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Whether you or someone in your home suffers yearround or seasonally from allergies or asthma, there are ways you can reduce the misery by cleaning correctly to remove allergens. Allergens can be any substance that causes an allergic reaction. Common household allergens are dust mites and insect droppings, pollen, pet dander, and molds.
Read moreDrive around your neighborhood on a hot summer day, and you’ll see many approaches to watering plants. Some homeowners break out the hose at the end of the workday, while others program the automatic sprinklers to come on at dawn for 15 minutes a day; still, others figure on the plants getting a drink whenever the kids decide it’s time to play in the sprinkler. However, timing your irrigation will not only lead to healthier plants, but it can also save on your water bill.
Read moreU.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.), senior member of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, praised the Senate passage of H.R.7776, as amended, the Water Resources Development Act (WRDA) of 2022 and provisions in the legislation that will bring benefits to Oklahomans far into the future. The measure passed by a vote of 92-2.
Read moreAn international study led by an Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation scientist has nearly doubled the known genetic risk regions for Sjögren’s disease. The new research was published Wednesday in the journal Nature Communications.
Read morePreparing weeknight meals can be tricky, as busy men and women may want to save money and cook their own healthy foods but have little time to do so consistently. But healthy, homecooked meals need not take much time to prepare. The following low-calorie recipe for “Crab Salad-Stuffed Tomatoes” from “Weightwatchers: Cook It Fast” (St. Martin’s Griffin) can be whipped up in 20 minutes, making it an ideal meal for time-strapped men and women who want homecooked meals without all the work that goes into more complex recipes.
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A Seminole couple faces first degree murder and other charges after a toddler’s burned body was found near Bowlegs Tuesday night.
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—Staff Photo by Bob Melton Roger Dersam (left) and Richard Lay are shown making repairs to the water line that feeds the underground sprinkler system at the Seminole Softball Quad located at Main and Strother Wednesday morning. With increasing chances of rain and milder temperatures in the weather forecast for the next few days, many people may be hoping these sprinkler repairs will have the same effect as washing a car, causing heavy rains, making Dersam and Lay local heroes.
Read moreA non-profit group that represents Oklahoma’s retired population wants the elected officials that oversee utility companies to say no to rate hike requests.
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