It is getting hotter throughout the week with high temperatures climbing from the upper- 90s during the middle of the week to 103 degrees on Saturday. No rain in the forecast for the next five to seven days. A big dome of high pressure is in control and sunshine and heat are the main words in our forecast for a while.

Fort Towson Homecoming Princess Pageant results: • Princess, Talent Winner, Photogenic Winner: Acelee Ellis (pictured in red). • Junior Princess: Kamryn Earnest (pictured in peach).

It’s becoming more and more apparent to this writer exactly how politics attempts... and actually does seek to run your life.

Paula “Sharon” Marunde, age 75, of Blanchardville, Wis,, passed away on Jan. 19, 2022 at St. Mary’s Hospital in Madison, Wis., with her children and love of her life by her side. She was born in Oklahoma City on Aug. 29, 1946, the youngest daughter of Cara E. and Mandy (Shults) Jones. She graduated from Boswell High School.

Funeral services for Jean Jordan Priddy, of Fort Towson, Okla., were held at 10 a.m. June 17, 2022 at Sobol Baptist Church.

Funeral services for Daisy Lamm Herd, of Sand Springs, Okla., were held at 2 p.m. Friday, June 17, 2022 at Miller & Miller Funeral Home.