TULSA, Okla. — Four juvenile girls were hospitalized Saturday morning after being struck by lightning while swimming at Blue Hole Park on Saline Creek in Mayes County, according to the Grand River Dam Authority Police Department. GRDA Police said the girls were in the water around 10:45 a.m. when lightning struck, injuring all four. Four juvenile girls struck by lightning at Blue Hole Park, Mayes County: GRDA Police reports. (Courtesy: Cortnie Dennis) Two of the girls were transported by...

Story Submitted By James Humphrey At Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Cherokee Nation citizen Gracyn Buckner unveiled a deeply personal exhibition titled “Continuance in Cherokee Nation Tradition and Art Making,” on view November 11–18 at the Meadows School of the Arts. More than a traditional gallery display, Buckner’s exhibition functions as a living installation—one that grows with every visitor who steps inside. Each conversation, reflection, and shared memory becomes another...

On the banks of the Illinois River, where mist settles between the Ozark hills and the sound of coonhounds once echoed through the night, a quiet boy from Cherokee County dreamed of becoming a writer. His name was Wilson Rawls, and though few could have imagined it at the time, his story would come to define rural Oklahoma for generations of readers.