While it may not have felt much like spring this week with the temperatures we had, we are definitely in the thick of it. Weeds are growing and need to be mowed. Storms are brewing and causing limbs t...

Rolling blackouts were the order of the day. The power plant was overloaded, so blackouts became necessary. Several cities in northern Brazil were therefore subjected to periods of time with no electr...

Are habits of surrender reserved for the big leaguers alone - the Billy Grahams, the George Verwers, the Mother Teresas? It seems to come naturally, doesn’t it, our human bent to muse, “Yeah, but that...

DEAR ABBY: My wife and I were married 21 years ago. Since then, she has admitted to cheating with 10 different men. Each time, I stayed with her, hoping she’d change. I finally left 3 1/2 years ago be...

Recently, the OADC Office was contacted by a site selection consultant representing an out of state company that is looking for a new location for a manufacturing plant. This “request for proposal,” w...

Our former Okmulgee County Humane Society director, Lyn, saved countless dogs and cats. We’re honoring all she has done in her many years serving as OCHS director, and foster of up to 1,000 dogs, with...

DEAR ABBY: I live on the bottom floor of a duplex with my wife. My brother-in-law, his wife and their two sons, ages 4 and 2, are upstairs. Since the 2-year-old was born, he’s been very rambunctious a...

On Friday, April 21, the Oklahoma Institute for Child Advocacy (OICA) partnered with the Oklahoma Successful Adulthood program (OKSA), a division of Oklahoma Human Services, to hold a career and educa...

Nature provides so many needed nutrients in relatively tiny, little berries. From blueberries to strawberries, they are all powerhouses of nutrients. This week, I want to talk about raspberries. Rich ...

We bought a box of cereal. Attached to the box was an entry form. We filled it out and mailed it in for a chance to win a two day, one night stay at Brenkenridge Ski Resort. Two days of free skiing wa...

DEAR ABBY: Our son “Victor” and his wife have informed us that they are “polyamorous.” They have been married for nine years, and were together for five years before they married. They have agreed to ...

Peace lives on the street called Surrender. When he shared this past February of his Sarcoma cancer diagnosis, George offered up a request, “Please ask people not to pray for total healing as I really...

Four decades ago, Oklahoma children who were in the custody of the state faced horrific conditions, both in the facilities in which they were housed, and with the treatment they received from people w...

DEAR ABBY: My fiancé and I have been together for six years. We are in our late 40s. He’s a recovering alcoholic and former drug user from his late teens into his early 20s. He hasn’t touched drugs fo...

A Personal Story of How Our Dog Hung Himself I was raised with pit bulls my entire life. When raised right, they can be super sweet. After all, they are only little Terriers’ in a larger body. Or a la...

There isn’t much better than fresh fruits. I love spring for all the fresh everywhere! Blueberries are just coming in season now. Depending on where they come from, the season for blueberries is long,...

She was a lovely blonde from Cincinnati. I will call her Laura (not her real name). She had gotten involved with some people who were leading her into difficulty with the law. Her father had made arra...

DEAR ABBY: After being divorced for 18 years, I have reconnected with my high school sweetheart. She got in touch with me, and we started talking and seeing each other. She says she loves me, and to b...

If you are reading this letter, you probably know what I do for a living. Please know that I am giving you this letter, not because I have any suspicion at all that you would ever do anything to harm ...

Taking as Jesus did, this sinful world as it is, not as I would have it. Wait a minute … He did that? I am to do that? The above line buried inside ‘Serenity’ tends to rattle the status quo inside me....