Parents considering allowing their child to stay home alone this summer may have visions of “Home Alone” protagonist Kevin McCallister fighting off the Wet Bandits or getting into other mischief. With...

In the wake of Amy Pace’s resignation this week as director of prevention services for Sallisaw NOW Coalition after she was arrested for driving under the influence, I questioned at what point we expe...

So much is taken for granted until the inevitable change makes us sit up and take notice. If the little daily, homely pursuits seem tedious and unfulfilling, it is only because we do not realize how t...

Way to go, Oklahoma City Thunder. For the first time in 13 years, the Thunder will end their season at the National Basketball Association Finals. The Thunder dominated the Minnesota Timberwolves 124-...

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PLEASE PRAY FOR ONE ANOTHER! PERSECUTION RUNS RAMPANT IN THIS OL’ WORLD! IF THEY DESTROY THE BODY, WHAT ELSE CAN THEY DO! THIS WORLD IS NOT OUR HOME! WE’RE JUST PASSING THROUGH! Matthew 10:22-28 22And...

May is Foster Care Awareness Month, a time when we at the Cherokee Nation reflect on one of the most profound responsibilities we carry as a community: caring for our children. This commitment is deep...

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Blackberry vines are blooming everywhere - great spreads of white blossoms that will turn into luscious fruit. Hardly anything is tastier than a blackberry cobbler, hardly anything is harder to pick t...

I am 2-for-2 in making it through another athletic school year as your sports editor. However, unlike my inaugural athletic school year last season with only one state tournament game to cover, the Ce...

For the first time in many years, my birthday fell on Mother’s Day. When this happens, I always stress to my daughter, Sydney, that I deserve twice as many gifts and twice the recognition. It’s like t...

For more than two decades, I’ve worked in policy and advocacy in Oklahoma, standing alongside people from all walks of life to push for solutions when politicians have failed to act. I’ve seen a lot o...

As the saying goes, “All good things must come to an end.” So it has for the 2025 spring season of high school baseball. Once again, we ended a season with a team at the state tournament. After the Ce...

LOVE JESUS CHRIST, HE IS THE SOLID ROCK! BUILD ON JESUS CHRIST, HE IS THE CORNERSTONE OF FAITHFUL LIFE! I Corinthians 10:4And did all drink the same spiritual drink: for they drank of that spiritual R...

Across the Cherokee Nation Reservation, the summer months are a time of family vacations, community festivals, and many other opportunities for Cherokees and our friends and neighbors to gather togeth...

Judging by all the backpatting we witnessed last week, Oklahoma’s Republican legislative leaders want us to believe their latest budget deal will make our state a beacon of prosperity. In reality, it ...

Sooner or later everything comes to the front so that truth is known and life balances its credits. THis is why getting something for nothing reflects Emerson's words that there is always compensation...

ALL SOULS ARE THE LORD’S! THE WICKED SHALL DIE IN THEIR SINS! THE LORD WANTS ALL SOULS TO BE IN HEAVEN WITH HIM FOREVERMORE! REPENT! THE LORD DOESN’T WANT ANY SOUL TO BE SEPARATE FROM HIM! Ezekiel 18:...

Every May, the Cherokee Nation stands alongside tribes and advocates across the country in observing Missing and Murdered Indigenous Persons Awareness Month. Together, we highlight a crisis that conti...

I’m batting 1.000 so far in my two years of covering the local high school baseball scene for Your TIMES. For the second straight spring, I will be covering a team at the state tournament. After cover...