I have no doubt we are all familiar with the old saying “to forgive and forget” as well as numerous Biblical teachings on forgiveness. I’ll be honest that there have been times in my life when I ...

I have tried really hard to turn this column from mostly a political opinion page to something more substantial. When my time comes, I don’t want anyone wondering what my faith looked like. So, ...

Ralph Eric Burton was born April 24, 1957, in Mendota, Illinois, to Hugh E. Burton and Bertha M. (Hillyer) Burton. He passed away on June 23, 2025. As a young child he was raised in Illinois. In the ...

A student’s education doesn’t end with graduation. No, a good student is always learning, always craving a chance to be better. Even as his sophomore year has wrapped, Northwestern Oklahoma State ...

The 4th of July in Alva is packed with free family activities. The Little Red Hens have lots of games for all ages in ...

On Saturday, May 3, the Kentucky Derby, horse-racing’s most popular annual event, was run in Louisville, Kentucky. Nineteen horses participated in the 2025 version of the contest. Unbelievably, all 19 ...

Dr. Dorothy Day Modeland, daughter of The Reverends Reuel and Zoetta Taylor Foreman, departed this life in Oklahoma City, ...

Seventeen months after the groundbreaking, the Cory Washburn Family Memorial Swimming Pool was opened to the public in Alva ...

I am not going to list all the activities going on from the 3rd to 5th because the Newsgram has all the events in the ads and Marione's story. It looks like you can have fun anywhere around the area ...

Sick and tired of trying to teach little Johnny how to be potty-trained, instead of leaving a tell-tale path of stain everywhere he goes? Exhausted from the constant battle to teach your two little ...

Jimmy and Jabrion Hardin were cruising down Interstate 44 just south of Vinita when flashing blue and red lights appeared behind them. The brothers, en route from Texas to their native Illinois, ...

As a child I was lulled to sleep by the rattle of the water cooler on hot summer nights. It relied on a high volume of air, cooled by evaporation and blown through the house to escape through open ...