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A Special Project for Centennial of Indigenous Americans’ Voting Rights
Columns & Opinion, Commentary...
A Special Project for Centennial of Indigenous Americans’ Voting Rights
For the Children
By Patrick 
September 17, 2024
OKLAHOMA CITY – With National Voter Registration Day occurring on September 17, which is also Constitution Day, there has been much excitement geared around ensuring people are able to cast a vote, no...
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Americans with Disabilities Act has provided equality for the last 34 years
Columns & Opinion, Commentary...
Americans with Disabilities Act has provided equality for the last 34 years
By Patrick 
July 24, 2024
OKLAHOMA CITY – July 26 marks the 34th anniversary of the signing of the Americans with Disabilities Act. This landmark civil rights legislation guarantees civil rights protection to people with disab...
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Columns & Opinion, Commentary...
Thank you for your service
News to Aid Veterans
By Patrick 
July 22, 2024
There comes a time in our lives when parents or grandparents become more than we can handle. Sad but one of life’s situations that we pray never happens to us. Oklahoma Department of Veteran Affairs  ...
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A Triumph for Religious Liberty
Columns & Opinion, Commentary
A Triumph for Religious Liberty
By Patrick 
July 10, 2024
Gentner Drummond Oklahoma Attorney General Oklahomans are celebrating a tremendous victory for religious liberty after a recent ruling by our state Supreme Court. At issue in the case was a fundamenta...
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Wife Prepares To Run Off With Husband’s Best Man
Columns & Opinion, Commentary...
Wife Prepares To Run Off With Husband’s Best Man
Dear Abby
By Patrick 
June 13, 2024
DEAR ABBY: I have been married to "George" for 35 years. I was pregnant when I married. We had dated only five months. We came from families that believed you had to "do the right thing" and get marri...
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What Can We Learn From Jesus Doing Only What He Saw His Father Doing (John 5:19-23)?
Columns & Opinion, Commentary
What Can We Learn From Jesus Doing Only What He Saw His Father Doing (John 5:19-23)?
By Patrick 
June 10, 2024
“Just like children imitate their parents, Jesus imitated His Father,” says Holly, 12. “We are the children of God. We can be loving, patient, caring and compassionate and have the love of God in our ...
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Wife has no plans to join husband’s family business
Columns & Opinion, Commentary...
Wife has no plans to join husband’s family business
By Patrick 
June 10, 2024
DEAR ABBY: My husband's family won't stop asking me when I'm going to quit my job and work for my husband. My mother-in-law worked for my father-in-law at their small business for pretty much her whol...
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Wife Discovers Husband Is Up To His Same Old Tricks
Columns & Opinion, Commentary...
Wife Discovers Husband Is Up To His Same Old Tricks
Dear Abby
By Patrick 
June 5, 2024
DEAR ABBY: I did some investigating and recently found out my husband of 28 years has been corresponding with other women. This is the second time I have caught him. He's sworn that nothing ever devel...
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We’ve Got Good News and Bad News…
Columns & Opinion, Commentary...
We’ve Got Good News and Bad News…
For the Children
By Patrick 
June 5, 2024
The Second Session of the 59th Oklahoma Legislature officially adjourned for 2024. At best, it was a mixed bag for children; despite that, the Oklahoma Institute for Child Advocacy (OICA) saw some gre...
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Journeying
Columns & Opinion, Commentary...
Journeying
May 29, 2024
Connie and I were newly-weds.  We were journeying to Illinois to visit her Great-Grandparents for their 70th Anniversary Celebration.  They lived in a little town named Keenes. Keenes is one of those ...
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Okmulgee Farmers Market Now Open
Commentary, Main...
Okmulgee Farmers Market Now Open
May 24, 2024
Be sure to stop by each Friday, now through October, to visit the many vendors at the Okmulgee Farmers Market, located on 6th Street in front of the Creek Council House in downtown Okmulgee. There are...
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Columns & Opinion, Commentary...
