If you’re familiar with the term ‘Elevator Speech,’ you know that sometimes we meet people who only have a few minutes to receive a briefing about our town. About the length of an elevator ride. So yo...

Can gene splicing and selective breeding help deal with heat stress in cattle? Sometimes you see a headline and just go “huh.” That happened to me today when I can across an article talking about bree...

DEAR ABBY: My husband, “Randall,” was a widower when we met. His wife, “Sylvia,” had passed away in November 2010. We got married in October 2015. I recently was shocked to discover that Randall has k...

Part 1 of 3 With the recent release of the movie The Sound of Freedom, the conversation on the horror of human trafficking is growing. The movie, a dramatization, details one individual story, but doe...

School is back in session as of this week for area kids. If your kids are like the kids I know, they come home starving. The recipes I share this week can be made over the weekend and prepackaged into...

With our first two children now college age and the years of our youngest seeming to pick up speed, a set of pivotal shifts - threshold moments - came pushing in. Leaving Africa felt surreal. Life as ...

High-speed internet is essential for home, business and agricultural needs, but estimates show that there are more than 298,000 unserved and underserved locations across Oklahoma. The good news is tha...

DEAR ABBY: I have been married to my second wife for 10 years. Most everything is fine, but we have one area of conflict. It is regarding her daughter, my stepdaughter, who has grown from a cute littl...

When we lived in central California, we had a large orange tree in our backyard. This tree produced the best oranges I ever ate. This tree was very prolific, so much so, that we gave grocery bags full...

A jail altercation between two inmates brought the focus of overcrowding to light again. Stone Blade Restaurant and Bar held a Friday night karaoke. The Orpheum showed “Grown Ups 2” and “PJ: Sea of Mo...

DEAR ABBY: My husband and I have some money in a mutual fund. Our new, very young financial adviser, “Alec,” seems sexist. He has phoned us four times asking to speak with my husband, and each time my...

With the advent of the school year, the Oklahoma Institute for Child Advocacy (OICA) now turns our attention to our fall programs. Our first major task is to provide support for our main direct servic...

Celebrating August as National Wellness Month As the sun-drenched days of summer reach their zenith, August arrives with a unique significance - it’s National Wellness Month. This annual observance se...

In today’s digital landscape, internet connectivity is the lifeline that keeps businesses across the country connected to customers. Any resident of this great state knows Okmulgee’s location can caus...

During the month of August, we are offering adoption by donation for animal in boarding, a pay by your heart special! Take a look at these beautiful animals and apply to adopt on the OCHS website at w...

DEAR ABBY: My wife and I have been married for 38 years. We were both divorced prior to our marriage. Our marriage is great, and we have demonstrated this to everyone and especially to our boys. We de...

Seafood is one of my all-time favorites, as anyone who reads my column should have ascertained by now. I have done two columns on shrimp, a column on crab and I have included many recipes in between f...

I must confess, I have said some pretty stupid things in my life. At times those statements were made simply because I was not well enough informed. What is more disturbing is when those stupid statem...

Empowering People to Influence the Decisions Affecting Their Lives Dear Okmulgee and Okmulgee County Community, One of the hardest things for me to see is a neighbor feeling like they are being taken ...

Dear Editor, On Sunday, July 30, we celebrated ‘Christmas-in-July’ with the clients of Miami Terrace. It was a wonderful, beautiful and blessed event. This letter is written to thank the kind-hearted ...