When my wife and I actually started dating, we already had a history. It started at a church youth roller-skating party. My best friend and I always had a penchant for cheering people up. That was how...

DEAR ABBY: I have been separated from my husband for a year and a half. The divorce became final five months ago. He had major mood swings, and was nice one minute and hateful the next. We have two ch...

100 years ago: The 112 Okmulgee and Henryetta Boy Scouts left for the first day of their annual two-week excursion at the Boy Scout camp seven miles west of Sapulpa. One hundred motorists were told to...

Straining toward “frogness” brings little gain to the tadpole - no matter how much his ambition drives him. Trying hard adds nothing to the apple seed if striving to flourish as a fruit-bearing tree. ...

When we speak of pickles, what we are really referring to is pickled cucumbers. I can’t eat raw cucumbers, they don’t like me. If I eat them, I spend the rest of the day belching over and over again. ...

DEAR ABBY: My boyfriend, “Ashton,” is bisexual. After we have fights, he takes “breaks” and uses them to be with other men. He has several friends who are bisexual or transgender. He is presently in t...

“I sensed God’s presence when he gave me courage to pull my cousin out of a deep ditch with a fishing net, and later that night, I knew God had helped me,” says Dustin, age 9. Good catch, Dustin! Ever...

DEAR ABBY: My husband, “Brett,” and I have been legally married for five years. We had a common-law marriage for more than 15 years before that. Brett was always a stable and encouraging partner, but ...

In addition to high temperatures, summer mcinterim studies. For those not familiar, interim studies are requested reviews of policy by lawmakers held through an official committee meeting with other l...

He went to open the gate toward another pasture on the family’s South Texas ranch, and his dog Hilda, an Australian shepherd, wouldn’t let him take another step - soon, he learned why. Underneath a tu...

On July 4, 1776, our Founding Fathers daringly took steps of defiance to separate the colonies from the British monarchy and tyrannical government. They had a vision of a nation governed by the people...

One day you spotted a butterfly. Like me, you pulled out your phone or other photo-taking device (the word ‘camera’ is spoken less and less these days). The butterfly image we wanted to capture had dr...

Okmulgee County Humane Society is 100% foster-based, and we are in desperate need of foster homes. Without adoptions and foster homes, animals cannot be saved from the Okmulgee Animal Shelter and euth...

DEAR ABBY: I have been married for two decades to a man who is incapable of connecting with anyone. It didn’t become apparent until after we were married. He is very good at surface relationships but ...

As a boy growing up in the 50’s I was a “wannbe” cowboy like so many others of that time. I would watch Roy Rogers, Gene Autry, Hopalong Cassidy, and others on TV. Me, my friends and my cousins would ...

It’s hot outside and we have reached the point of the year I don’t even want to turn on the stovetop, let alone the oven, for fear of heating up the house too much. There are many ways to beat the hea...

“You should always read the Bible when you’re bored or don’t want to play,” says Katy, age 8. “God is always around you whatever you do. If you were sad, God will still be with you.” Most people, and ...

While education makes up the lion’s share of Oklahoma’s budget, health and human services represents the second largest category. This week, I want to break down some of the important appropriations w...

DEAR ABBY: Our 26-year-old, college-educated grandson, “Ethan,” crashed his company car and was arrested for DWI and possession of more than a gram of cocaine. His mother hired a lawyer, posted bond a...

I hope you had a great Independence Day, the holiday which not only established the United States as a sovereign nation but was the foundation for Americans’ right to vote for their leaders. On Tuesda...