Gas Prices Continue to Rise in Oklahoma

Oklahoma gas prices have risen 6.7 cents per gallon in the past week, averaging $1.61/g today, according to GasBuddy's daily survey of 2,294 stations. Gas prices in Oklahoma are 28.0 cents per gallon higher than a month ago and stand 94.0 cents per gallon lower than a year ago.

Honoring Our Fallen Heroes

COVID-19 and social distancing requirements prompted Watonga’s American Legion Post 125 to cancel the annual Memorial Day Ceremony at the IOOF Cemetery. The Post placed an American flag on every veteran’s grave instead and displayed the larger flags on Memorial Day. (Photo by Lonnie Rickey)

7th Annual Walk for Kids Planned

Walk for kids is a fun, family friendly event that raises funds and awareness for families served by Ronald McDonald House Charities of Oklahoma City through teams of walkers. This year the walk will be virtual, with participants walking as far as they choose anywhere.

OK Humanities Announces Smithsonian Exhibits

Oklahoma Humanities announced the Smithsonian is coming to Oklahoma in 2021. OH will select six rural Oklahoma communities to host the traveling exhibit, Crossroads: Change in Rural America, as part of the Museum on Main Street program.

Okla. Legislature News

The Oklahoma Legislature has passed multiple bills so far this session. Some of those bills are discussed here. Where’s the Beef The Oklahoma Meat Consumer Protection Act has been signed into law. The bill was written by Sen. Micheal Bergstrom of Adair and Rep. Toni Hasenbeck of Elgin.

A Lamp to My Feet

Today, we are once again looking at the list of seven things the LORD hates found in Proverbs 6:16-19, “There are six things that the LORD hates, seven that are an abomination to him: haughty eyes, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood, a heart that devises wicked plans, feet that make...

Today in History

On this date: In 1199, King John of England was crowned in Westminster Abbey nearly two months after the death of his brother, Richard I ("The Lion-Hearted").

SENIOR CENTER NEWS

Hi Everyone! Hope you have had a good week. If you had a family get together for Memorial Day, I hope it was enjoyable. Well, the governor has stated that senior citizen centers should open on June 1st, so I guess we will. We’ll start our exercise classes on Monday, the 1st.

Fighting the COVID-19 Lbs.

I read a cute mantra on social media the other day: We'll all come out of this pandemic either a CHUNK, a HUNK, or a DRUNK. Why do we have to choose? Can't we be at least two out of three? Unfortunately for me, I am most likely to choose option number one by default.

Shale Bust Hits Rural Communities As Oil Royalties Plunge Across the U.S.

The oil price collapse is hurting not only U.S. shale firms and their drilling activities. The crash has severely crippled the royalty payments to a dozen million American oil and gas royalty owners of land on which companies pump oil.