Will Corporal Punishment On Special Needs Students Be Banned By Oklahoma Lawmakers
For the Children Column
By Patrick 
May 6, 2024
OKLAHOMA CITY – The Oklahoma Institute for Child Advocacy (OICA) has been working on the issue of preventing the use of corporal punishment on special needs children in our state’s schools. When last ...
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The Oklahoma City Bombing: Remembered
and the Things We Can't Forget
By Patrick 
April 26, 2024
Last Friday marked the 29th anniversary of a somber chapter in our state's history. On the morning of April 19, 1995, Timothy McVeigh parked a Ryder truck laden with bombs in front of the Alfred P. Mu...
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Grieving Friend Produces Off-the-Wall Accusations
Columns & Opinion, Commentary...
Grieving Friend Produces Off-the-Wall Accusations
April 22, 2024
DEAR ABBY: I am a happy, decidedly single woman with a large group of friends who are all married. Most of us grew up together, and all of us have been like extended family for the past 25 years. This...
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Silent Treatment
Columns & Opinion, Commentary...
Silent Treatment
By Patrick 
April 19, 2024
“Is he going there?” I thought. “Are there men within this Sunday morning church gathering, myself included, about to witness the full on disclosure of a certain elephant in the room?” Like fingers on...
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Obsessed
Columns & Opinion, Commentary...
Obsessed
Just A Thought
By Patrick 
April 17, 2024
Mom didn’t want it.  She didn’t want to discourage me by speaking out against it, but she was nervous about the whole idea.  Being much older now, I can understand Mom’s concern.  She was afraid I mig...
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FBC Central to hold Pastor Appreciation Service
Commentary, News...
FBC Central to hold Pastor Appreciation Service
April 12, 2024
“Indeed, I have given him as a witness to the people, a leader and commander for the people.” Isaiah 55:4 Officers and members of the historic First Baptist Church Central cordially invite the public ...
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C: Columns & Opinions, Commentary
Invited to Adventure
Just A Thought
By Patrick 
April 4, 2024
by Dale Fillmore My mother-in-law had a desire. You might call it a bucket list type of desire. She wanted to take a ride on a hot-air balloon. However, she was hesitant to do it alone, so she asked m...
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Company of Friends
Columns & Opinion, Commentary
Company of Friends
By Patrick 
April 4, 2024
Cradling the lifeless form of their newborn daughter, the couple could hardly contain their sorrow. Nothing fully prepares expectant parents for the trauma of losing the precious infant whose arrival ...
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Columns & Opinion, Commentary
Disturbing Secret Revealed as Farmstead Changes Hands
Dear Abby
By Patrick 
April 4, 2024
DEAR ABBY: I need a second opinion. My grandfather sold me an old farmstead that has been in the family for 200 years. Last week, he showed me a wooded area behind the barn with a human skull. He told...
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‘Summer Jam’
June 18, 2025
Okmulgee Community Theatre is cranking up the volume and spotlighting local talent with a special evening of live music this weekend. “Summer Jam” will be held Saturday, June 21, at 7:30 p.m. at the h...
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Holiday closings announced
June 18, 2025
Please be advised that all Okmulgee City Hall offices and Public Works operations will be closed Thursday, June 19, in observance of the Juneteenth holiday. Emergency service operations, police and fi...
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Fetgatter praises tribal nations’ $23.4B economic impact
June 18, 2025
Representative Scott Fetgatter, R-Okmulgee, recently praised the findings of a new report detailing the economic contributions of Oklahoma’s tribal nations. Released by United for Oklahoma in collabor...
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OKCO Humane Society breaks ground on adoption center
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OKCO Humane Society breaks ground on adoption center
June 18, 2025
June 16, 2025, marked a historic day for animal welfare in Okmulgee County as the OKCO Humane Society (Okmulgee County Humane Society) broke ground on its long-awaited adoption center in the heart of ...
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Little Free STEM Library open at Rotary Park
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Little Free STEM Library open at Rotary Park
June 18, 2025
A new hub for hands-on learning has officially opened in Okmulgee, as the Little Free STEM Library was unveiled during a ribbon cutting at Rotary Park - located just across the street from Dunbar Inte...
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