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DEAR ABBY: My mother has become very “spiritual” over the last eight years or so. Recently, it has become all-consuming and on the verge of becoming detrimental.

NEW LIMA SCHOOLS Monday - Breakfast: Eggs, fruit, cereal variety, juice variety and milk variety. Lunch: Chicken fried steak, peas, pineapple, roll, salsa, alternate: Burrito, and milk variety. Tuesday - Breakfast: Sausage roll, fruit, cereal variety, juice variety and milk variety.

Tickets are now on sale for OBU’s production of “World Premiere One-Acts.” Performances are scheduled for March 5 and 6 at 7:30 p.m. and March 7 at 2:30 p.m. All performances will take place in Sarkeys Black Box Theater on the OBU campus in Shawnee.

For one Oklahoma County 4-H’er, a series of life-altering events made a big impact on him. In 2014, major health issues and surgeries for his sister led to her being placed in hospice care. A few months later his home burned down.

The initial plan for this article was to discuss our school’s new founded mental health class. However, to commemorate Black History Month, I will be explaining the Tuskegee Syphilis Experiment. Recently our class has been going over unethical periods in the history of psychology and medical health.

Oklahoma, despite historical context, has never been socially known for being heavily involved in African American history despite multiple civil rights milestones being established here along with some more “unsavory’ acts being staged here.

When people think of the Greenwood District in Tulsa, Oklahoma, they either think of the poverty that reigns today or the tragic and terrible events of the Tulsa Race Massacre. What many do not think about is the prosperous gem of North Tulsa that was Black Wall Street.

The Tulsa Race Massacre was one of the worst racial riots in the history of the United States. In 1921, Greenwood was the wealthiest African-American owned district in Tulsa. African-Americans settled in Greenwood to start a new life for themselves and future generations.

Ada Lois Sipuel Fisher was a key figure in the Civil Rights Movement. Ada helped to desegregate Langston University and Oklahoma University. Ada was born on February 8th, 1924 in Chickasaw, Oklahoma. She graduated as valedictorian from Lincoln High school.

Governor Kevin Stitt announced late Wednesday night that President Joe Biden has approved additional federal funding for Oklahoma following this month’s historic winter storm.