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...

DEAR ABBY: When I came out of my introvert shell, I began trying to find a relationship. I went on a few dating websites and met some great guys and some not-so-great guys. One of the latter had been ...

While the Oklahoma Institute for Child Advocacy (OICA) primarily works with state policies, there are often federal issues which we try to engage our advocates in calling for better opportunities. One...

A mysterious spill was reported in the Deep Fork River. Authorities, including the Oklahoma City Fire Department and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, were investigating the source of the unknown substa...

DEAR ABBY: I am in my late 20s. My mom and dad will soon have been married for 30 years. I accidentally found evidence recently that Mom is having an extramarital affair. When I confronted her, she sa...

For this reason I bow my knees before the Father, from whom every family in heaven and on earth is named* Before their December visit to Colorado’s Bear Trap Ranch, a number of the students had never ...

Have you ever noticed that sometimes things just don’t turn out the way you expected them to? They can be good ideas, but at the moment they are first introduced, they don’t produce the expected or ad...

Okmulgee FFA members are preparing for a Rock-A-Thon fundraiser, slated for Saturday, Oct. 12. There are several ways to get involved and support Okmulgee FFA in traveling to the National FFA Conventi...

With National Voter Registration Day occurring on September 17, which is also Constitution Day, there has been much excitement geared around ensuring people are able to cast a vote, not only in the up...

DEAR ABBY: I met a young man on Facebook. He is a philanthropist, and we have been talking for more than six months. He’s kind and sweet, and he tells me he loves me. He works around the world as an i...