For the Children: The legislative session is moving quickly,  and lawmakers are now busy working in their assigned committees to sort through relevant bills and resolutions. I am pleased to say that o...

If you’re going to achieve your important financial goals, you’ll need to build an appropriate investment portfolio. But that’s only part of the story – because you also need to protect what you have,...

An Oklahoma City man has been charged in McIntosh County District Court with kidnapping, feloniously pointing a firearm and possession of a firearm after a former felony conviction after allegedly kid...

Life coaches – not surprisingly – strive to improve the quality of life of their clients. And financial professionals essentially embrace the same mission. So, if you decide to hire a financial adviso...

In his State of the Union address, President Trump asked Americans to choose greatness. The guests of the White House depicted that message, too. Buzz Aldrin, the astronaut who planted the American Fl...

Awe love. So sweet when you’re 16. So intriguing when you’re a teen. Then absolutely a roller coaster as an adult. Nothing more exciting than the honeymoon stage, yet nothing more devastating during t...

Jacob Hamilton, 35, of Eufaula, has pled guilty to charges of distribution of a controlled dangerous substance – including possession with intent to distribute, and with unlawful possession of drug pa...

For the Children: On Monday, the Oklahoma Institute for Child Advocacy (OICA) and the Oklahoma Women’s Coalition held our second Women and Children First advocacy training program. It was a great even...

To say the financial markets were a bit bumpy in 2018 may be an understatement. The S&P 500 was down 6.2 percent for the year, the first time this key index fell since 2008, during the financial crisi...

For the Children: We are now at the beginning of the 2019 Oklahoma Legislative Session and Governor Kevin Stitt’s first State of the State address. Lawmakers are holding pre-session budget hearings to...

  Legislation has been filed to stop the transfer of an Oklahoma Veterans Center from Talihina to Sallisaw within the next three to five years. House Bill 1149 would eliminate the authorization to tra...

LA DONNA'S LAST WORD   In honor of the Super Bowl, I began thinking about what makes something or someone super versus ordinary. I mean, after all, these are all ordinary people that have been made we...

Oh my what a crazy world we live in today. Sometimes I truly believe people are just going “batty.” I will leave out the words I want to say to be politically correct and not offend anyone just for th...

For the Children: The bill filing deadline has come and gone and we now know what legislative ideas have been submitted by lawmakers.   Our team at the Oklahoma Institute for Child Advocacy (OICA) is ...

In February, TV stations the world over will broadcast the most-watched U.S. football game of the year. But sports fans aren’t the only ones viewing this “big game,” held in Atlanta this year. The two...

The new Congress brought in many new members to Capitol Hill. Along with it came dozens of progressives, whose liberal ideas and leftist platforms would drive our country straight into socialism. One ...

I used to think a little white lie didn’t hurt anyone. After all, you generally told a little white lie to keep from hurting someone’s feelings, right? Like when your best friend would ask if her jean...

J. Kevin Stitt was sworn in as Oklahoma’s 28th governor on Monday, Jan. 14. It was a grand day, with the sun breaking through the clouds just as the governor-elect stepped forward to take his oath of ...

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For the Children: On Monday, Jan. 14, Oklahoma welcomed in new leadership in our executive branch.   Governor Kevin Stitt was sworn into office and followed the oath with his inaugural speech.   Highl...