Here at the OADC, we try to stay as connected as we can to the other development groups, plus the city and county. So, we go to several meetings per month. We’ve heard many different comments and comp...

Our petroleum scholar went to work hammering out his PhD dissertation. Its premise centered on the task of increasing smoother, more efficient liquid flow through the interior chambers of miles and mi...

My wife inherited a youth choir. It was started by a member of our church, but when his job took him to another city, the choir needed a new leader. My wife was asked to take it over and she agreed to...

One litter of kittens = 420,000 more cats in 7 years’ time. One litter of dogs = 50,000 more dogs in 7 years’ time. It’s hip to snip! Plus, doing so saves lives. While your pet may have a wonderful, l...

DEAR ABBY: I’m 42 and my guy friend is 59. He’s a wonderful person and a great provider. I’ve known him for about a year now, but he seems a bit controlling. He wants me around seven days a week and e...

With the end of the 2023 session of the Oklahoma Legislature at hand, there is still much work remaining, but a big hurdle was cleared on Monday. The budget negotiations reached a critical milestone w...

My engineering friend at Tulsa U approached research like an Alaskan sled driver tackling the Iditarod Run. Body and soul, mind’s eye trained on a distant finish line, tenacious all the way. Once he d...

My husband was a huge fan of buying a large piece of meat and eating it in different forms every night of the week. It provided a way for us to buy less meat and still give us a different meal every n...

DEAR ABBY: This is in response to “Living a Soap Opera” (Jan. 3), the unhappy woman who is married to an alcoholic. She is flattered by the three younger men she’s conversing with online. My experienc...

Carl was upset. The night before had been a baptismal service at his church. Now, he was riding in a car with a group of fellow pastors, heading for an educational conference. Feeling a sense of confi...

The business with most policy work at the Oklahoma State Capitol slowed over negotiations about education tax credits for families with children in private schools, along with discussions over teacher...

DEAR ABBY: My daughter and her fiancé are intelligent, successful professionals in their early 30s. Her fiancé just informed her he was a sperm donor for a friend and his wife a few years ago, resulti...

We get many calls, messages, and emails of people needed to re-home their pets. The reasons are numerous. Most have found a lost pet, but can’t keep the animal. Some are moving or downsizing and can’t...

Sam was a black Cocker Spaniel. He was larger than most Cockers. He had been my dad’s construction bosses dog. The boss gave him to my dad when the boss moved into a new house. So, dad brought Sam hom...

Rep. Scott Fetgatter earlier this week released the following statement after law enforcement discovered seven bodies at a rural property east of Henryetta in Okmulgee County, including those believed...

DEAR ABBY: My son recently confided that his fiancé is pregnant with our first grandchild. He asked me not to share this information with my wife, his mother. He knew she would be upset because he was...

This week, Mom helped me decide what to make for my column. She wanted sandwiches so I went looking for some sandwiches we could enjoy. Then, she told me whether they sounded good or not and we chose ...

It is God who is at work in you, causing you to want to do his will and enabling you to do his will?* (writer paraphrase) Young Benjamin Solomon Carson heard his mother’s admonitions repeated often. C...

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...