This article continues Econ Dev 101, a local series designed to help demystify how economic development really works in a place like Okmulgee. Over the past month or so, we have explored key topics li...

When twenty-seven-year-old Jim Elliott and his friends set out to reach a primitive people group known for their cunning and violence, none of the five missionaries envisioned how great a cost lay ahe...

The Oklahoma Institute for Child Advocacy (OICA) Heroes Ball will be this Saturday, July 26, and we are excited about the honorees who have been selected this year. The 2025 awards, as chosen by our B...

DEAR ABBY: I became ill a few months ago and spent 10 days in the hospital before moving to a rehab center to recover. My husband worked at the facility where I became a patient. Two weeks into my reh...

Well I don’t know about you, but I have been in hog heaven over the fabulous weather we’ve been having lately. Oh yeah, we’ve had our share of rain but I can still enjoy the cool breezy mornings on th...

DEAR ABBY: My husband and I have been married for three years. Most of that time, it has been perfect. Six months ago, we received some amazing news: We are expecting a child! This was a miracle. We h...

“What do you want to be when you grow up?” That was a question adults often asked children when I was growing up. At that time, you could expect the typical answers of “Fireman”, “Policeman,” etc. fro...

For most of us, the thought of dying every day does not strike us as very appealing. At least, initially. I was young when the term “fool’s gold” entered my vocabulary. While playing outside one day, ...

The Oklahoma Institute for Child Advocacy (OICA) was formed with the primary mission of ensuring the voices of Oklahomans are heard when it comes to developing better policies which benefit the childr...

DEAR ABBY: My spouse and I are retired and on Social Security. We’ve both worked hard all our lives and are content living a modest retirement. Our house is paid for, and we have little debt. However,...

DEAR ABBY: I am 57 and have been married for 32 years to my husband, who retired from his fulltime job last year. I still work full time. Since his retirement, he has been going to a bar once a week o...

Give me liberty or give me death! Patrick Henry’s declaration - heralded in his impassioned speech of March 23, 1775 - ignited courage enough among a gathering of oppressed colonists to help launch a ...

Have you ever noticed what most of us do when we get caught in a spot that makes us look clumsy? Maybe we try to jump a puddle and don’t quite make it. We hit the slippery ground on the edge of the pu...

DEAR ABBY: I am worried about my 21-year-old son, “Travis.” He hasn’t quite left our home that he shares with me and my husband, but he sleeps here only one or two nights. He’s in school part time and...

We at the Oklahoma Institute for Child Advocacy (OICA) extend our deepest condolences to families tragically impacted by the recent flooding in Texas. Flooding along the Guadalupe River early Friday c...

It was about 1954, near Christmas, and my Grandma and Grandpa Willis from Oklahoma were visiting us in California. Grandpa Willis wasn’t my real Grandpa. He had married my Grandma after she divorced m...

DEAR ABBY: My husband and I have been happily married for 12 years. We have a beautiful family - a 12-year-old daughter and a 10-year-old son. My husband is not close with his side of the family. We a...

Dehydration is a common yet preventable condition that poses a significant health risk for older adults, particularly those living in long-term care facilities. It can lead to serious complications su...

Fireworks are easy to find, with big tents, warehouse outlets, and other retail fireworks stores lining major roads in towns across the country, especially around the 4th of July. But fireworks are po...

When your mind reaches back to a Fourth of July weekend that is six or seven decades past the memory, details may come in at less than razor sharp focus. But, some events in life feature just enough d...