My history writing buddy, Marvin Gorley, has never understood my dislike of this county being named for Mirabeau Buonaparte Lamar, even though our most famous artist alumnus, William Henry Huddle, and his cousin, F.J. Fisher, painted both the former Republic of Texas president and his brother, Lucius Cincinnatus Lamar.
But, there are many negatives with the personality and actions of the president, not to mention Parisians and even those from his home area of Richmond, Texas, have never been able to decide upon just how to pronounce his name. It was with great relief when the shopping center moguls in East Paris decided to take his name off the signs. New announcers at local radio stations will never have to go through the pain of trying to say My-ree-bo, Mear-a-bo, or even the worst, Mare-a-boo.
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OKLAHOMA CITY, April 21, 2021 /PRNewswire/ Oklahoma Gas and Electric (OG&E), a subsidiary of Oklahoma City-based OGE Energy Corp. (NYSE: OGE), announced today that it will expand its Choctaw Nation/OG&E Solar Energy Center in Durant, Oklahoma by an additional 5-megawatts (MW), bringing the total solar capacity to 10 MW. OG&E will construct, own and operate the additional 5MW expansion, which is expected to come online by the end of 2021. We are proud to continue our collaboration with the Choctaw Nation with this expansion of the Solar Energy Center in Durant, said OGE Energy Chairman, President and CEO Sean Trauschke. OG&E remains an industry leader in reducing its impact on the environment, while at the same time maintaining some of the lowest rates in the nation. With this addition, we continue to advance our popular customer driven renewable energy offerings.
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Pittsburg County Treasurer Jennifer Lenox-Hackler, left, gets her second round of the Moderna vaccination, administered by Pittsburg County Health Department Nurse Kelly Lamon at Expo Center in McAlester. breaking topical featured
By James Beaty Managing Editor Apr 15, 2021
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Pittsburg County Treasurer Jennifer Lenox-Hackler, left, gets her second round of the Moderna vaccination, administered by Pittsburg County Health Department Nurse Kelly Lamon at Expo Center in McAlester.
Pittsburg County Treasurer Jennifer Lenox-Hackler joined several hundred other individuals in getting her second dose of the COVID-19 vaccination Tuesday at the Expo Center in McAlester.
She didn t wince as Kelly Lamon, a nurse at Pittsburg County Health Department, gave her the vaccination. Lenox-Hackler said she hardly felt a thing as Lamon administered the shot.
Covid remains low at Paris Regional Medical Center, with just four Covid-infected people inpatient daily over the last week. In the community, our new active cases are around five to 10 a day, which still puts us at a 45 to 50 weekly count (under 10 considered good control). The panhandle is experiencing a rise in cases, and Southeastern Oklahoma still has county cases greater than 200.
At least 17% of the population in the U.S. is thought to be vaccinated (84 million have received one dose). The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommended that Covid-vaccinated people may travel in the U.S. without getting tested or self-quarantining, but should still wear a mask in public areas, avoid crowds and practice hand hygiene. While having the vaccine protects the individual, we still wear masks at this point as there are still people in the community without immunity who can be infected. There have been no deaths and no signs of increased illness (other than brief appropriate im
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