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Transitional home in Duncan helps men reintegrate after incarceration Transitional home in Duncan helps men reintegrate after incarceration By Cheyenne Cole | January 17, 2021 at 6:18 PM CST - Updated January 17 at 6:23 PM DUNCAN, Okla. (TNN) - To help men adjust to life after incarceration, Agape Freedom Ministries in Duncan opened a transitional living house late last year. The Director Tim Jennings said starting over is hard when you only have the clothes on your back. That’s why the Agape House is giving men who have recently been released from jail or prison a new lease on life. T...

Updated: Dec 29, 2020 6:36 AM Cherokee Area Council BSA to Host Virtual Escape Rooms   The Cherokee Area Council BSA will hold virtual escape room experiences in January 2021. Scout Executive Phillip Wright said the 2021 Family Friends of Scouting (FOS) theme is "To help other people at all times." Wright said they're excited to share the scouting story through the virtual escape room experience as well. He said it is great to see how you can learn and share through the scouting program. During the evening, you will travel back in time to 1909 to help save Scouting for the Cherokee Area ...

Updated: Dec 28, 2020 10:38 AM Uniforms Acquired for 80 Scouters through Generosity   Garrett Giles Over 80 scouters in the Cherokee Area Council BSA will be uniformed thanks to the kindness of others. Wright said this is the second year the Cherokee Area Council BSA has put on the Scout Giving Tree event. In 2019, the Council was able to outfit 47 scouts through the program. If you ever wish to support the Cherokee Area Council BSA, you can visit them at 520 S. Quapaw Avenue in Bartlesville, or you can call them at 918.336.9170.

Credit Associated Press | Julie Jacobsen A Nevada man who blocked the Colorado River bridge near Hoover Dam with a homemade armored vehicle and assault-style rifles in 2018 has been sentenced to seven years and nine months in an Arizona state prison. Matthew Phillip Wright, 33, of Henderson, was sentenced in Kingman, Arizona, after pleading no contest to felony terrorism, weapon and unlawful flight charges, according to court records obtained Tuesday. Mohave County Superior Court Judge Derek Carlisle also sentenced Wright on Thursday to four years of probation after prison. He has already ser...

.......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... LAS VEGAS — A Nevada man who blocked the Colorado River bridge near Hoover Dam with a homemade armored vehicle and assault-style rifles in 2018 has been sentenced to seven years and nine months in an Arizona state prison. Matthew Phillip Wright, 33, of Henderson, was sentenced in Kingman, Arizona, after pleading no contest to felony terrorism, weapon and unlawful flight charges, according to cour...