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Longlegs begins with bright white snow. It's a winter morning and a young girl has gone out to play in the frigid weather. This incredibly unnerving Osgood Perkins directorial effort is an extremely bleak exercise. However, unlike other horror movie attempts at "darkness", Perkins doesn't suffocate every image in minimal light and shaky-cam. Instead, Longlegs ingratiates viewers to its uniquely ominous vibes all that snow on the ground and reasonably bright lighting. Even here, evil emerges. That young girl's time outside is upended by the arrival of a mysterious adult man. The on-screen color palette and lighting suggest it's just a normal winter day. It's not.

By Tiffany Chartier, Special to the Herald Democrat Time slips into something more comfortable as we age — less constrained by exactness or observation.  … Login to continue reading Login…

By Becky Emerson Carlberg Special to the Herald Democrat Lightning, thunder, fireworks, light rain. What more could one want for the Fourth of July. With… Login to continue reading Login Sign up for complimentary access Sign Up Now Close

Dear Neil: We have just bought a house that is going to need some repairs. The lawn is among them. It is bermudagrass, but we’d like to switch it to St. Augustine. Our budget is tight. If we use plugs, how far apart can they be planted and how long will it take for them to cover? When should we do that?

Chickasaw Nation Governor Bill Anoatubby, along with tribal leadership and state and local officials, met with U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) Administrator Isabel Casillas Guzman June 4 to discuss rebuilding the community after an EF-4 tornado slammed into the downtown area April 27, leveling multiple businesses and homes.

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All the following tips assume July is a "normal" month - whatever "normal" is in the Southwest. This year we went from having about a week of spring straight to summer with one of the hottest Junes in history. Mother Nature again decided to gift us with way too much rain in early June and then none after that. I hope this is not the pattern for the rest of the summer; however, I will not be surprised if it doesn’t rain again until late September. We have had a few rainy Augusts before, so fingers crossed. When I walked outside at 6:30 this morning to water before it got too hot, my glasses fogged over so I knew it would be another “sauna” day.

Choctaw/Chickasaw artist Norma Howard was posthumously inducted into the Native American Artists Hall of Fame on Saturday, May 18, 2024, during the 2024 Native American Artists Hall of Fame Gala at the Semple Family Museum of Native American Art in Durant, Oklahoma.