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Dear Dave, My wife and I have been married for nine months, and we’ve been following your Baby Steps plan for three months. We have about $50,000 in debt, and I recently cashed out an old whole life policy that enabled us to pay off $22,000 of our debt. My wife still feels weird about us doing that, since the money paid off all the student loan debt she accumulated before we got married but none of the debt I brought to the marriage. I look at everything as ours, not mine and hers. What can I do about her sense of guilt and feeling indebted to me?
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An elected official with local ties has pled guilty to a felony and will resign her position, Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond announced yesterday.
Read moreSen. Kelly Hines, R–Oklahoma City, has been named the new chairman of the Oklahoma Legislature’s Aerospace Caucus as the state’s aerospace and aviation industry surges, driving major economic growth and creating more jobs across the state.
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Monarch butterflies and other native pollinators are experiencing steep population declines driven by pesticide and herbicide use, habitat loss, and climate change. To help increase pollinator habitat in Oklahoma, the Oklahoma Monarch Society (OMS) is partnering with the Oklahoma Department of Corrections (ODOC) to launch Pathways for Pollinators & People, an initiative that will engage the incarcerated population in monarch conservation, education and art. “Pollinators play a critical role in putting food on our plates and the rapid decline of their populations is an alarming wake-up call,” said Katie Hawk, Executive Director of the Oklahoma Monarch Society. “Through this initiative, we are creating opportunities for government agencies to take the lead in conservation while engaging people in meaningful, hands-on activities.”
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Producer Sports Editor Bill Anderson measures the snow on his property in northeastern Seminole County Monday. Anderson reported depths of around 4 inches with drifts measuring about one foot.
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Chickasaw Hall of Fame inductee and Medal of Honor recipient Lt. Col. Raymond G. Harvey was honored by his adopted hometown of Pasadena, California, in November.
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A suspect in a police chase that began in Seminole was shot by a Pottawatomie County Deputy after he failed to comply with orders following a brief foot pursuit near Shawnee last week.
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