Photo courtesy Simple Modern from OKC Coffee & Go event The Oklahoma-based company will surprise Bixby West Elementary parents during morning drop-off Oct. 23 with free Simple Modern Voyagers, coffee from Scissortail Coffee Co. and muffins donated by [...]

By Annie Spilman (SBA Regional Administrator – South Central) Across Arkansas, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas, small manufacturers are the heartbeat of our local economies. For the "mom-and-pop" shops that power our towns, operating on thin margins means every [...]

Article Submitted Three people review the same contract, and you end up with three sets of notes: one buried in an email reply, one on a marked-up printout someone photographed, and one in a file named proposal_final_v4. None of them [...]

Stigler, OK — The Odds Are With You, LLC, a premier professional consulting and coaching firm, officially announced its launch in July 2026. The new enterprise delivers high-impact, strategy-driven solutions designed to help CEOs, project managers, engineering professionals, and individuals [...]

62% Would Rather Their Child Become an Electrician Than a Software Developer. For many years, learning how to code was considered one of the safest career bets for young people. However, the rapid emergence of AI may be turning that [...]

22.4 million Americans projected to sail next year, a 57% increase over pre-pandemic levels OKLAHOMA CITY – Oct. 20, 2026 – America's appetite for cruising continues to set records. AAA projects 22.4 million U.S. residents will take an ocean cruise [...]

Country music stars, award-winning comedians and Iron Chef Cat Cora bring exciting events to Pocola through December POCOLA, Okla. (Oct. 22, 2026)- Choctaw Casino & Resort – Pocola is closing out 2026 with a variety of exciting entertainment, including musicians, comedians [...]

Submitted by author By Eden Reodique Divorce remains common in the United States. The 2024 American Community Survey, the latest Census data available in 2025, estimated that 1,868,585 people reported getting divorced within the previous 12 months, including [...]

Submitted by Harvey Cleere Put a Cowboys or Chiefs game on in Muskogee or McAlester on a Sunday afternoon and the betting ads show up between plays, complete with bonus bets and a promo code that flashes on screen for [...]

Tickets still available DURANT, Okla. (October 6, 2026) – Choctaw Music Fest is bringing the local sound home with Wyatt Flores, Cross Canadian Ragweed and Kings of Leon, all of whom have Oklahoma ties. The Choctaw Music Fest will be [...]

Geneva L. Byars-Cox was born on January 17, 1923, in Idabel, Oklahoma and passed away on October 22, 2026, at The Commons, Enid, Oklahoma. She was the daughter of John W. & Maggie M. (McBride) Garrett. She attended Smithville High [...]

Mary Louise Pierce of Heavener, Oklahoma was born on July 27, 1946 in Pocola, Oklahoma to Hurbert Oscar and Maudie S. (Blair) Upchurch and passed away on October 23, 2026 in Heavener, Oklahoma at the age of 80.   She [...]

Lucretia Ann Frost, 84, of Heavener, Oklahoma, passed away at home, surrounded by her loved ones, on October 21, 2026. She was born on July 11, 1942, in the Stapp Zoe community to Albert and Christine (Dorsey) Vinson. Lucretia attended [...]

Thomas Gene Luster, 66, passed away on October 16, 2026, in Poteau, Oklahoma. Thomas was born in Astoria Oregon on September 28, 1960, to parents Jimmy and Patricia (Manes) Luster. Thomas was a jack of all trades, he worked on [...]