NEW YORK (AP) — Brandon Taylor’s “Filthy Animals” has won the Story Prize, a $20,000 honor for collections of short fiction. “Taylor is incredibly attuned to the slightest shift in the emotional weather in his characters and writes with absolute precision and compassion about their desires, vulnerabilities, failings, joys, and longings,” prize judges wrote in a statement Wednesday.
DEAR ABBY: I have a person in my life who I considered to be my best friend. Before he moved out of state, we agreed we would contact each other every two weeks to stay in touch and, for a short while, we did. However, I began to realize as time passed that I was the only one making calls, and sending texts or emails.
NEW YORK (AP) — Actor Cuba Gooding Jr. pleaded guilty Wednesday to forcibly kissing a worker at a New York nightclub in 2018 in a deal that is likely to keep him out of jail.
Today is the 107th day of 2022 and the 29th day of spring. TODAY’S HISTORY: In 1861, Virginia became the eighth state to secede from the Union.
Spring has finally arrived and for the team at the Ardmore Development Authority that means that it is time for the Oklahoma Lieutenant Governor’s Turkey Hunt. This year’s hunt begins this coming Wednesday and will conclude on Friday morning. Began in 1987 by then-Lieutenant Governor Robert S. Kerr III, the hunt is an invitation only event designed to bring existing and potential development partners to rural communities around Oklahoma. Although we have missed the hunt the last two years due to Covid, our team is excited to once again highlight Ardmore.
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas Gov. Greg Abbott on Friday repealed his traffic-clogging immigration order that backed up commercial trucks at the U.S.-Mexico border, after a week of intensifying backlash and fears of deepening economic losses.
BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — The Interior Department on Friday said it’s moving forward with the first onshore sales of public oil and gas drilling leases under President Joe Biden, but will sharply increase royalty rates for companies as federal officials weigh efforts to fight climate change against pressure to bring down high gas prices.
Joel Steven Williams was born December 31, 1950 to the late Polly Ann (Prollock) and Jack Williams in Ardmore, OK. With his beloved wife and daughter by his side, Joel passed from this life at Mercy Hospital on April 11, 2022 at the age of 71. Joel was a graduate from
It’s always been a dream for Khalayah Willis to play basketball at the next level.
Aalicia Arizona Mitchell is no stranger to the soccer pitch where she’s spent countless hours practicing and playing the game she loves.