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LEOS Balance Rights, Safety

It is not an uncommon sight in Watonga or Geary, if you know where to look and what to look for. Sometimes it happens just outside your car at a stop sign – one person makes an exchange with another. Usually, an observer can see cash change hands and sometimes a bag or packet.

Upcoming Events!

November 1-30-Treats for Troops candy collection for Oklahoma National Guard collections site: 410 w Main St. 8 a.m.-5 p.m. 11/16- Adult Cooking Class hosted by the Library and OSU Extention. 5:30-7:30 p.m.

Time For Open Enrollment

Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Oklahoma offers a variety of options for those in need of quality, affordable health insurance. Beginning Nov. 1, the health insurance marketplace opened for Oklahomans to elect medical coverage for 2024.

Law Extends Tag Timeline

OKLAHOMA CITY – Oklahomans now have two months instead of just 30 days to obtain registration and title after purchasing a motor vehicle or a travel or commercial trailer after a new law took effect Nov. 1. Rep.

Drugs Trafficked From Inside Hinton Prison

SEATTLE —– Two men who were federal inmates at the Federal Correctional Institute Great Plains in Hinton, Oklahoma, while organizing large methamphetamine shipments and sales, were sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Tacoma to long prison terms, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Tessa M. Gorman.

SENIOR CENTER NEWS

Hi, everyone! I hope you’ve had a good week. Mine was good. It seems like they pass so quickly anymore. I hardly get my news written and it’s time to do it again. Volamae Marks renewed her membership with us last week. We’re glad you did, Volamae, we enjoy seeing you when you come in.

Adulting is No Fun, Honestly

As I sit here trying to write this week's column, I'm finding it hard with my limited attention span to concentrate on the task at hand with David sitting next to me in his recliner shredding papers like a Watergate conspirator. Why is he doing that, you ask? Well, I'll tell ya.

Limb, Brush Pickup Now Underway in Town

In response to citizen demand, the city has walked back its hard line on brush and limb pickup. This week city owned trash trucks began the heavy lifting on townwide cleanup of storm debris and accumulated brush.