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Hospice of North Central Oklahoma will host a 6-week grief support group entitled “The Journey to Healing after a Loss” beginning Wednesday, May 3. In a safe place surrounded by others who have shared a similar experience, this group will be led by a seasoned professional and will look at the specific issues and bereavement needs of people who grieve the death of someone loved.

Washington, DC – Congressman Frank Lucas (OK-03) released the following statement on the 28th anniversary of the bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma: “Every year, on the 19th of April, Oklahomans and people across the country pause to remember the 168 innocent lives who were lost and honor those who survived, those whose lives were changed forever, and the first responders and community who answered the call in Oklahoma’s darkest moment. For many Oklahomans, the wounds of April 19th, 1995 are still painful. Small, giggling children, loving fathers and mothers, and friends and neighbors were ripped from our lives by hate and evil that arose from an extremist ideology. That day, Oklahoma witnessed the absolute worst humanity could do to itself,” said Congressman Lucas.

Apr. 18—IDABEL, Okla. — State and federal officials and Oklahoma’s NAACP denounced some county officials accused of discussing how to kill a local reporter and bemoaning how modern justice doesn’t allow hanging Black people.

April 16, 2023 Fight in Progress - At 2 am, the reporting party advised of six to eight subjects fighting in the street at Liberty and Osage, unknown weapons. Extra Patrol - At 3:26 am, an extra patrol was requested in the 400 block of S.

The SSN: A History Lesson Regular readers of my column know that I try to avoid the use of Social Security jargon, abbreviations and acronyms as much as possible. That even goes as far as the name of the agency that runs the Social Security program.

Today is the 110th day of 2023 and the 32nd day of spring. TODAY’S HISTORY: In 1902, Marie and Pierre Curie isolated the radioactive element radium for the first time.

Russia-aligned hackers are attempting to damage or destroy the U.K.’s critical national infrastructure, a top British government official is expected to warn on Wednesday. The hackers, who are working for organizations similar in structure to the Wagner group, a private Russian militia, have turned their attention to the U.K.

Edwin Fair Mental Health Center will be holding their Mayfest event on Thursday, May 11 on their front lawn at 1500 N. 6th St. in Ponca City from 3 pm to 5:30 pm. Mayfest exists as a means of celebrating May as Mental Health Month and to raise awareness for mental health.