Thank you to all the local businesses who gave shoppers a head start on their Christmas gift search last Sunday. What a beautiful day it was to get...

One of the pleasures of getting to work with the Oklahoma Institute for Child Advocacy (OICA) is meeting people who are so inspired to help young...

With Christmas on our minds as we look forward to our local merchants’ Christmas open houses in Marlow this first Sunday in November it seems...

It’s been a very busy past month traveling around the district meeting with constituents, attending events within the district and working on...

Just a reminder! The fourth quarter each year also brings up some annual Chamber business. Under our bylaws, it’s time for members to voice their...

Throughout interim, I’ve been busy traveling to various communities in District 51 to meet with constituents and talk about what issues are most...

Welcome back to school! Hopefully, everyone enjoyed their summer break and is ready to get back to class and learn some new things. Students...

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...

It should go without saying, but every Oklahoma child should have access to nutritious meals. No child should go hungry, nor should they have to...

Working our way through this continuing pattern of destructive weather in the forecast, more of our Oklahoma neighbors than we can count are dealing with loss and...

Tensions have been high in recent months as another controversial election approaches. As Americans, we should look forward to voting as it’s one...

One of the things I look forward to in the month of July is the annual release of the VYPE Pigskin Preview, which features all the high school and major college football...

Stephens County Commissioners may have taken off the public comment portion of their agenda, but the public spoke loud and clear to the commission at the ballot box...

A thought hit me the other day when I was programming my new-to-me car’s radio. As I thought about each station individually and then as a whole, it occurred to me this was...