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We stopped at the gas station to fill up the car. It was one of our rituals on my monthly visits: a trip to the hardware store, a fill-up.
Read moreRep. Emanuel Cleaver caused a social media storm recently, closing a public prayer with “Amen and a woman,” as if the Hebrew word meaning “let it be” was somehow gendered.
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Sen. David Bullard, R-Durant, released the following statement Monday regarding the protest at the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday, January 6:
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All of us are ready for a new year. Goodbye 2020, Hello 2021. A new start. An end to the Covid-19 Pandemic. All of us by now have seen friends and family hit or even now struggling with this deadly virus. Many of us have struggled with friends who never did accept that it was anything serious. “Just the Flu” was said to me several times in the past months. “Covid will go away the day after the election” was said often. Statistics were pulled out of thin air (or was that face-book) to prove their points. I can only imagine how those who suffered a loss of friends or family from this deadly disease feel when confronted by this sort of “friend.”
Read moreEast Central University is recognizing students for their outstanding academic work during the Fall 2020 semester by naming them to the President’s and Dean’s Honor Rolls.
Read moreECU’s Fall 2020 graduates were recognized at 10 a.m. Saturday, December 12, and Spring 2020 graduates, who missed their original commencement exercise because of Covid-19, were recognized at 2 p.m. that same day.
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