Adventures with Allie

If you’ve ever stopped one of us at the grocery store, sent a Facebook message, or called the office and said, “You should do a story on this,” first of all, thank you. Truly. That sentence is how a lot of the best stories begin.

Oklahoma can have clean water and good jobs

If I had to describe my main priority as your attorney general, it boils down to this: I fight every day to do what's right for the people of Oklahoma. That holds true now more than ever in the fight over poultry litter pollution along the Illinois River Watershed.

January has lost the plot, and I’m wearing shorts because of it

I would like to go on record and say this plainly, for the sake of future historians and anyone checking the archives: It is January. I am wearing shorts. To work. Not gym shorts. Not “I’m sick and don’t care” shorts. Real, intentional, I checked the weather and made an informed decision shorts.

A Very Busy 2025 for Children

For the Children OICA CEOIt is hard to believe that 2025 has come to an end. For those of us at the Oklahoma Institute for Child Advocacy (OICA), I must say that our work felt incredibly important this year with addressing issues at the local, state, and federal levels for child well-being.

Adventures with Allie

As this year comes to a close, I find myself thinking less about resolutions and more about time. How quietly it moves, and how quickly it seems to add up. New Year’s Eve has a way of doing that.

Support for Foster Teens and Prayers for #MightyMiller

OICA CEOThis time of year can bring stressful times for children who endure traumatic experiences.

The magic of Christmas

I used to think Christmas magic was something you either had or you didn’t. A finite resource handed out generously in childhood and slowly collected back by adulthood, like toys donated to a younger generation.

Light in the Darkest Time of the Year

As Christmas approaches, we move closer to the darkest point of the year. The days grow short and the nights feel long. Yet every December, we place lights on our homes and on our trees. We do this because light carries meaning.

Lady Tornadoes and Tornado boys beat Olive

Our two Tornado teams travelled to Olive last Tuesday Lady Tornadoes The Lady Tornadoes, coached by Lauren Campo and Alyssa Fuxa blasted Olive 54-17.Against some of these other teams, the ladies seemed to have some stage fright. Holding onto the ball too long, even when they were way behind.

Adventures with Allie

If you ever want to feel like you’re living inside a nature documentary narrated by someone who’s trying not to laugh, I highly recommend inheriting a family of semi-domesticated squirrels and housing them in a backyard storage unit built entirely out of 1940s pink aluminum kitchen cabinets.Yes.