You have to hand it to Windy. When Alphonse “Windy” Wilson chooses to speak, it is a bombastic sampling of creativity. Windy has yet to find a word he can’t make better through his own unique methods....

A group of 56 of the world’s top bass anglers will compete in the 54th annual Bassmaster Classic, which is taking place today through Sunday on Grand Lake. In what has been described as the most diver...

Death is a thief. He comes and steals from us. Steals our reason for being. Steals the ones we love the most. Steals our comfort and peace. It’s not just the physical form he takes though. It’s the to...

I read that there is a renewed interest in the Haskell County Historical Society and Museum. It is my opinion that the preservation of history should be of interest to all of us. I have always been im...

My name is Evan Breedlove and I have spent most of my career working with, developing, and administering health insurance plans for employees and clients. As we get older, health care becomes more imp...

Life in a small town means everybody knows what’s going on, good or bad. Just take what happened to Dud the other day. It was trash day, and the trash barrels were on the street waiting to be emptied ...

JESUS CHRIST IS THE WAY MAKER!!! JESUS MAKES A WAY WHEN YOU/ME/WE THINK IT CAN’T BE DONE!!! ALL WE NEED TO DO IS LET HIM COME INTO OUR LIFE!!! Isaiah 43:1-28 1But now thus saith the Lord that created ...

Whoever coined the phrase “records are made to be broken” must have had the month of March and lunker largemouths in mind. Many years ago, a friend made a statement that’s stuck with me to this day — ...

I have often expressed my appreciation of sidewalks. Our neighborhood has sidewalks. Everything between our home and downtown has sidewalks. Most all the homes in our neighborhood were built in the 19...

“This whole election process just doesn’t work for me,” Dud said, sipping his coffee. “There’s no way we can tell who is best for the job.” Doc, being the senior member of the Mule Barn truck stop’s w...

The redbuds and dogwoods are blooming, and the rest of nature’s not far behind. The warm Oklahoma sun has critters of all varieties venturing out of their warm and comfortable winter dwellings even no...

Death makes so many of us uncomfortable. People don’t know what to say so they give empty platitudes. I get it. Before I lost my husband, I didn’t know how to deal with those that were grieving either...

Meatloaf, mashed potatoes, and green beans with a double side of banana pudding. Now that sounds like one of my wife’s meals or my mothers or maybe the Stigler Café. But it isn’t. Who knew that such a...

That thick old hide shifted beneath me as I got my handhold in the bull rope. I watched his horns. Looking straight ahead in the chute. So far, so good. You know, just like the jumper said as he passe...

Whew … Pepe’ Le Pew. Spring is in the air, and now it is skunk mating season. Skunks are normally night animals, but because it is their amorous time of the year, you may encounter them during the day...

A good friend concluded an email by saying, “I am frightened by the state of affairs now in the world.” This lady had served my best friend as a loyal Secretary and Administrative Assistant. Given the...

This Saturday morning, an old man here in New Mexico will act just a bit silly again as he has these past 50-odd years on the first Saturday in March. I admit to being the silly old man in this case. ...

Warmer weather may bring the hummingbirds to our neck of the woods a little sooner this year. The hummingbird sightings for February are already being reported in the state of Florida, around Houston ...

Over the years I have, now and again, felt the need to evaluate my position. What I was doing just wasn’t working. I realize it is often just a part of the human condition. It will remain uncomfortabl...

Ran into Herb Collins the other day down by the school. He volunteers there, from time to time, helping kids with their math homework, and trying to recruit future members of The Great World of Busine...