Where Is The Hope?

What is going on at the Child Advocacy Center (CAC)? What happened to the vision of hope that was at the core of One Safe Place just four short years ago? In 2017, Gloria Trotter wrote an article about the One Safe Place Family Justice Center.

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Real Life Grinch Hit my Home Today! I’m a single mom of two young girls. I am also a teacher at a low income school in Oklahoma City. It is a wonderful job, it is so fulfilling to work with these terrific kids who may not have had the best breaks in life.

Giving Thanks And Making New Traditions

Be honest. No one wants to read another Thanksgiving column about how grateful we should be for family, friends, and surviving the 2020 Covid Thanksgiving. I didn’t think so. Don’t get me wrong; I am as appreciative as anyone for holiday family traditions. However, everyone does it differently.

Bice Cosponsors Parents Bill Of Rights Act

Parents are the primary stakeholders in their child’s education. They know their children best, and their involvement should be encouraged because they are the people who ultimately lay the foundation and pave the pathway of their child’s life.

Uniquely American

Editors Note: While looking back through Thanksgiving editorials written in previous years, we stumbled across one from 2011 written by the states leading editorial writer and one of the former owners of the Countywide & Sun, Mr. Wayne Trotter.

Cut Yourself Some Slack And Find Balance

Women. Today, we can have home and family or career. And if we choose to have both, we have to be superheroes with an endless supply of energy, nerves of steel and excellent juggling skills.

Learning To Rest Worth The (Lack Of) Effort

I’m heading out of the office at 5 pm on a Thursday, looking forward to nursing a bad headache and catching a short nap before enjoying a theatre show that night. An hour later, that headache had turned into a full blown case of the stomach flu.

CAPITOL COMMENTS

Last week the House unfortunately passed the reckless budget reconciliation bill, also known as the Build Back Better Act.

Tecumseh Golden Age Center

As Thanksgiving is this week, our thoughts of the things that we are thankful for come to mind. I asked several of our members, and they were saying basically the same things. First and formost, we are thankful for our God who provides all our blessings.

CAPITOL COMMENTS

Thanksgiving is a unifying holiday for our country and serves as a time for reflection on what matters most to us. It gives us a moment to pause, reconnect with loved ones, and celebrate our nation’s traditions.