Pictured from left to right are Charlie Mackey, Oklahoma Sheriffs and Peace Officers Association; Meredeth Kueck, who accepted award on behalf of Michael Brown; Officer Sara Miller; Officer Kyler Truett; and Lighthorse Chief of Police Michael Manning.

Most of Oklahoma’s native spiders, like this orb-weaver, aren’t as dangerous as a brown recluse or black widow. (Photo by Todd Johnson, OSU Agricultural Communications Services.)

The Pauls Valley Chamber of Commerce named First United Bank as the 2021 Corporate Citizen of the Year during the Chamber’s Centennial Celebration Tuesday night.

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