oklahoma, the American Red Cross is asking residents to take three steps to stay safe: slow down, stay hydrated and spend time indoors.

Attempt to Elude Police Ends in Crash

According to the Oklahoma Highway Patrol, Gabriel Rocha, 23, was injured in a rollover accident while fleeing from police. The accident took place about three miles west and a mile south of Canton, on the edge of Dewey County.

50s Homemaker I am Not

I really need to stop watching TV comedies from the 1950s and 1960s that I watch whenever I get the chance.As a teenager, I bought into all that brainwashing hogwash of what a perfect housewife was. I dreamed of getting married, having children, and having a happy home.

SENIOR CENTER NEWS

Hi everyone! I hope you are all doing well. I seem to feel a little better each day. I’m still a little foggy at times but everyone tells me that will pass. I tried playing chicken foot Saturday night, but I eventually had to give up and quit. So frustrating!

Seeing Double: School Graduates 23 Sets of Twins

NEEDHAM, Mass. (AP) — Twenty-three sets of twins have graduated from a Massachusetts middle school, making up about 10% of the eighth-grade class.The identical and fraternal twins graduated from Pollard Middle School in Needham, Massachusetts, on Wednesday.

SCOTUS Shuns Challenge to End of Religious Shot Exemption

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Monday rejected a challenge to a 2021 Connecticut law that eliminated the state’s longstanding religious exemption from childhood immunization requirements for schools, colleges and day care facilities.

Today in History

June 26 is the 177th day of the year (178th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 188 days remain until the end of the year.221 – Roman emperor Elagabalus adopts his cousin Alexander Severus as his heir and receives the title of Caesar.