Builders, linguists, nurses, bush pilots, evangelists. The list marks a fraction of vocations forming the Christian mission enterprise. They are common individuals who for the most part pursue a close...

Vocabulary.com says, “Someone with a tendency to save everything, accumulating more and more, is a hoarder. It can be very difficult for a hoarder to throw anything away.” I’m not sure I fit into this...

January 27 is National Chocolate Cake Day! I told you last week, chocolate is my first love so, of course, I HAD to make chocolate cake this week! Did you know chocolate was considered an aphrodisiac ...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) announces the availability of Deep Fork National Wildlife Refuge (NWR/refuge) Orphaned Well Program Draft Environmental Assessment (EA) for public review a...

DEAR ABBY: I’m a woman in my early 50s who has been through two divorces. This may make me sound like a bad person, but I’m really nice and quite conservative. I just make poor choices when it comes t...

Every time there is a City Council election, the Okmulgee Area Development Corp. invites the candidates into our conference room for a briefing on who we are, what our mission is and what the status i...

The tragic news coming from Cyril, Okla., regarding the death of 4-year-old Athena Brownfield has brought forth as many questions as answers over the past few weeks. For those not following the horrif...

DEAR ABBY: I’m in a three-year relationship, but my significant other, “Ron,” is extremely cautious about emotional attachment. It took him two years to tell me he loves me or even to express any form...

1. Go to our website at https://www.okmulgeehumane. org/ and browse our Adoptables. Here you will see all our cats and dogs. Some are in foster homes, others are in boarding, and you might even see on...

DEAR ABBY: The last two years have been especially tough. I went through a breakup after a fouryear relationship, my dog developed cancer and I had to put her to sleep, and I caught COVID and have bee...

January 20 is National Cheese Lover’s Day! As a cheese lover myself, I HAD to use this week’s column to celebrate cheese! For me, cheese enhances any dish. I will add it to recipes where there is no c...

Living one day at a time, enjoying one moment at a time. The phrase follows those well-known first lines of the Serenity Prayer, “Lord, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the ...

DEAR ABBY: My husband is 38; I am 36. We have been together for 13 years, married for 11. We never wanted children, although we have some pets. My problem is, we’ve fallen into a parent-child relation...

Have you ever wished you understood how the State Capitol works and what you could do to be more of a voice in shaping policy? I might have the answer for you. Each year, Oklahoma’s Legislature meets ...

I like black licorice. I always have. I think that as a child, it was probably my favorite candy. If I found a penny, or a soda pop bottle that I could trade in for two cents, I would immediately be o...

DEAR ABBY: My husband and I have been married nine years and have four children, ages 5, 3, 2 and 9 months. For the past three years, my husband has been attending a weeklong music festival where he c...

What is Financial Exploitation? Financial Exploitation occurs when a person misuses or takes the assets of a vulnerable adult for his/her own personal benefits. This frequently occurs without the expl...

Oxymoron: a figure of speech in which words appear to contradict one another. “Pilgrimage of a downward ascent” is probably a phrase that qualifies. And gives us a fitting description of a person’s jo...

I figured this week I would use some easy recipes that wouldn’t cost much to make. While rice also works as a cheap meal, I concentrated my efforts on pasta. Rice leaves me hungry again a lot sooner t...

DEAR ABBY: I have been married for 37 years to an alcoholic. He is not verbally or physically abusive. I have been online talking to three men. I think one of them is obsessed with me, and they all sa...