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Submitted by Karissa Tucker Women on Mission met at the home of Phyllis Williamson on March 27. The Ladies present were Ginger Ryan, Linda Evans, Kathy Smith, Jill Kinney, Joy Smith, Sherri Franks, Karissa Tucker, Ruth Reich, Maira Benton and Leslie Scott.
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A trip to the supermarket has become particularly expensive in recent months, especially for breakfast lovers and bakers. The rising cost of eggs garnered considerable attention as prices hit an all-time high in January 2025. By that time, prices reached $4.95 for one dozen large Grade A eggs, according to data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. However, some shoppers have encountered prices as high as $8 or $9 per dozen, depending on location and demand. Some estimate that egg prices may even increase throughout 2025.
Read moreBy Ty B. Kerley The last few weeks have been spent presenting non-biblical sources that speak to one or more of the three minimal bedrock facts concerning what happened to Jesus after His crucifixion. We spent a lot of time looking at the Roman historian Cornelius Tacitus and the Jewish historian Flavius Josephus. Both historians wrote in the mid-first century, and both wrote about Jesus. But there are more to mention. Lucian of Samosata is another non-Christian source that provides independent testimony to the fact that Jesus was a real person and that He died by crucifixion. Lucian was a second-century Greek writer. In his writing, The Death of Peregrine, Lucian wrote: “The Christians, you know, worship a man to this day–the distinguished personage who introduced their novel rites and was crucified on that account. . . . then it was impressed on them by their original lawgiver that they are all brothers, from the moment that they are converted, and deny the gods of Greece, and worship the crucified sage, and live after his laws.”
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I recently noted that Mississippi students are dramatically outperforming their Oklahoma peers when it comes to reading.
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Left, Student leaders from Seminole State College and Seminole High School were special guests at a Seminole Chamber of Commerce breakfast with Oklahoma Governor Kevin Stitt on March 27 in the Utterback Ballroom on SSC’s campus. Below left: Following his presentation, SSC Student Government PresidentAdisen Williamson and SHS Superintendent’s Advisory Council President Kassidy Baker presented the Governor with a gift basket filled with items from the Seminole community. Below: During Gov. Stitt’s visit, he spoke with SSC Nursing and Health Sciences Division Chair Dr. Misty Gray and helped test vitals on an infant mannequin in the nursing department’s new simulation lab. (SSC photos)
Read moreThe Oklahoma Senate on Thursday passed a key energy bill from Sen. Grant Green, R-Wellston, that would establish the state’s first residential property setbacks for wind turbines.
Read moreThe Oklahoma Department of Corrections (ODOC) and its partners are proud to announce the successful completion of the first year of the FY 2022 Department of Justice Second Chance Act: Addressing the Needs of Incarcerated Parents and Their Minor Children grant. Awarded in 2022 for $741,960, the program has made significant strides in strengthening family bonds, providing essential services to children of incarcerated parents, and working to break the cycle of intergenerational incarceration.
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