For 25 years, Samaritan Ministries has focused on a Bible-based mission and responsible stewardship, enabling hundreds of thousands of members to lift up one another as they pray and send notes of encouragement with saring of health concerns and costs. “Over a quarter of a century, Samaritan Ministries has taken our charge very seriously –…
OKLAHOMA CITY – The University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center has received an $18.7 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to expand biomedical research for some of the most complex diseases and to develop the workforce to take that research into the future. The grant is from the NIH’s Institutional Development Award program…
Pro-abortion legislatures and governors in at least four states have responded to the wave of state laws this year against abortion with expansions of abortion rights. Rhode Island Gov. Gina Raimondo signed into law June 19 a bill that protects the right to abortion until the moment of birth. Her action followed the enactment of…
Renowned author and speaker, Jim Stovall, will speak at Asbury United Methodist, 6767 S Mingo Road, on August 11 at 6 pm. Stovall, who has overcome the limitations of blindness in remarkable ways, has written over 40 books and has produced eight movies, too. Asbury has a new series, “Renewing Strength.”
City officials held a groundbreaking for the widening of South Mingo Road between East 71st Street and East 81st Street. South Mingo Road between East 71st Street and East 81st Street will be widened from two lanes to five lanes – two northbound lanes, two southbound lanes and a center left-turn lane, and sidewalks will…
Kirbey Dietzel, who teaches fifth-grade math and science at Jenks East Intermediate School, has been named one of the 12 finalists for Oklahoma Teacher of the Year. Dietzel has been a teacher for eight years and has been at Jenks for six years. All finalists were named teachers of the year for their respective districts…
The president of the Association of Mature American Citizens [AMAC] said substantial research shows that addiction to alcohol and prescription and illicit drugs among senior citizens has gone unnoticed for too long. Weber called a report by the Inspector General at the Health and Human Services Department published in 2017 a wakeup call. The report…
Education, health care and mental health services, criminal justice policies, and retirement issues are among the topics approved for interim studies in the Oklahoma Senate. The Senate President Pro Tempore’s Office released the list of 72 interim studies. The members of the Oklahoma Senate use interim studies to take a more in-depth look at and…
STILLWATER – While some stores already are filling shelves with holiday decorations, soon-to-be college or trade school students are making lists and buying things they will need to outfit their new dorm room or apartment. As items are checked off the list and stacked in corner to be moved to school, it will become noticeable…
Los Angeles appears like a Third World country Like the illegal immigration problem at America’s southern border, homelessness is rising to a crisis level in big cities across the nation. And homelessness is up 10 percent in Tulsa after an 8 percent increase last year. The Rev. Steve Whitaker, senior pastor and CEO of John…