Multi-Pronged Solution Requires Unified Approach Oklahoma’s animal-shelter system is under pressure. Too many homeless animals are in municipal shelters, and too few...

As we get older it seems the world has become colder. Finding good tidings for the season is a tough call when so many tears have fallen on those who are struggling with...

Foggy morning, another beautiful day for you and me; Praise God for this blessing of sweet contentment and serenity. Give it your all, no matter what befalls your way...

“Please get out and vote” is the battle cry come November. Be polite everyone is not wrong, and everyone is not right. But voting is what lights up our skies on a warm...

It's been awhile since I started this jalopy of a notebook (computer); however, despite the threats of “no more updates” for this particular model or whatever the technical...

For Brian, It's hard to put down a good book once we take a moment to open its softened black leather cover. Emptying its contents of past inspirational markers,...

Humans process information differently, like getting the punch line to a joke after everyone's gone home. Usually accompanied by an extra chuckle at oneself having been so...

August arrived, bringing much-needed rain with a heavy downpour for early Monday commuters. A mixed bag of both blessings and curses. For us, the weekend was a blessing,...

The children at ROBB ELEMENTARY SCHOOL in Uvalde, Texas only needed one. One man to take charge and yet not one had the courage to go it alone. Retreating for cover while...

As July heats up, according to statistics so do folk’s tempers. But one doesn’t have to rely on blind numbers. Easy to verify in our world without those heavy stacks of...

Happy Independence day America. By the fourth, we’ll probably feel a bit shell-shocked as our plans to celebrate our Independence include three different gatherings; the...

The recent mass shootings in Buffalo (NY), Uvalde (TX), and Tulsa (OK) cause our emotions to run high. We’re sick of mentally unstable people murdering others. When it is...

Has our country gone mad? Is not a million-plus casualties of Covid not enough death for the bloodthirsty at large? It was hard this past Memorial Day not to think of fresh...

Citizens of Snyder, I saw in the June 2 edition of the Kiowa County Democrat that according to the code enforcement officer, Jeff Goerke, the City of Snyder City...

Tuesday, May 3, was our last opportunity to vote in our Primary Election here in Indiana. As in previous elections not so long ago, I would skip (mostly in my mind), back...