NEW YORK (AP) — Oprah Winfrey has chosen 19-yearold Leila Mottley’s “Nightcrawling,” a debut novel about a young Black woman from East Oakland and her battles with poverty, racism and the police, for next book club pick.
Food vendors feed Sand Bass Festival attendees on Friday, June 11, 2021. The family festival returns this week and will run through Saturday at the Courthouse Square in Madill . During the week, arts and crafts vendors and the carnival will open every evening at 5:00 p.m., and live musical entertainment will take place on the stage. On Saturday the food and craft vendors will open at 10 a.m. and the carnival will open at noon. To view the full schedule of events go to www.sandbassfestival.org. Ardmoreite File Photo
The Ardmore Chamber of Commerce held a ribbon cutting for Jeremy White - State Farm Insurance on Wednesday, June 1. The business is located at 43 Almond Dr.
In the haunting and sophisticated new thriller “ Watcher, “ Maika Monroe plays an American woman who is feeling uneasy in her new hometown of Bucharest. Her character, Julia, sees a man in a high rise across the street who appears to be looking at her in her apartment.
NEW YORK (AP) — The special Tony Award that honors educators will go to a drama teacher in Texas who argues that “musical theater has a unique way of bringing people together.” Roshunda Jones-Koumba, the theater director at G.W. Carver Magnet High School in Houston will receive the 2022 Excellence in Theatre Education Award on June 12 at the Tony Awards in New York City.
ATLANTA (AP) — A Georgia judge denied bond Thursday evening for Atlanta rapper Young Thug, who’s accused of conspiracy to violate Georgia’s RICO Act and participation in a criminal street gang. Fulton County Judge Ural Glanville handed down the ruling saying he has significant concerns about the entertainer, whose real name is Jeffery Lamar Williams, being a danger to the community, news outlets reported.
LONDON (AP) — Extinguish the beacons, take down the stage, roll up the bunting. The party’s over.
DEAR ABBY: I’ve been the stepfather of two girls for 18 years. They are 22 and 24 now. My wife and her ex-husband adopted them at birth. When they were 2 and 4, he had an affair and left them for a woman who had two children.
Today is the 158th day of 2022 and the 80th day of spring. TODAY’S HISTORY: In 1776, Richard Henry Lee proposed to the Continental Congress a resolution calling for a declaration of independence.
DALLAS (AP) — A man broke into the Dallas Museum of Art and caused more than $5 million in damage, including smashing three ancient Greek artifacts before he was arrested, police said. Brian Hernandez, 21, is charged with criminal mischief of more than or equal to $300,000, which is punishable by five years to life in prison.