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Conclusions
“No Collusion, No Obstruction, Complete and Total EXONORATION. KEEP AMERICA GREAT!” From a Twitt...
Sales Tax Revenues Drop In County's Small Communities
Pottawatomie County came out fine on sales tax collections last month and so did Shawnee, but most...
A Cathedral For All
"Notre Dame is our history, our literature, part of our psyche, the place of all of our great...
Identity Politics
We wasted a little time this week studying the meaning of "identity politics." If there's a working...
Encouraging But Complicated News Out Of Washington, D.C.
There is some encouraging news out of Washington but even it is complicated enough to confuse your...
Quit Acting Out
As of April 4, 2019 — the official publication date of this edition of The Countywide & Sun ...
Elementary Report Card Breakdown
Elementary, my dear Watson? Well, when "elementary" refers to a range of public school grades, Sir...
Surprise!
Russia. Russia. Russia. RUSSIA! Tell the truth. When you first heard last Sunday that Robert...
Well Done, Mr. Hunter
Hats off to Oklahoma Attorney General Mike Hunter. The state's lawsuit against opioid manufacturers... Full story
Most County Municipalities See Increase In Sales Tax Revenue
Most Pottawatomie County communities posted modest year-to-year sales tax increases as 2019 bowed...
Not A Chance
Please join us, fellow Oklahomans, in a friendly yet hopefully realistic review of one of the ideas...
Not A Single F, Or A, On Middle School Report Cards
No A’s. Quite a few B’s, a few more C’s, more D’s than anyone might want and, thank...
School Report Cards Are Out! A-F, Where Do We Rank?
It's School Report Card time again and things have changed again. For the better or for the worse?...
On The Curve
The Enid News & Eagle styles the latest but nevertheless belated round of Oklahoma School...
Just Hang Up
Once upon a time in a land not all that far away, when grandma and granddad reached the golden promi...
Sales Tax Revenue Income Up 46 Percent For Macomb
The 2018-2019 holiday shopping season closed out with a big bang across Pottawatomie County and...
It's Only Fair
"Excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual...
About Boren
The Board of Regents of the University of Oklahoma was scheduled to meet yesterday (Wednesday) to...
Here's Hoping
As this editorial is being written on Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2019, the word out of Washington is that...
Back On Track
"Oklahoma's 'turnaround' is when our state stops moving in the direction of decline and begins movin...
This 'N That
With the federal government fully operating again ... at least for a while ... we find ourselves...
Way Too Long
As much as we dislike the notion of leading this column with the same issue for a second...
Think About It
This and that about that and this: Hats off to Braydon Self. He's the 13-year-old sixth-grader...
Sales Tax Up For County
Santa Claus was very, very good to Shawnee, quite nice to Earlsboro and Asher, and gave Tecumseh...
The Closure Crisis
Every living American who truly cares about the dignity, integrity and continuity of this country's...
