The Tulsa Public School Board has been looking for qualified replacements for Cindy Decker’s District 5 seat. Decker, who has been a member of the board since 2015, announced her decision to resign late last year after a job as executive director of Educare. She vacated her seat around January 7. Whoever is appointed will…
STILLWATER – Oklahoma State University’s Robert M. Kerr Food & Agricultural Products Center supported food and agricultural businesses throughout Oklahoma in 2018, providing a total economic impact of $120.31 million. “The impacts FAPC has had on the food and agricultural industries in the state are tremendous,” said Roy Escoubas, FAPC director. “From education and training…
Thunderbird Academy for at-risk youth held graduation services of 104 students in December. Friends, family and National Guard members gathered together for the graduation of 104 cadets from the Thunderbird Challenge Program on Saturday, at Pryor High School’s Hershel Avra Performing Arts Center. The cadets successfully completed the 22-week program that employs a military style…
(PRNewswire) — Frank Keating, two-term governor of Oklahoma, has joined the board of directors of Global Holdings, an account and payment processing provider to the consumer debt settlement industry. Global Holdings is a portfolio company of New State Capital Partners. Currently a partner with the Financial Services team at Holland & Knight, Keating is also…
The partial shutdown of the government that began in January should be blamed on Democrats in the U.S. Senate. President Trump, responding to the will of the people in the 2016 election, promised a secure border and part of that is a wall along our border with Mexico. The continuing resolution passed before Christmas included…
The Oklahoma Education Association, a wing of the National Education Association, deserves credit for getting public education in such a mess in Oklahoma. Last year, the OEA promoted a walkout/strike to raise teacher salaries after the Republican-led Legislature voted in salary increases for public teachers. No amount of tax increases is enough in the eyes…
The Boy Scouts of America are pondering bankruptcy because of legal problems but those are the surface causes. In the 1970s, the Boy Scouts had more than five million members and now they have more than two million. What happened to cause this organization, founded on honor and character, to teeter on collapse? Strike one…
Taking an ocean cruise is like being rich for seven days. In December, we booked passage on Carnival’s Vista and set sail out of Galveston, Texas, with destinations in Honduras, Belize and Cozumel, Mexico. We took our two sons and daughter-in-law. Our daughter, son-in-law and granddaughter couldn’t join us due to his starting a new…
Oklahoma State capped a disappointing season with a dramatic 38-33 win over Missouri in Liberty Bowl on New Year’s Eve. OSU ended the year with a winning 7-6 record with the win over Tigers, a former member of the Big 12 Conference who bolted for the Southeastern Conference. Fifth-year senior quarterback Taylor Cornelius tied a…
No. 23 Oklahoma, led by Kristian Doolittle with 16 points and eight rebounds, held off Oklahoma State in Norman Saturday for a 74-64 win in the first round of Bedlam basketball this season. OSU was leading the Big 12 in three-point shooting (39 percent) but managed to hit only six of 26 attempts against the…