Groundhog Day is this Wednesday, February 2, 2022, and just like Bill Murray in the movie Groundhog Day, our world will drag out of bed expecting the COVID loop to continue. But this isn’t just any Groundhog Day. Next Wednesday is 2-2-22, so something exciting is bound to happen, possibly at 2:22 PM. (Yes, 2.2.22.2.22 – just as Nostradamus likely predicted!) more

Way back in the summer of 2020 . . . when we were in our fourth month of the two-week shutdown to stop the COVID curve, I received a phone call.  Oklahoma had just completed the Spring COVID … more

The National Federation of State High School Associations has given the opinion it is time for states to look into a shot clock for basketball. more

MANGUM, OK — In a rare moment, dear readers, I’m going to editorialize a bit about the Lady Tigers. I don’t know a single person or team who likes to lose. There is seemingly no value in losing. Winners get the trophies, money, status and fame, right? Losers seem to be left empty handed. But is that really true? I believe it was the Dalai Lama who said — and I’m paraphrasing— nobody likes to lose, but if you lose, don’t lose the lesson. more

Based on Building Better You Inspires me each time I write about it to BUILD A BETTER ME. more

How does it make you feel when you speak kindly of yourself or of others? Look in the mirror and speak 3 kind sentences of yourself and then, go to someone and say ONE THING that you absolutely adore about that person. more

As most of you know, I (Shawn Johnson) was recently diagnosed with Covid.  I spent a month in the hospital; and during that time, I coded and was placed on a ventilator (for 10 days), had a … more

On behalf of our students, both current and future, thank you for your vote to join the Career Tech System. Your continued support is paramount in providing the best education to our students, which will become the foundation of our future. more

What is the first thing you think about as you begin your day? The three meals to be cooked for the day? The chores to be done for the week? The bills that need to be paid for the month? Or maybe … more

When my wife, Lisa, had an idea for a business years ago, we had no idea where to go for start-up advice. Fast forward ten years, and it's so refreshing to see Oklahoma investing in its entrepreneur ecosystem. more

MHS Football Homecoming 2021 is over and (staying with the music theme) put back in the case or album sleeve or in the 8-track suitcase…I know; stop, B-Live, you did that same lame thing last … more