2022 season features plenty of intriguing games to watch
As the softball season gets underway Monday, there’s no better time to discuss some intriguing games you don't want to miss.
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Ardmore softball ready to pounce with Dethloff at the helm
Marki Dethloff is no stranger to southern Oklahoma softball, with her recently spending time as an assistant at Wilson High School.
Sniffing out trouble
By Julie Thomas jthomas@cherryroad.com On Thursday, several law enforcement units were on scene at the former Ardmoreite building for K-9 drill training. The K-9s and their handlers participated in various scenariosdesigned to enhance their abilities and response time.
Area educator honored at annual Oklahoma Summit award ceremony
TULSA – At the annual Oklahoma CareerTech Summit on Monday, the Oklahoma Association of Career and Technology Education (OkACTE) and Oklahoma Department of Career and Technology Education presented cash awards to outstanding Oklahoma CareerTech educators. The awards ceremony held at the Cox Business Center in Tulsa was made possible by Robert A. Funk, Sr., president of Express Employment Professionals. Funk donated $27,500 among four categories:
Employee wants to turn the page on mandatory book club
DEAR ABBY: I have worked for the same company for 20 years. For the last eight years, I was part of an office book club, mostly because I was pressured regularly by the boss to participate. The members were mostly a clique of “mean girls.” I never felt a part of it or comfortable, but I pushed through the once-a-month meetings to keep the peace. When COVID sent everyone home to work the past two years, the book club was over, or so I thought, hoped and prayed. As things are loosening up now, though, the pressure is mounting again. I do not want to return to that routine, but the powers that be don’t seem to accept any excuse or reason. After 24 months of freedom, forcing me back into it is causing great anxiety. What would you advise me to say or do
Oliver Jackson-Cohen charms, mystifies in thriller ‘Surface’
By ALICIA RANCILIO Associated Press Hey, casting agents, listen up. Oliver Jackson-Cohenis interested in lighter roles.
NFL appeals suspension for Browns’ Watson
The NFL is seeking an indefinite suspension of at least one year plus a fine in appealing a disciplinary officer’s decision to suspend Cleveland Browns quarterback Deshaun Watson for six games for violating the league’s personal conduct policy, a person familiar with the filing told The Associated Press.
Mickelson, others sue PGA Tour over LIV Golf suspensions
Phil Mickelson, Bryson DeChambeau and nine other players who defected to the Saudi-funded LIV Golf filed an antitrust lawsuit against the PGA Tour, the first step in a legal fight that could define the boundaries of where players can compete.
Kurt Busch to miss 3rd race with concussion-like symptoms
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Kurt Busch will miss his third consecutive race with concussion-like symptoms when he sits out Sunday at Michigan International Speedway. He said his vision and hearing “are still not 100% to drive.”
New York prisons lift ban on book about Attica uprising
By MAYSOON KHAN Associated Press/Report for America ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York authoritieshave lifted a ban that had stopped state prison inmates from reading a book about the 1971 Attica Correctional Facility uprising following a First Amendment lawsuit brought by its author.