Native Country as a whole is affected by a higher rate of diabetes than any other population. The Special Diabetes Program for Indians (SDPI) was established by Congress in 1997 in order to specifical...

Ohmy! MymothersuggestedthiscolumnandI said yes! I can’t believe I haven’t done a column dedicated to chocolate yet. I am a self-diagnosed chocaholic- to the core. Then, I started looking into it and w...

- ence of police officers in uniforms at children's sporting events. While attending a city council meeting this month, a council member said they had citizens who wanted to know why we would have off...

Growing up we really didn't eat out a lot. In fact, we usually had two or more gardens that we harvested at my house and my grandparent's house. So living on fresh, homegrown veggies and our own grass...

Our country has been shaken by senseless tragedies recently in Gilroy, California, El Paso, Texas, and Dayton, Ohio. My heart breaks for the families who have lost loved ones at the hands of sick indi...

As we prepare for the end of summer vacation for many Oklahomans, both students and educators alike, I am reminded of my own days and summers growing up in Rush Springs. Our end of summer was always s...

We are all on a journey, a journey to find answers to questions about health, provision, peace, spiritual answers or our purpose. Last week, I took a quick trip to the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnes...

On August 15, 1812 – Potawatomi Indians kill William Wells, an Indian captive turned Indian fighter. Born in Pennsylvania in 1770, Wells migrated with his family to Kentucky when he was nine years old...

Friday, August 16 is National Rum Day! Rum is a distilled alcohol made from sugarcane byproducts, such as molasses, or directly from sugarcane juice, by a process of fermentation and distillation. The...

Despite last minute date changes for our annual children’s theater summer camp, our summer theater camp was a success. Over 30 kids spent the week experiencing the arts. They sang, danced and acted in...

WASHINGTON - Oklahoma’s two U.S. senators – Republicans Jim Inhofe and James Lankford – split their votes on a two-year-budget bill that President Trump quickly signed into law, and Inhofe’s provision...

Social media in our society is extremely invasive of our lives. Where we travel, what we eat, what we buy, where we shop, our contacts, family are all available for social media to access, use and sel...

Summer went by way too fast it seems and it's already time to start back to school for many children but not for mine, which to be honest makes me sad a little, because times goes by way too fast. My ...

When my wife and I took over my family’s small plumbing business shortly after graduating high school, it was over a half a million dollars in debt. We knew this was unsustainable and that we had to m...

Drought returned to the state for the first time since March 12, a stark reminder that spring deluges can quickly be forgotten during the unforgiving Oklahoma summer. The abrupt end of the moisture ac...

CONGRESSMAN MARKWAYNE MULLIN It’s happened to all of us. You sit down for dinner and then the phone rings. You get up to answer, thinking it may be an important call from family or friends, but instea...

Hello and God Bless all of our appreciated readers. We met for Wednesday evening services for all ages, children's, teens and adults, at 6:30 p.m. on July 24. Every third Wednesday is a Community Food...

FOR THE CHILDREN The Oklahoma House of Representatives has green-lit 99 interim studies to be held over the summer months, which means legislators will be back in Oklahoma City for meetings soon. More...

“Lord, teach us to pray,” Jesus’ disciples ask him one day (Luke 11:1-13). As faithful Jewish men they already recite dozens of prayers daily, but Jesus seems to have a much more personal relationship...

WASHINGTON – A sweeping two-year budget plan to keep the federal government funded, increase spending on both defense and nondefense programs and suspend the national debt ceiling drew bipartisan supp...