Small Business Employment Index is near its historical average OKLAHOMA CITY, OK (July 6, 2026) - NFIB’s June Jobs Report shows that the Small Business Employment Index remained essentially flat, registering 100.2 in June after measuring 100.3 in May. This is the fourth consecutive [...]

Co-branded collection featuring Baseball Lifestyle 101's most popular designs now available on Baseball Lifestyle 101’s website, select DICK’S location and online at DICK’S.com  Simple Modern, a leading producer of premium drinkware and consumer products, announced a new partnership with Baseball [...]

ADA, Okla. (June 29, 2026) — Sparklight®, a leading broadband provider, has invested more than $11 million over the past three years to expand and enhance its fiber-rich network in Ada, Ardmore, Sulphur and surrounding areas, helping deliver faster connectivity [...]

Simple Modern's Sonic collection The iconic Sonic the Hedgehog franchise is partnering with Simple Modern to launch new collection of backpacks, lunch boxes and drinkware ahead of back-to-school season. Oklahoma City, Okla. – June 22, 2026 – Simple Modern, [...]

Oklahoma Attorney General seal OKLAHOMA CITY (July 10, 2026) – Attorney General Gentner Drummond this week urged the Federal Communications Commission to strengthen rules cutting off scammers' access to legitimate telephone numbers. The move aims to protect Oklahomans from fraudsters [...]

Photo Submitted By Tori Lyon, CEO — Jericho Project  After serving their country, many veterans return home with less support than many people realize. The invisible weight of the transition from active service member to civilian life can [...]

Image Generated by Gemini and submitted By Patricia Lee A new Oklahoma law set to take effect late this year closes a gap that let repeat DUI offenders dodge felony treatment while earlier charges were still pending. Here's [...]

Photo submitted Article Submitted Drug court is one of the few routes inside the criminal justice system that can genuinely stop a conviction from showing up on your record. Whether it does depends on how the program gets [...]

Photo submitted Article Submitted The 2024 Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) report discloses over fourteen million crime incident details reported by multiple states and local law enforcement agencies under the provisions of the Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) program. [...]

From astronaut training and weather simulators to celebrating America’s 250th anniversary, families can keep kids engaged while making lifelong memories BRANSON, Mo. – (July 3, 2026) – While kids may love being out of school for summer break, many parents are [...]

Georgia Sue Ainsworth of Spiro, Oklahoma passed away July 13, 2026, at Pocola,Oklahoma. She was born April 28, 1935, to David Spence Ainsworth Jr. and Susan Ona(Gill) Ainsworth of Spiro, Oklahoma. She was retired from First National Bank of Fort [...]

Cecil James "Jim" Welton passed away July 9, 2026, at his home in Poteau, Oklahoma at the age of 80. Jim was born December 17, 1945, in Upland, California to Chester and Irene (Currens) Welton. At an early age, Jim [...]

Lois Francis Smith was born on November 11, 1929, in Latham, Oklahoma, to John R. Barnes and Virgil (Brown) Barnes. She passed away peacefully on July 12, 2026, in Spiro, Oklahoma, at the age of 96. Lois was a devoted [...]

Gloria Jean Chatten of Muldrow, Oklahoma was born May 31, 1950 in Woodlake, California to Ronald Lee and Carol Jean (Weems) Chatten and passed away July 10, 2026 in Fort Smith, Arkansas at the age of 76.   She is [...]