ENGAGEMENT

Marly Erin Mahanay and Zachary Jadon Dale Lustfield, both of Clinton, have announced intentions to marry April 9, 2022, in a private ceremony on the family’s farm in Arapaho.

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) – A proposal endorsed by Oklahoma’s governor and Senate leader to allow public school funding to follow students to private schools or home schools won’t be heard in the House, Speaker Charles McCall said Thursday.

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) – Abortions in Texas fell by 60% in the first month under the most restrictive abortion law in the U.S. in decades, according to new figures that for the first time reveal a full accounting of the immediate impact.

ROME (AP) – Retired Pope Benedict XVI asked forgiveness Tuesday for any “grievous faults” in his handling of clergy sex abuse cases, but denied any personal or specific wrongdoing after an independent report criticized his actions in four cases while he was archbishop of Munich, Germany.

Beacon of courage amid Communist oppression

Wall Street Journal columnist William McGurn wrote in the summer of 2020, “Taped on the wall by my desk is a photo of Jimmy Lai in handcuffs. It was taken (Aug. 10, 2020), the day 200 Hong Kong police raided his Apple Daily newspaper and arrested him. It is my most treasured photo of Jimmy, who also happens to be my godson, having been baptized in 1997 just before the handover of Hong Kong to Chinese sovereignty. The point is that though the handcuffs were intended to humiliate him, every man, woman and child in Hong Kong saw them for what they were: a badge of honor.”

Here's a preview of Friday's headlines

- Vehicle pursuit concludes with suspect’s arrest

- City golf course management update

- Valentines raise Veterans’ quality of life 

- Custer Co. leaders in justice: Assoc. Judge Donna Dirickson

City Attorney Ryan Meacham and City Manager Robert Johnston have been working on the contract for West Texas Turf to manage the Riverside Golf Course. Johnston said he anticipates it might be ready by the next city council meeting for discussion and approval.

Science taking shape

Addalie Evetts, a second-grader at Western Oklahoma Christian School, shows off her habitat. The school’s second-graders made the habitats to learn more about the science of the world around them.

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