In response to a recent report by the Barna Research that more than 50% of mainline pastors are considering quitting the ministry, Edify Leaders has added the option of online pastoral care and ministry coaching services at no cost to ministers or their churches. “The Barna report is truly alarming,” said Ray Sanders, founder of…
CLAREMORE (PRNewswire) — DietDetector Test Strips, a breakthrough product for sugar testing in soft drinks, is revolutionizing the way diabetics can test to ensure they have not been accidentally served a non-diet sugar-loaded soft drink before accidental consumption. The DietDetector test strips are designed to quickly and efficiently detect non-diet soft drinks within 60 seconds…
OKLAHOMA CITY — Dr. Lurdes Queimado, a researcher at the TSET Health Promotion Research Center (HPRC), is looking for individuals age 21 to 35 who smoke or use electronic cigarettes (EC), to participate in a study. Participants eligible to take part in the study will be compensated. Two hundred people are being selected for this…
Entering the holiday season, all major revenue streams in November rose by at least double digits, pushing Oklahoma Gross Receipts to the Treasury up by almost one-fourth compared to the prior year, according to State Treasurer Randy McDaniel. November gross receipts of $1.19 billion and 12-month receipts of $14.92 billion eclipsed collections from prior years….
Beacon staff photo Let’s Go Brandon? A billboard on U.S. 169 near 56th Street North in Owasso has a caption that reads, “Let’s Go Brandon” and a photo of President Joe Biden. The quote is code language for “(Expletive deleted) Joe Biden” which is being chanted at college football games and other public evens all…
Senate President Pro Tempore Greg Treat, R-Oklahoma City, said he is encouraged by Oklahoma’s recent court victory in challenging the Biden administration’s vaccine mandates. Oklahoma Attorney General John O’Connor’s and 11 other state attorneys general in November challenged the Biden administration’s vaccine mandate for health care workers. On November 30, a federal court granted an…
Reps. Rusty Cornwell, R-Vinita, and Steve Bashore, R-Miami, responded to news that the U.S. Dept. of Veterans Affairs is seeking to close the Veterans Affairs clinic in Vinita. “I am deeply disappointed by the sudden news that the Veterans Affairs clinic in Vinita will be closing,” Cornwell said. “I’ve seen firsthand what a burden it…
Sen. George Burns, R-Pollard, has filed Senate Bill 1123, calling for a change in the way motor vehicle accident deaths are handled. Under current statute, once law enforcement has completed their investigation, the body cannot be moved from the scene until a medical examiner (ME) has arrived and conducted their own investigation. Burns said this…
Efforts to “defund the police” and claims that Oklahoma district attorneys are racially biased were touted by speakers at a recent race-relations program sponsored by Paycom and other state business entities. “It is possible to defund the police,” said Tiffany T. Crutcher, executive director of the Terence Crutcher Foundation and an official with the Demanding…
On December 7, hundreds of visitors from Oklahoma and across the United States gathered at the USS Oklahoma Memorial to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941. When Japanese dive bombers descended over Pearl Harbor, the USS Oklahoma was among the first battleships to be attacked, taking eight…