Brigadier General Richard ‘Dick’ R. Hefton, former editor and publisher of Oklahoma County Newspapers, Inc., died Oct. 28,...

Download the October 2025 issue of Publisher! This month, the October edition of The Oklahoma Publisher begins with a...

OPA members and friends are needed to judge the Mississippi Press Association's Advertising Contest. (We judged their...

John M. Wylie II, who served as owner and publisher of the Oologah Lake Leader for many years, died October 4, 2025. He wa...

Donald “Wayne” Trotter, an award-winning journalist and former owner and publisher of the Countywide & Sun in Tecumseh...

Newsletter's right about Congress, not Trump By Kim Poindexter, Tahlequah Daily Press Sen. Markwayne Mullin has a ne...

When protests meant something By David Stringer, The Lawton Constitution Remember when protests meant something? We...

North campus - now or never?! By Mark Codner, The Newcastle Pacer The announcement that Mid-America Technology Cente...

A Bubble Off Plumb By Connie Burcham, Watonga Republican The thing about raising a pack of kids is that by the time...

Unreasonable, Wide-Ranging Open Records Requests Cost Taxpayers By Mike W. Ray, Southwest Ledger Oklahoma’s Open Rec...

McAlester Council shouldn't repeal the will of voters By James Beaty, McAlester News-Capital In less than a minute T...

A Bubble Off Plumb By Connie Burcham, Watonga Republican My mother would have been 100 years old today. I find it ha...

Editorial By Mike McCormick A couple of legislators, one a House member, the other a Senator, have filed bills to gr...

A Bubble Off Plumb By Connie Burcham, Watonga Republican More and more things are going the way of the dodo bird bec...

Editorial By Mike McCormick, The Lincoln County News State School Supt. Ryan Walters continues his antics rather tha...

McCurtain episode should be punished By Kim Poindexter, Tahlequah Daily Press After the brouhaha unfolding over the p...

On the Streets of Philadelphia By Jennifer Sharpe, The Journal Record A youth volleyball tournament required a visit...

Editorial By Mike McCormick, The Lincoln County News Meeker’s Town Board of Trustees has decided to have two Trust I...

Riding on the crazy train By David Stringer, The Lawton Constitution "Remember when we were the crazy ones?" ...

Focusing on Education: State should pay for teachers and schools, not national image By Jeff Funk, Enid News & Eag...

Student loan debts should be repaid By David Stringer, The Lawton Constitution The debate over “college loan...

"Ty" that binds By Sheila Gay, Woodward News Where do I begin? This tragic night would bring a community togethe...

Keep tax dollars out of private education By Mark Codner, The Newcastle Pacer The people of Oklahoma may have voted K...

The graduate By Brian Blansett, The Lincoln County News Friday evening, we all stood as the Graduation March played....

Opinion: A Changing of Times By Connor Choate, Marietta Monitor It doesn’t take long to notice things in this...

Supporting Fourth Estate is critical  By Kim Poindexter, Tahlequah Daily Press If the school district in a small...

Bloopers sometimes can be pretty funny  By Cindy Allen, Enid News & Eagle There’s nothing we hate more in th...

Self-defense bill slap in prosecutor's face By Kim Poindexter, Tahlequah Daily Press Recent actions by the Legislatur...

Every Tom, Dick and Harry By David Christy, Enid News & Eagle After watching “The Great Escape” — the story of al...

Our thanks is not enough By Chelsea Weeks, Claremore Daily Progress They’re all around us. They’re the rural mail car...

Adhering to the Open Meeting Act Mike McCormick, Tri-County Herald Openness should be the standard not the exception...

Just Breathe  Jennifer Pitts, Countywide & Sun  I attended my first video teleconference last week. Be...

Representation is for all, not just GOP Kim Poindexter, Tahlequah Daily Press Even though progressives have become a f...

A Christmas unlike any other By Todd Brooks, The Comanche Times I did not think it would have an affect on me. I was...

We need to trust results of elections By Dee Ann Patterson, The Lawton Constitution It has been more than a week sin...