Dear Rusty: How does Social Security handle the death of one spouse? Say, for example, the husband receives $2,000 per month in Social Security and his wife receives $1,000 per month. How is the death of either spouse handled? Signed: Concerned spouse Dear Concerned: Benefits to a deceased beneficiary stop as soon as Social Security (SS) is notified of the death (notification usually done by the funeral director who handles arrangements). Benefits are not paid for the month of death, only for the preceding month when the beneficiary was alive for the entire month.

The Walters Herald Mar. 30, 1939 Removal of city offices and the Walters public library to the first floor of the Wiley building on the northeast corner of Broadway and Colorado streets will begin Saturday, Bob Lines, city manager, announced Thursday.

Dear Rusty: I will be 64 in March and currently receive Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) payments. My full retirement age is 67, but I’m thinking about trying to return to work.

FOR THE CHILDREN by Joe Dorman, OICA CEO OKLAHOMA CITY – The Legislature is in its second deadline week, when bills must pass out of the “house of origin,” meaning House bills must pass out of the House of Representatives, and Senate bills must pass out of the State Senate, or they are dead.

The Walters Herald Mar. 23, 1939 Walters city commissioners will order the city hall vacated as soon as they can find a building in which to house city offices and the public library, Paul Mershon, mayor, stated Thursday.

Throughout the past three years in office, President Biden has embarked on spending spree after spending spree. First, just two months after inauguration, he signed the $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan Act, initiating a spike in prices on consumers just days after the bill was signed into law.

LAWTON, Feb. 23, 2024 — The Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation celebrated its 77th anniversary in Lawton on Feb. 22 as part of its statewide “77 for 77” campaign that harkens back to the foundation’s roots.

By Keaton Ross | Democracy/Criminal Justice Reporter The Senate on Thursday morning overwhelmingly agreed to send House Bill 1955, a carryover bill from 2023 that eliminates the 4.5% state portion of the grocery sales tax, to Gov. Kevin Stitt’s desk.

OKLAHOMA CITY – Reps. David Smith, R-Arpelar, and Rick West, R-Heavner, held a meeting Feb. 21 with 11 rural fire coordinators from across the state who voiced concerns about new mandatory training requirements from the state fire marshal in accordance with state statutes.

OKLAHOMA CITY – Rep. Neil Hays, R-Checotah, secured passage of a bill designed to prevent the unauthorized sharing of digitized depictions of individuals.