January 2022

Sen. Lonnie Paxton, R-Tuttle, is calling for the removal of Don Spencer as the executive director of the Oklahoma Second Amendment Association (OK2A) after making comments Paxton said could put the lives of legislators and other elected officials in danger.

WASHINGTON – U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.), ranking member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, released the following statement after a bill imposing critical sanctions on the Nord Stream 2 pipeline project failed to meet the 60-vote threshold needed to advance: “The Senate had another chance...

Haven’t settled on resolutions for 2022? Experts at the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation have a few suggestions for healthy commitments you can still check off the list this year.

MIDWEST CITY – Missing four starters and losing out on early-round bonus points after a series of byes, El Reno High School’s wrestling team rallied for a second-place finish at the 2022 Malcolm Wade Invitational.

Dominick Havern hit one of two free throws in the waning seconds as El Reno High School’s boys basketball team snapped a three-game losing streak with a 62-59 road win over Class 5A’s 16th-ranked Guthrie. The victory moved El Reno, ranked 13th in the same poll, to 6-5 on the season.

Here’s a critical question for enthusiasts of critical race theory, particularly its growing number of advocates on the religious left: How did MLK do what he did without CRT? That is, how did the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. manage to accomplish what he did without critical race theory?

Funeral services for Phyllis Carol (Armstrong) Garrison will be held at 2 p.m. Friday, Jan. 21 in the Wilson Funeral Home Chapel. Viewing will be held at the funeral home on Thursday, Jan. 20 from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. Phyllis passed away Jan. 8, 2022, in Oklahoma City.

Joseph Walter Geis, 89, of Geary, passed away Jan. 14, 2022, in Blanchard. He was born Oct. 21, 1932, in Scotland, Texas, to Lawerence and Anna (Poirot) Geis. He married Shirley Holdaway on May 30, 1952, in Wichita Falls, Texas, and from this union came their children, Joe and Deanna.

Graveside services for Florene (Beckner) Jacobs were held Monday at Holy Trinity Catholic Cemetery in Okarche. Services were under the direction of Huber-Benson Funeral Home. Florene passed away Jan. 12, 2022. She was born at home Jan. 21, 1931, in Piedmont and grew up on a farm.

Services for Gregory Lee McKelvey of Minco were held Tuesday at First Baptist Church in Minco, with burial following in the Evergreen Cemetery. Services were under the direction of Huber-Reynolds Funeral Home. Greg passed away Jan. 13, 2022, at Integris Canadian Valley Hospital in Yukon.