Kingfisher Oklahoma

Larry Eugene Smith was born on Jan. 26, 1952, in Sacramento, Calif., to Norman Harold Smith and Zella Delores (Mitchell) Hill. He passed away Nov. 20, 2025, at the age of 73. He proudly served in the United States Army and later attended trade school.

Now that Thanksgiving is over, the Christmas holiday season kicks into high gear.Of course, that means it will soon be time to write those “Letters to Santa.”We’re calling all teachers to once again email us your elementary students’ letters.

Local Theta Tau members recently made a large donation to benefit county children this Christmas. The chapter not only donated $1,500 to Santa’s Toyland, but also 50 Christmas stockings filled with toiletries, socks, gloves and toys for children 4 to 8 years old.

[ Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell is the White House Correspondent for “The Daily Signal.” Send her an email.

[ George Caldwell is a journalism fellow at The Daily Signal. Send an email to George.]Republican Sen. Rick Scott of Florida has a bill attempting something that has challenged Republicans for years—reforming the Affordable Care Act.

[ Tyler O’Neil is senior editor at The Daily Signal and the author of two books: “Making Hate Pay: The Corruption of the Southern Poverty Law Center,” and “The Woketopus: The Dark Money Cabal Manipulating the Federal Government.

Victor Davis Hanson, a senior contributor for The Daily Signal, is a classicist and historian at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University and host of “The Victor Davis Hanson Show.” His website, The Blade of Perseus, features columns, lectures, and exclusive content for subscribers.

Each month students at Okarche Elementary School are recognized for a good character trait and named “REAL Warriors.” In the month of October 2025, the character trait was “Respect.” REAL is an acronym for Respect, Effort, Attitude and Leadership.