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TAHLEQUAH - Seven Seminole County youths arrived here Saturday to join 775 other Oklahoma high school seniors in the week-long Boys State, sponsored by the American Legion of Oklahoma. The Boys Staters got an official welcome Saturday night from Tahlequah mayor John Purdy.

It’s been nearly three years since country music legend Vince Gill last made a tour stop in his home state of Oklahoma, but odds are his return this week will be worth the wait for his fans. Earlier this month, fresh off a lengthy Las Vegas residency with The Eagles, Gill embarked on a U.S.

By Matilda K. Williams Seminole, Okla. In a religious column, recently published in the Producer, the writer claimed that today “everyone is demanding respect that is not earned.” He named people going to court to sue for their rights as an example.

DEAR ABBY: My best friend “Carla” and I haven’t spoken for several years, which breaks my heart. Her son was getting married. The dress was evening cocktail attire. The venue was an hour and a half from where I live. I don’t drive.

SUNDAY, MAY 25, 2025 DEAR ABBY: I’ve been divorced for 10 years and have since remarried. I began dating my current wife nine years ago. I have four daughters, ages 24 through 37.

Just the name of Patsy Clairmont lifts my spirits. She was the most dynamic, energetic, comical, spitfire among the ladies who were speakers in the Women of Faith Conferences that were attended by thousands of women nationwide a few years ago.

Since its creation in 2010, the Lindsey Nicole Henry Scholarships for Students with Disabilities (LNH) program has provided a lifeline to families whose children have special needs and cannot receive appropriate educational services in their local district.

The angry and resentful young man sat sullenly on the edge of his narrow cot in the cell. He had no idea how long he had been sitting there, body motionless but with his brain racing in high gear.

THURSDAY, MAY 22, 2025 DEAR ABBY: I see a psychiatrist and psychologist for generalized anxiety disorder, major depression disorder and borderline personality disorder.

WEDNESDAY, MAY 21, 2025 DEAR ABBY: My late husband and I were married 38 years when we finally went to marriage counseling. I found out then that he had slept with my sister early in our marriage. I had suspected he’d also had an affair with his uncle’s wife.