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....

Do you consider your world view as “black & white” versus “shades of gray?” For my entire life, I can only remember a few times in my younger days that I felt so strongly about one side of an issue th...

It’s such a simple question. Our initial reaction may have been an offended “No way!” Too often, we get caught up in the daily busyness of life that we don’t look that far ahead. This is why those mil...

As I guided my Suzuki dirt bike onto the path leading to our remote Africa home, something felt different. What was it? The narrative unfolds in detail in the Amazon-published memoir, Giants in the Ro...

I was listening to a Christian radio station in which the lady host was bragging about how her daughter had learned the easy way out. It seems that her daughter, a newly licensed driver, had learned f...

DEAR ABBY: I have been with my boyfriend for 3 1/2 years. Before me, he was known for sleeping around. He has never cheated on me that I am aware of, but when we go to social gatherings (or just out),...

DEAR ABBY: I’m a 23-year-old college student struggling to find direction in life. I’ve been trying to find a part-time job and an internship, but I have had no success. This leaves me increasingly an...

When it comes to ideas emanating from the State Capitol, there is no perfect solution to problems faced by what a bill might address. Such is the case with Senate Bill 105. The bill would modify the r...

On April 5, I stood shoulder to shoulder with fellow Oklahomans unpaid, unafraid and unwavering in our determination to protect our nation’s foundational principles. From parking lots to parks, capito...

I’ve always focused on efficiency and accountability in state government, but we cannot be reckless about how cuts affect Oklahomans across the state. This week, Governor Stitt announced his first cut...

DEAR ABBY: I was married to a police officer for 20 years. It wasn’t a warm marriage. We divorced 20 years ago. Our one child is in his late 30s. I always put my son first and loved him with all my he...

• Beggs teen Jesse Shepherd was injured in an accident on I-40. He was Life Flighted to St Francis in Tulsa, but was listed as stable. The accident was believed to have been caused by him ‘being sleep...

“You’re from the Sooner State, eh? Isn’t that called ‘Tornado Alley?’” We Oklahomans have grown accustomed to being associated with such a dubious label. Not surprisingly so. My wife and I got another...

Tayler Hamric of Henryetta High School, a member of the HHS wrestling team, is the latest senior to be named Luv Ford’s Athlete of the Week. Joining him is Coach Kaleb Stone. Presenting the award is M...