Daily Bible Thought
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Jesus said to him, “Receive your sight; your faith has healed you.” 43 Immediately he received his sight and followed Jesus, praising God. When all the people saw it, they also praised God. — Luke 18:42-43
News
A variety of events to be held at Marland’s Place Family Fun Day
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Marland’s Place Foster Family Services will be hosting their annual Family Fun Day event on Saturday, Aug. 5 from 4 pm to 8 pm on their campus at 1300 Summers Place.
Business Council meeting held Aug. 1
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The Ponca City Chamber of Commerce Business Council held their regular monthly meeting on Tuesday, Aug. 1 at 8 am.
Big shoes filled as Senate appropriators spread earmarks wealth
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WASHINGTON — The retirement of several titans of congressional appropriating hasn’t slowed down the Senate’s appetite for “congressionally directed spending” — better known as earmarks. Under new management this year, the Senate Appropriations Committee has allocated nearly $7.6 billion worth of earmarks among over 3,700 separate line items tucked into their fiscal 2024 bills, a CQ Roll Call analysis found.
MORGAN performs at Full Moon Concert
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MORGAN, a Stillwater-based entertainer, adds her name to the long list of performers of the Full Moon Concert Series in Tonkawa. Morgan Reynolds, lead singer of the MORGAN band, is known for her unique and powerful vocals, as well as her talents with multiple instruments, not even to mention her song writing. Her songs Soul Tree, Remain Mine, and Let Yourself Be, have ranked repeatedly in the World Music Charts Top 40 list, most being ranked in the Top 10. MORGAN was formed in October of 2011 in the band’s hometown, Stillwater. Now the band, featuring Morgan Reynolds on vocals, sax, piano, guitar, and acting as manager and songwriter for the band, Victor “McFly” Denny who plays lead guitar, Dave “Bomb” Grounds on bass, and Wayne “Gretzsky” Bovenschen on Percussion, performs all over the area both as a band and Morgan performing solo.
Videos screened at Oxford shooter hearing show ‘a child in the throes of psychosis’
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PONTIAC, Mich. — Videos shown by defense attorneys in a court hearing Tuesday showed the teen accused of fatally shooting four classmates in 2021 and injuring multiple others in the midst of breakdowns in the Oakland County jail, asking “why didn’t you save her?” “why didn’t you stop it, you let it happen,” “I’m sorry, I’m sorry please God,” and “you could’ve stopped it God but you didn’t stop it.”
Russia says Ukrainian drone hit Moscow tower again in attack
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Russia’s Defense Ministry said it shot down two Ukrainian drones over Moscow region early Tuesday and electronically jammed a third one which crashed into the same office tower in Moscow’s commercial district that was hit two days ago.
Today in History
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Today is the 214th day of 2023 and the 43rd day of summer. TODAY’S HISTORY: In 1790, the first official census of the United States was conducted.
Weekly Best Sellers
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Courtesy of Magic City Books in Tulsa; Best of Books in Edmond; Brace Books in Ponca City; and Full Circle Books in Oklahoma City 1. “Fourth Wing” by Rebecca Yarros (Entangled: Red Tower Books) 2.