OKLAHOMA CITY – A new Oklahoma law protecting parental rights in adoption, foster care and child welfare decisions takes effect Nov. 1. House [...]
The LeFlore County Veterans Day Parade will be in Wister again this year. The parade will be Saturday, November 7th, 2026 at [...]
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By Jessica Ellen Two of your best people nearly quit last quarter, and you heard about it from a coworker, not from them. That’s the tax on a business where nobody owns the people side. You’re the owner, the closer, [...]
You have a small budget, a business to run, and two platforms that both promise customers. Pick the wrong one first, and that money is gone. Google Ads can put you in front of people who are already searching for [...]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Sparklight® Opens Fall 2026 Charitable Giving Fund for Nonprofits Across 24 States Applications are open Oct. 1–31 for eligible 501(c)(3) organizations Sparklight awards $250,000 annually through its Charitable Giving Fund Grants support digital literacy, hunger relief and [...]
Photo courtesy Simple Modern from OKC Coffee & Go event The Oklahoma-based company will surprise Bixby West Elementary parents during morning drop-off Oct. 23 with free Simple Modern Voyagers, coffee from Scissortail Coffee Co. and muffins donated by [...]
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OKLAHOMA CITY – A new law prohibiting edible medical marijuana products from being made in the shape of humans, cartoons or animals, or in a form of commercially available candy takes effect Nov. 1. Rep. Carl Newton, R-Cherokee, authored House [...]
OKLAHOMA CITY – A new Oklahoma law protecting parental rights in adoption, foster care and child welfare decisions takes effect Nov. 1. House Bill 3586, known as the Right to Raise Act, was authored by Rep. Erick Harris, R-Edmond. The measure [...]
Submitted by author By Braden Chupp If you own a few acres in Southeast Oklahoma, the list never really ends. The pond is silting in. Water stands in the same low spot every spring. There is a stump [...]
Family and cost of living are pulling Oklahomans back to the towns they grew up in - and those willing to trade pay for proximity would accept an average 10.5% cut to do it. Getting ahead has long come with an [...]
235 Empowerment Fund Grants Support Adaptive Equipment, Healing Resources, and Life-Changing Opportunities Across the Adaptive Sports Community TRUCKEE, Calif. — October 2026 — What does $925,450 in support look like? It looks like an adaptive mountain bike opening new trails, [...]
Submitted photo A commute costs more than the gas you buy each week. Insurance, maintenance, parking, and the miles added to your car all factor into what you spend. A good way to lower those costs is to [...]
Obituaries
Carolyn Sue Butler, of Shady Point, Oklahoma passed away on October 29, 2026, in her home in Shady Point, Oklahoma at the age of 74. Carolyn was born on November 7, 1951, to Howard and Bonnie (Martin) Vaughn in Coweta, [...]
Nathan Christopher McBride 28, passed away on October 27, 2026, in Fayetteville, Arkansas. Nathan was born on August 27, 1998, in Poteau, Oklahoma to Timothy and Teresa (Madron) McBride. Nathan loved fishing, camping and adventures in the outdoors and loved [...]
Stephanie Ann Strock of Heavener, Oklahoma was born on September 14, 2006 in Poteau, Oklahoma to Albert and Mary Jane Strock and passed away alongside her unborn daughter on October 26, 2026 in Heavener, Oklahoma at the age of 20. [...]
Graveside Service for Ann Kay Walls, 61 of Wilburton, Oklahoma will be at 3:00 PM on Tuesday, November 3, 2026 at Talhina Cemetery in Talhina, Oklahoma. Burial will follow at Talihina Cemetery in Talihina, Oklahoma, under the direction of Evans [...]














