Oh my! Things changed so much in the last couple weeks or so. The state made the announcement last week schools were to shut down for the rest of the year and move to distanced learning to finish the ...

OKLAHOMA CITY – EPIC Charter Schools announced earlier this week its pledge to aid traditional public school districts as they gear up to provide distance learning, including online instruction, to th...

District Judge Kelly Hake spoke during Tuesday’s meeting of the Okmulgee County Commissioners to inform them of the updated emergency court order. The new order states all dockets - Civil, Criminal, F...

With this new way of life, all ages face significant challenges. Adults must work from home or seek unemployment assistance. Youth must do their coursework over the Internet and with computers and, fo...

I have been asked if living across from the cemetery here at the retirement village bothers me. No, it doesn’t bother me in the least – for a couple of reasons. One is because I grew up living near th...

“My grandma thinks I’m going to heaven,” says Kole, 6. Why is it that most grandchildren can’t get enough of their grandparents? Most grandparents are smart enough to just love on their grandkids. The...

My husband was a fan of buying a large piece of meat and eating it in different forms every night of the week. It provided a way for us to buy less meat and still give us a different meal every night ...

Henryetta Public Library’s calendar has several special days listed in the upcoming week. March 30 is National Pencil Day. March 31 is National Crayon Day. April 1 is April Fool’s Day. April 2 is Inte...

To better keep you informed, the Oklahoma Institute for Child Advocacy is planning a telephone town hall for April 1, with hopefully other calls to follow each week. The telephone town hall will allow...

Some days I feel I could outrun a jack rabbit in a 50 yard dash! Then, when I finally get this stiff old body out of bed and reach for my wheels/walker – I say to myself, “I guess I won’t be trying to...

I have two dogs, one named Yoda and one named Birdie. Birdie is gray, fluffy and going on 18 years old. Yoda is about eight years old, weighs in at a plump 20 pounds and somewhat resembles a Shih Tzu....

March 20 is National Ravioli Day! I love pasta of all kinds and ravioli is one of my favorites. What’s not to love? Bite-size pasta pockets with filling all wrapped up so neatly. So delicious, so mana...

March 20 is the first day of Spring and World Storytelling Day. Kate DiCamillo, American author of children’s books, many about animals, was born March 25, 1964 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Kate was...

“A teacher can make a difference by giving less homework, 10 extra minutes for recess, extra field trips and five popcorn parties a day,” says Sara, 10 İf kids could vote for and serve as school board...

In a matter of hours, the world in which we live changed last week, and that change started right here in Oklahoma. As the NBA’s Utah Jazz was preparing to play the Oklahoma City Thunder in Chesapeake...

Recently I happened upon the poem by William Wadsworth about daffodils. It went something like this – “I wandered lonely as a cloud, That floats on high o’re vales and hills, When all at once I saw a ...

March 13, 1959 in St. Joseph, Michigan was the birth of American author, Rachel Renee Russell, writer of the Dork Diaries and The Misadventures of Max Crumbly. Russell had two younger sisters and a se...

Classic Irish Cuisine Anthony and I were discussing possible topics for this column one day last week. Since St. Patrick’s Day is next week, we discussed Irish foods. Our conversation also turned to w...

The Oklahoma Legislature is debating for school suspensions increases again this year. Oklahoma currently allows two suspension options for disruptive sixth grade students and older found guilty of as...

I’m hearing some talk these days – what folks are calling winter blahs! However, I have not seen any evidence of such here at the retirement village. Yet, I have not seen anyone doing cartwheels up an...