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(SPM Wire) Are your possessions overwhelming your living spaces and causing you stress? Keep clutter at bay with these three resolutions: Tackle one pile a day: Clearing out clutter is often emotional, so don’t overwhelm yourself by taking on too much at once. Instead, resolve to tackle just one manageable pile or surface a day.
Read moreIn a rare achievement for an undergraduate student, Colby Higdon, a geology major on the paleontology track with the University of Oklahoma has published original paleontological research conducted at the Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History that reveals new insights into whether competition between ancient animals was responsible for their extinction. The study, which explores the feeding ecology of extinct echinoderms, was published in the Journal of Paleontology and sheds new light on ancient marine ecosystems preserved in Oklahoma’s Bromide Formation.
Read moreThe December meeting of the Oklahoma Transportation Commission was held last Monday after being postponed from December 1. The Association of Oklahoma General Contractors presented the 2025 Pharaoh Award to the Oklahoma Department of Transportation’s District 5 in western Oklahoma. The nearly $19 million project was a bridge reconstruction project on I-40 and Airport Road in Weatherford. The award is shared with Frontier Bridge. The Pharaoh Award is presented for the highest quality bridge structure in the state of Oklahoma in the past year. It is offered by AOGC as a tribute to the Pharaoh family of Henryetta, considered to be pioneers in the bridge construction industry.
Read moreOklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond has added an accused murderer to his 10 Most Wanted list, an initiative to enlist the public’s help tracking down fugitives from justice.
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As the Legislature enacted tougher sentencing laws, Oklahoma’s prison population increased for a third consecutive year in 2025.
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