RICHARD LARABEE ‘THE COMMUNITY ENTREPRENEUR’ This is Richard Lara-bee, “The Community Entrepreneur,” writing to you as I continue to work in your community on various events and fundraisers I’m partne...

With the end of 2019, it seems safe to say that many Americans will not look back on this year as one of the country’s finest moments. It has become almost cliché to bemoan political polarization, lac...

Jan. 13 – Jan. 17 Monday, Jan. 13: Sausage, eggs, oven potatoes, biscuit w/gravy; vegetable juice; fruit yogurt; milk Tuesday, Jan. 14: Chicken (chef ’s choice); sweet potato; zucchini & tomatoes; rol...

She used to beautiful...a porcelain complexion with a head full of auburn curls. She came into this world on a crisp December morn. Her mother counted her ten little toes and ten little fingers. She i...

With all the hustle and bustle of the holiday season, the real reason for the season is too often overlooked. Between decorating our homes and shopping for everything on our lists, we can lose sight o...

The older I get the more I realize everything in life is about the choices we make. What we choose determines our destination. As I celebrated my 51st birthday on Dec. 30 and now head into a new year,...

As we finish up the 2019 OK Foster Wishes program, I want to offer my sincere thanks to the many supporters who made this year a success. If you are not aware, the Oklahoma Department of Human Service...

I think that my favorite time after Christmas was at the end of the night, when the house was settled and everyone was in bed. I would take one last look at the Christmas lights as they glowed in the ...

For the Children: As we are in the season of Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa and other worldwide holidays celebrated during December, I want to wish each of you a peaceful, stress-free and happy time wit...

Christmas is the time of year when everyone seems a little happier and are a little nicer to each other. It is when we look forward to spending time with family and friends enjoying all of our favorit...

Northwestern Oklahoma State University will be offering a new minor, library and information science, to its students beginning with the spring 2020 semester that starts Jan. 13. The minor is open to ...

In the hustle and bustle of the holiday season I have literally had no time at all to stop and take a moment to reflect on the real meaning of Christmas. In fact, I have barely had time to put up my o...

Have you ever considered the Christmas story from St. Joseph’s point of view? We all understand that fathers play a critical role in a child’s life, and that would have been no different in Jesus’ tim...

The cost of prescription drugs has gotten out of control and Americans are paying way too much for life-saving treatments. This is a serious issue that, like too many things in Washington, has been ca...

I was just shy of my 21st birthday when my daughter, Felicia Lauren Raquel, came into my life on Dec. 19, 1989, making me a mother for the first time. In so many ways I felt like I was still a child, ...

For the Children: The Oklahoma Institute for Child Advocacy (OICA) has released its 2020 Children’s Legislative Agenda, a series of public policy goals aimed at improving child wellbeing in Oklahoma. ...

Recent promotions have resulted in new faces in the top three positions of the Law Enforcement Division of the Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation. Col. Nathan Erdman, Chief of Law Enforcemen...

Each year, the Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation proposes changes in Title 800, the administrative rules that govern hunting, fishing and Wildlife Department operations. The public comment ...

The holiday season is in full swing and companies everywhere are bombarding you to buy, buy, buy. Shop ‘til you drop. There’s Black Friday sales. Small Business Saturday or Shop Small sales. Cyber Mon...

Even though the Democratic majority is too busy pursuing a baseless impeachment investigation to get things done for the American people, our economy is holding strong. That’s all thanks to the work R...