• Paris Regional Health recognized for heart attack and heart failure care Paris Regional Health has been named by U.S. News & World Report to its 2023-2024 Best Hospitals as a High Performing hospital for heart failure and heart attack care.

The Oklahoma Tobacco Helpline, a program of the Tobacco Settlement Endowment Trust (TSET), is launching a statewide campaign highlighting the link between smoking and Type 2 diabetes. In Oklahoma, diabetes is one of the ten leading causes of death, affecting nearly half a million residents (14%) — and more than one million Oklahomans are affected by prediabetes.

For any voter who has not yet registered, Friday, Oct. 20 is the last day to apply for voter registration in order to be eligible to vote in the Nov.

Life lessons I learned from my life as an East Texas pastor, as pastor of mission of Elder State Baptist Church in Kilgore, I learned that a $1 box of chocolates could change a person’s life. We were given $100 per month to the minster for the 95 trailers we had in the Elder Estate Trailer Park –– the church was in the middle, and we had trailers on all sides of the church –– what a mission field.

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