Former ECP Editor Leif Wright found dead

MUSKOGEE, OK – Former editor of The  Ellis County Press and step-son of Charles D. Hatfield Jr., publisher Leif Wright, 53, was found dead last Wednesday morning at his Muskogee home,  according to Reggie Cotton, Muskogee deputy police chief.

Local organizations granted funds through HILCO’s Operation Round Up® program

ITASCA – At the July 12 meeting of the Operation Round Up® Trust Boardmeeting, HILCO Electric’s Trust Board voted to disburse $11,972.96 to five organizations in the HILCO service area.These funds were donated during the second quarter of 2022.

CONSTITUTIONAL MINUTE #7

Contrary to popular belief, the powers of the President are “carefully limited” and precisely defined by our Constitution.In Federalist Paper No.

TASTE: COOK WITH HEART HEALTH IN MIND

FAMILY FEATURES – Healthy eating doesn’t have to be difficult or require you to take favorite meals off your family’s menu. In fact, making smart choices when cooking at home can give you more control over the types of tasty, heart-healthy dishes you put on the table.

COMICALLY INCORRECT by A.F. Branco (August 11, 2022)

OPINION: DeSantis is the leader that America needs

This past week, on July 28, Florida proved once again to be a bastion of sanity in the midst of a country that, by and large, has lost its mind.

OPINION: After Covid, pharmaceutical price controls will only lead to more drug shortages amid outsourcing

In President Joe Biden’s so-called Inflation Reduction Act, there are $288 billion of price controls for the Medicare Part D prescriptions drug benefit that are intended in part to offset the cost of $369 billion of green energy subsidies and a $69 billion Obamacare extension.

NOTABLE QUOTABLES: August 11, 2022

FOR THE RECORD“We are truly living in a situation where the FBI has become a praetorian guard from Rome where they take it unto themselves to decide who wields power in this country.

FRONT-PORCH GOSPEL: There’s merit in what you’re about to read, just not sure what it is

Welcome, all, to the “front-porch.” Note – this second annual Yellowstone journey lacks, fortunately, some of the drama of the 2021 one.But there are lessons, scenes, observations we need to chronicle, still. Thus, we travel together again, just as before, into the Yellowstone wilderness.

OUT TO PASTOR: When is it okay to be snarly?

Normally (whatever normal means), I don’t get agitated by many things. I can keep my cool under the most bizarre circumstances. Nothing gets under my skin, and I can take everything with a grin.I’ve been married for over 50 years, so I have experienced everything that I possibly can experience.