November 2022

Divorcee’s dating life has been a roller coaster ride

November 2, 2022

DEAR ABBY: Since my divorce, I have started dating again. I was seeing a firefighter until I realized he was married with kids. Yes, I was angry with him for hiding the truth from me from the start. Then I started dating another guy I thought was the one for me. I even had him move in with me. At the beginning things went well, but now he has started to change. He doesn’t pay as much attention to me as he did, and he thinks when I point out something I’m not comfortable with that I am trying to start a fight, which I’m not.

Draven Michael Dykes

November 2, 2022

The world lost a vibrant young man way too early in life, Draven Michael Dykes, 17, of Burneyville, OK on October 14, 2022. He was born on March 5, 2005 in Corona, CA, the son of David Edward Wygant and Amie Marie Hignett-Wygant.

RECIPES

November 2, 2022

Recipes courtesy of the Made in Oklahoma Coalition Quesadilla fans will love this recipe. It’s a giant quesadilla made right onto a sheet pan, stuffed with chicken, veggies, beans, bacon and cheese.

Monarchs on the move

November 2, 2022

Good news from California. Reports from the Pacific Grove Monarch Sanctuary: nearly 4,000 Monarchs.

Review: ‘It’s Not TV’ account of HBO’s rise and challenges

November 2, 2022

“It’s Not TV: The Rise, Revolution and Future of HBO” by Felix Gillette and John Koblin (Viking) Streaming and on-demand services are so commonplace nowadays, one can take for granted how revolutionary HBO was when it was first launched.

Southern Oklahoma teen to be remembered in national parade

November 2, 2022

OKLAHOMA CITY — Join LifeShare of Oklahoma as we honor Morgan Flynn, of Tushka, as our floragraph honoree for the 2023 Rose Parade. LifeShare is the organ procurement organization in Oklahoma responsible for the recovery of organs and tissue for transplant purposes.

J&J to buy cardio technology company Abiomed for $16.6B

November 2, 2022

Johnson & Johnson is spending more than $16 billion to move deeper into treating heart disease and continue a shift started last year away from its consumer health roots. The health care giant said Tuesday that it will buy the cardiovascular technology company Abiomed, which makes a heart pump used on patients with severe coronary artery disease.

Musk floats paid Twitter verification, fires board

November 2, 2022

Billionaire Elon Musk is already floating major changes for Twitter — and faces major hurdles as he begins his first week as owner of the social-media platform. Twitter’s new owner fired the company’s board of directors and made himself the board’s sole member, according to a company filing Monday with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Job openings hit 10.7M despite Fed attempts to cool economy

November 2, 2022

WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. job openings rose unexpectedly in September, suggesting that the American labor market is not cooling as fast as the inflation fighters at the Federal Reserve hoped.

November 2, 2022

WASHINGTON (AP) — Help-wanted signs are everywhere. Employers are posting nearly two job openings for every unemployed American.