Funeral services for Timothy “Tim” Parker, of Fort Towson, Okla., will be at 10 a.m. Thursday, April 21, 2022 at Miller & Miller Funeral Home. Timothy passed away April 17, 2022, at the age of 64.

Property owners are coming to realize that their ad valorem taxes are continuing to go up basically every year. In many cases, they increase at or near the state’s legal 5% cap. So every 10 years they go up by 50% and every 20 years they will double.

We’ve officially completed the bulk of committee work for this session after the April 14 deadline to hear measures that originated in the House in our Senate committees, and vice versa, the House completed their work on the bills we have approved. The Joint Committee on Appropriations and Budget will continue to meet throughout the rest of session to vote on budget bills as we work to finalize the Fiscal Year 2023 budget.

High temperatures will soar into the mid-80s from Wednesday through Friday along with a clearing trend. The weekend is looking like a 50% chance of showers Saturday night and Sunday with highs in the low 80s.

April is National Safe Digging Month. Oklahoma Corporation Commission Chairman Dana Murphy is reminding Oklahomans that any outdoor digging project this spring should start with a phone call.

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