The Oklahoma Medical Marijuana Authority (OMMA) will stop processing applications for new grower, dispensary and processor licenses for up to two years after Gov. Kevin Stitt signed House Bill 3208 on Thursday. The moratorium begins Aug. 1.
DEAR ABBY: I’m a senior in high school, and I come from a family that is financially stable but unable to travel often due to time and money constraints. We usually travel only once a year in the summer, and for the most part, we’re not able to travel very far or stay for long.
Members of the Shawnee community are observing Memorial Day with various ceremonies and activities. The Veterans of Foreign Wars planned to place American flags at Fairview Cemetery on Saturday morning with help from various Boy Scout Troops and Cub Scouts from Troop 417 and Pack 3417.
Happy Memorial Day Weekend, Shawnee! Summer is here, and the Shawnee Splash Waterpark is open! Normal operating hours are Tuesday through Saturday, 12-7 p.m. Season pass holders gain early admission at 11:00 a.m.
Southern Living is my escape magazine when the weather is too ____ (hot, cold, dry, wet, stormy, windy). Fill in the blank. I discovered in the May issue, Cat Island National Wildlife Refuge in Louisiana harbors the largest bald cypress tree (Taxodium distichum) east of the Sierra Nevada mountains. Interesting way to describe it, as there are no native bald cypress trees to the west of the Sierra Nevada mountains. Anyway, this giant bald cypress near the Mississippi River is 96 feet tall, 17 feet in diameter and estimated to be about 1,000 years old. Just 536 miles from my house.
In the denomination which I serve, Baptist, we practice local church autonomy. In a strict sense autonomy means that each Baptist church decides how it will be operated, it is self-governance. Baptist churches tend to have committees made of laypersons who give recommendations that the local church membership votes on. This is not the only way to operate as a church, but it is the way Baptists have largely chosen to operate.
Memorial Day was first known as Decoration Day in the years after the Civil War. In 1971, it became an official federal holiday to honor the men and women who died while serving in the US military. Many of us enjoy a day off from work for this week. Here is some history to reflect upon.
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt said Thursday he vetoed several key pieces of a legislative budget deal, setting up a showdown with fellow Republicans in the Legislature who are expected to try and override him.
[EDITOR’S NOTE: This is Part 2 of a three-part series, as three Republicans battle to claim the local seat for District Attorney, a position presiding over Pottawatomie and Lincoln Counties. The election is June 28.]
Seminole State College will host an All-Black Towns of Oklahoma historical exhibit from May 26 to June 9 on the first floor of Enoch Kelly Haney Center. The exhibit is free and open to the public.