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...

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...

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  ...

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...

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...

“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 ...

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...

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...

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...

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 ...

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...

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 ...

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...

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...

“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...

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...

“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 ...

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...

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 ...

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...