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Former Claremore Daily Progress publisher Kristy Geisler passed away Sept. 19 at the age of 62 – leaving behind a community she loved to serve.

CDC Reports Significant Jump In Overdose Deaths Nationwide This week, the Centers for Disease Control reported a significant increase in overdose deaths in 2020. State experts said it has severely impacted Oklahoma.  Across the country, 93,000 people died from an overdose in 2020, which is nearly a 30 percent increase from the year before. Green Country mother Layla Freeman lost her daughter to an overdose in 2013. "It hurts my heart on a daily basis," Freeman said. "I don't want any other parent to go through what I've gone through personally."  Freeman said part of her isn't surprised th...

DEA Awards Light Of Hope With 2020 Community Drug Prevention Award The Drug Enforcement Administration awarded a Green Country woman and her nonprofit with the 2020 Community Drug Prevention Award Thursday. Layla Freeman is the CEO of Light of Hope. The organization educates thousands of students in Northeast Oklahoma on drug prevention. Freeman’s daughter died from a drug overdose seven years ago. Since then, she’s made it her mission to educate students and families about drug addiction and prevention.