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Rig Report: Nation’s natural gas rig numbers on the rise

From staff reports A weekly gas report from the U.S. Energy Information Administration shows the expansion of natural gas drilling efforts across the U.S. and reflects how interest has resulted in a growth in the number of gas-drilling rigs compared to those drilling for oil.
Provided This banner suspended from a light pole in Valliant, Oklahoma, in McCurtain County, honors the late Cpl. Burl Cunningham, a World War II POW who survived the Bataan Death March.

Provided This banner suspended from a light pole in Valliant, Oklahoma, in McCurtain County, honors the late Cpl. Burl Cunningham, a World War II POW who survived the Bataan Death March.

A small-town hero paid for the freedom we enjoy

By Jerry Ellis Burl Cunningham was born Jan. 6, 1920, in the small southeastern Oklahoma community of Rufe. A 20-yearold enlistee into the Army at Texarkana, Burl traveled by train to California, where he was sworn in on Jan.