We have all seen tee shirts that say, "I cannot adult today." There is a reason why it is called adulting; it's because only adults are supposed to do it. If chocolate milk...

Have you ever noticed how the local free fair brings a small town together? In Caddo County, where we take pride in our rural roots, annual free fairs are not just another...

If an apple a day keeps the doctor away and every minute spent fishing gets tacked on to the end of your life, one wonders how it works if your fishing partner is a...

The word compliance is a curious one and comes in many forms. If you are rolling down Interstate 40 and see lights behind, and you pull over, you are complying. Suppose you...

Oklahoma’s dismal child welfare ranking opens the door to a variety of social problems including mental illness, high incarceration rates and failing schools.The recently...

Golden hour of sunrise paints a wheat field platinum. Towering cottonwood shadows painted across the countryside lean opposite of Apollo’s cast.Air inhaled sweetened by...

Have you ever noticed there are things in life that are continually updated but don’t need to be and other things that desperately need to be changed for the better but...

Why is it that the more things change, the more they stay the same? Doesn’t the upcoming election cycle feel like a do-over from 2020? Same old candidates, same old issues....

Traveling north the bridge was open! Excited we started counting the steel standard ‘camel back’ arches on each side.Behind before we started we lost count before 20 with...

We all know the importance of regular car maintenance. Just like a car, our minds are complex machines that require upkeep to function at their best. Yet, unlike a car that...

Leaves, twigs, and branches by morning light litter a country driveway. Blasting, swirling overnight winds have knocked dry twigs from towering cottonwood tops. Such gusts...

I made a Joe Mountain Breakfast Bar pop-in at Medicine Park for a thermos of java. The meter was running. Exiting OK-49 at the bridge runs you right through the arch and...

This column aims to provide health-related information to our local community members. However, this month, I would like to take a moment to celebrate the nurses that...

There is only one rule in life: there are no rules. You are not permanently sewn into any individual activity except death and taxes. However, the one rule you can always...

The Oklahoma Constitution grants Oklahomans the right to propose and amend laws, veto laws recently passed by the Legislature, and amend our Constitution.These rights are...