Many of us have heard the phrase, “I never promised you a rose garden.” The phrase is intended to express the idea that not everything in life is sweet, beautiful, or floating on air in joyous wonder....

“We are the first line of defense for people to find out what’s going on.” This belief has guided me throughout my career, and it’s one that continues to drive everything we do here at the Okmulgee Ti...

DEAR ABBY: My 18-year-old stepdaughter has decided to date another female. She has dated boys in the past, but that’s not the issue. We have nothing against the LGBTQ community. (My husband’s brother ...

The marasca cherry is a small fruit that is said to grow with the best flavor only on the lands of coastal Croatia. While Croatia produces the most marasca cherries, Italy, Slovenia, southern Hungary ...

The Okmulgee County Humane Society invites the public to join them at the Okmulgee 2024 Harvest Spoon Chili Festival this Saturday, Oct. 12, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Please make plans to attend this fun...

DEAR ABBY: My wife and I are both in our mid-50s. Due to a medical issue she has, we rarely have sex. I don’t really think about it very often anymore. Meanwhile, I have a friend, “Edie.” We have been...

As a longtime advocate for children’s success, I have grown accustomed to conversations from multiple perspectives which shed light on aspects of policy. I have also been the target of frustration fro...

Tulsa Together will host a series of events this Sunday. Rev. Darren Williams of First Baptist Church Central in Okmulgee and Rev. Davison Cole Fields of Sand Springs Methodist Church will trade pulpi...

DEAR ABBY: I am dating an older man with two ex-wives. I have met both of them. I don’t mind them. The last ex-wife and I get along. She usually calls me because he won’t answer his phone for her. The...

My wife Connie was astounded. There it was, a whole house floating down river. This wasn’t a houseboat or a barge, it was a regular house that had been torn from its foundation by the flooding caused ...

While his hands gripped the casket and tears streamed down his face looking at his daddy, little Jimmy was devastated, along with many others. He did not understand what was happening. His dad had bee...

As with many spouses of TU scholars, she had adopted a western nickname (less daunting to the American tongue). Gwen and her graduate- student husband, ‘Daniel’, had been in Tulsa about two years. The...

DEAR ABBY: “Missing My Cat in Georgia” (June 20) was told by his Catholic friend that his cat wouldn’t be joining him in the afterlife. I have been an ordained pastor for 27 years. Last summer my cat,...

Inspiring youth to engage in policy is an important facet of the mission undertaken by the Oklahoma Institute for Child Advocacy (OICA). Through our more than four decades of work in creating awarenes...

What do we do with grief? How do we handle a tornado called Death that has ripped through your family? Why are you left numb and stunned? We often feel we will never be the same. Not sure we will ever...

A fight broke out at the Okmulgee County Jail, prompting the Sheriff ’s Office tactical team to intervene. The incident resulted in burned mattresses, broken glass and flooding, causing approximately ...

Any novice square dance student just learning the “grab-your-partner and do-si-do” moves soon pays attention to distance and space. The night of Bear Trap’s special hoedown witnessed one couple stagge...

I pick up pennies. I don’t apologize for it, I delight in it. Pennies can amount to riches if used wisely. I remember reading an article once in which a not rich person was sharing an incident he once...

DEAR ABBY: I’m a gay man who is best friends with “Carl,” a man who is straight. We are everything you’d expect of a normal friendship. On a surface level, there is no difference. He goes well out of ...

A group of Beggs students and adults met Wednesday morning around the flagpole at Golden Demon Stadium to share a moment of prayer for their friends, families, teachers, school and nation. According t...