Los Angeles has smog. I grew up in Los Angeles County and we had smog. It was bad. It made it hard to breathe, and burned your eyes. I sometimes walked home from school in tears because of the smog. I...

DEAR ABBY: The woman I’ve been married to for the last 10 years is spending her time away from home. She isn’t seeing another man or hanging out in bars. She leaves at any time of the day and goes to ...

In 1983, advocates from across our state saw the need for an organization to “raise awareness, take action, and support policy for the health, safety and well-being of Oklahoma’s children” through out...

We’re now in the final month of the 2025 legislative session. We’re also in the most dangerous period for severe weather in Oklahoma. April’s flooding and tornadoes came with a heavy price, with seven...

May 14, at 8:30 a.m. at the Jim Waller Sports Complex in Preston. The registration fee is $25 and all participants will receive popsicles at lunch. Visit www.prestonps. com to register. May 15 Okmulge...

DEAR ABBY: I have been in a text relationship for nearly a year. I call it a text relationship because we communicate solely through texting. Because I’m not a video chat person, it doesn’t bother me ...

Looking back to the era, I realize I had made note of it, even then. At nine years of age, fighting for survival those long months in a hospital’s polio ward, I could sense (though not in every moment...

There is a popular Christian song playing on the radio right now written by Amelia. The title of the song is: What Are We Waiting For? Part of the words of this song say: “I guess the crisis is, We’ve...

As May is upon us, it is the time of year when the state budget picture begins to clear as state legislators put the finishing touches on the budget for the fiscal year beginning on July 1. This year,...

DEAR ABBY: A few years ago, my daughter went “no contact” with both sides of our family - grandparents, parents, aunts and uncles, as well as cousins. Since then, I have been struggling with how I sho...

The EODD Area Agency on Aging is thrilled to announce its annual Caregiver Conference 2025, set to take place Friday, May 16, from 10 a.m. - 3 p.m. at Muskogee Church of Christ, located at 3206 N. Yor...

Earlier this month my office opened the nomination process for the Attorney General’s 2025 Oklahoma Officer of the Year Award. My office launched the initiative last year to recognize the best and bri...

DEAR ABBY: I’m 58 and five years into my second marriage. We lived together a little over a year before getting married. I spent seven years as a caregiver for my parents before marrying my current hu...

The 2025 Oklahoma legislative session is almost three-fourths of the way done for the year with adjournment occurring in late May, and a good number of positive bills are moving forward. The Oklahoma ...

April 23-26 Keep Okmulgee Beautiful Week | The City of Okmulgee will hold a Keep Okmulgee Beautiful Week April 20-26. Apply for a free burn permit from April 14-18. Participants must provide a current...

Where to begin? Two weeks ago, we made the comment that for Christians, everything needs to have a warrant or approval from Scripture. That includes how and what we study about God. In search of scrip...

The charging Doberman raced full speed, her eyes fixed on my slight frame as I stood defenseless against those fast-approaching razor-like teeth lining that open mouth. I instinctively braced, hoping ...

When I was in the fourth grade, we lived in a new community. There were many children about my age in this new neighborhood, which resulted in a new school being built for us. The school looked like i...

DEAR ABBY: My dad is a registered sex offender who has done time for his crimes against children. My mother has continued to have contact with him and has repeatedly chosen him over her own children. ...

DEAR ABBY: My partner and I have been together more than five years now. He has two adult children. I learned two days ago that I am pregnant. At 43 years old, I didn’t think a child was in my future....