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After state pulls out, community steps in

While many of the 30-some counties finding themselves without local Department of Human Services facilities in the wake of a recent state closure decision may still be struggling for solutions, Kingfisher’s faith-based community has stepped up to the challenge.

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Keeping kids fed not just U.S. need

Dover Pastor Eloise Gray learned this summer that American children aren’t the only ones set adrift by coronavirus school closures.

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Dover votes to build new elementary

Dover school district patrons voted to approve a $15.6 million construction bond issue by an overwhelming majority last week.

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Clipper’s transition is sad to us

 

The news article recently that The Hennessey Clipper will cease weekly publication is sad to us.

We remember a time in Oklahoma when even very small towns (under 1,000) often had a newspaper.

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OU’s Confucius Institute declared Chinese mission

The U.S. Department of State has declared that the Confucius Institute U.S. Center, which has long operated an institute at the University of Oklahoma, is a foreign mission of the People’s Republic of China.

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Braving the elements

As part of my ongoing “Take An Urbanite Outdoors Program” I recently took an 18-year-old boy outdoors at the request of his parents who are worried that playing video games and texting with his friends 14 hours a day might somehow inhibit his development. I met Drew at his bio-containment facility (house) as the Covid crises was easing and where he’d been sheltering in place for the past 18 years.

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Stitt education program proving popular across state

Nearly one in three Oklahoma school districts has already applied for a program launched by Gov. Kevin Stitt that will provide advanced courses online.

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