It’s funny how conditioning works. Not of the hair treatment kind. A person flies off to another country where he settles into living and working for some years. Having grown conditioned then to the a...

Manufacturing has brought Oklahoma tremendous economic growth and stability throughout the years, and I’m proud to celebrate National Manufacturing Week alongside our small businesses, stakeholders, a...

Recently, we had some guests visit us. They were from California where my wife and I grew up. They have been dear friends for years. They were part of our church when we were teens. Bob had his 89th b...

The National Active and Retired Federal Employees Association (NARFE) Chapter 0730 will meet Thursday, Oct. 12, at 11 a.m. at Shoney’s, 610 E. Main St. in Henryetta. The program for this month will be...

Second Baptist Church, 1003 N. Alabama Ave. in Okmulgee, will hold a Clothes Closet Thursday, Oct. 5, from 3-6 p.m. October 5-6 PHS Drama Performance | Preston High School Drama will perform 1-act pla...

A crash last week claimed the life of a Bartlesville man. The Oklahoma Highway Patrol reported the collision on Sept. 26 at 8:27 p.m. on Interstate 40 eastbound at mile marker 243.5, 3 ½ miles east of...

• Monday: Attended BOCC meeting. Returned phone calls from weekend. Continued reviewing emergency operations plan as well as flood plain program. Held volunteer meeting at 6:30 p.m. • Tuesday: Worked ...

Fall is officially here and the days will soon be cooling down (not that you can tell it with our temperatures this week). People walking by the windows of our downtown office will go from shorts and ...

Meeting Steve Blahut, allowing him to graciously engage me in dialogue regarding several painful, hidden chapters of my past, became the precursor for major gamechangers in my health. Mental - spiritu...

The story was of a journalist who encountered a young street urchin as he was walking through the city. The young boy was hungry and said so as he asked for help. The journalist was inclined to ignore...

According to a recent poll, 75 percent of Oklahomans are in favor of eliminating the state’s 4.5 percent grocery sales tax. That is more than those favoring cutting the state’s income tax. So as with ...

Ten Billion People are Coming I really like this poster. I love history. I am one of those weirdos who would rather watch a documentary about the Mongol conquest of Asia than waist time on the latest ...

A few months ago, one of the public speakers at an Okmulgee City Council meeting commented: Why do economic development projects have to be secret? They always seem to be discussed in executive sessio...

Daniel Nimrod and his wife Ariane Harder escaped an early morning house fire, but lost several pets and a car. Re-Run Junction held a grand opening. Re-Run Junction supported paid employment for peopl...

DEAR ABBY: I am 36, still single and depressed about it. I recently met someone who seemed perfect. He has his own place with laundry facilities, and his job is the kind where he doesn’t have a bunch ...

Two recent studies show Oklahomans are struggling with poverty levels above the national average. A report released this month by the U.S. Census Bureau validated another report released earlier this ...

September 22 is National White Chocolate Day! White chocolate is made from cocoa butter, sugar and milk solids. It contains no cacao solids or liquor therefore it is actually not chocolate at all, but...

A gracious Pastor Baldridge administered my father’s memorial service. Longtime friend, Chet Munds brought his smooth tenor voice to, “I Found The Lily in my Valley”. Weeks earlier while visiting the ...

H.O.P.E. Tulsa was at the Episcopal Church of the Redeemer on the second and fourth Thursday of the month conducting free, confidential and, if desired, anonymous Hepatitis C, HIV and Syphilis testing...

The Preston High School and Henryetta High School cheer squads both advanced to State following their performances last Saturday at Chickasha. Finals will be held this weekend at Union High School.