It’s hard to think of Christmas without the bright red and white stripes of peppermint candies. While peppermint is used to flavor a few things like mints, lozenges, gum or toothpaste, it is front and...

DEAR ABBY: I was in a relationship (nine months) up until about a month ago. Without going into a lot of detail, the guy I was seeing ghosted me without any warning. We had a great conversation on a T...

Over the weekend, I drove down to Arlington to watch some college football with friends from my days at Oklahoma State. While the game did not end the way I had hoped, it was still a great time and a ...

This is truly a great time of the year, and our town is looking beautiful! Many of you have reached out to me regarding another incentive to beautify your homes this holiday season and the opportunity...

DEAR ABBY: I am a 44-year-old woman who has been married for three years. We all have a past. Unfortunately, I made mistakes in mine that I foolishly mentioned to my husband when he asked. He is someo...

We were invited to hold a youth rally in another town. The idea was to start up and establish a new youth group in the church there. So, we gathered the youth from our church and headed off for a week...

This week, a family member was coaching another ahead of a big test. “To qualify for operating this heavy piece of equipment, you will want to get familiar with the mock test they give you.” “So,” the...

Can you believe it’s December?! Holiday baking season is upon us and it is one of my favorite times of the year. I love the smell of baking spices, cinnamon being my absolute favorite. I love being ab...

“Bees wouldn’t sting, bears wouldn’t bite, and bad things wouldn’t happen,” says Amanda, 6. Also, “you could keep lions and tigers for pets,” adds Marci, 9. “The world would be wonderful.” Amanda and ...

DEAR ABBY: I have a problem with one player in our weekly golf group. He hasn’t been vaccinated and won’t wear a mask. Our group is mostly older players who all share golf carts. Everyone in the group...

Despite not being much of an athlete, I enjoy participating in sports. I still remember the playground when our physical education teacher would encourage us as a class to do organized exercises toget...

It seems every time I check in on social media pages targeted toward the Okmulgee Area, I have to wonder what motivates some people to go public with their thoughts. I’m not the luckiest person by any...

Hope you’re having a great Thanksgiving week! Today is ‘Black Friday’ and I know we’ll have a lot of people searching for deals at popular Tulsa stores, but be sure and take some time to shop local to...

“Thanksgiving? Tomorrow?” Taken off guard, I blurted out my discovery. The exclamation caught my wife’s attention. Really? Are you sure? Ann and I had arrived in East Africa in May. Six weeks later, w...

I realize as I write this article it will come out a day after Thanksgiving Day, the day we normally think these kinds of thoughts. So, I guess it will have to be a reflection back on our thoughts for...

“I think it teaches me that God is going to fix all of my problems, even the ones that I think will ‘eat me up’!” says Hillary, age 10. “Still, I know that, like Daniel, I must remain faithful to the ...

DEAR ABBY: My brother and I are in our 40s. We live several states apart and visit each other a couple times a year. We are both very active but on different time schedules. I’m a morning person who h...

Over the past few weeks, the Oklahoma Institute for Child Advocacy (OICA) has been compiling the policy suggestions from our annual Fall Forum, held in October. More than 120 attendees assembled to of...

When I was in the 7th and 8th grade, I had a dog named Fritzy. Fritzy was a dachshund, commonly referred to as a “wiener dog” because they are long and low. They look a little like a hot dog wiener. W...

It’s common knowledge that Oklahoma’s health outcomes rate poorly compared to other states. Those poor health outcomes didn’t happen overnight, and are often the result of habits and behaviors passed ...