Husband with a secret past feels compelled to share it

DEAR ABBY DEAR ABBY: I have been married 36 years to a woman who has saved my life and soul. We are both faithful to God and to our marriage, sharing the love of our family.

Excess biotin can skew lab tests, have unintended effect

ASK THE DOCTORS Dear Doctor: I’ve been taking biotin for my nails, but I’ve read that it can mess up the results of important lab tests. Should I stop taking it? Dear Reader: Biotin is one of the eight B vitamins, each of which plays an essential role in cell function.

Unexpected parenthood keeps mismatched couple together

DEAR ABBY: Four years ago, I became friends with a co-worker and things took off too fast. Within a couple of months, I became pregnant. We were thrown together without really even knowing each other because, deep down, we wanted a family and decided to stick it out.

New research suggests Parkinson’s begins in gut

Dear Doctor: What’s all this I’m hearing about Parkinson’s disease having something to do with the gut? I thought it was about the nervous system and the brain.

Reader wonders about meeting ‘The One’

DEAR HARRIETTE: Do you believe in love at first sight? Or even unspoken love? I’m currently in my third year of college and have noticed a certain guy around campus since I was a freshman. I can tell that he is attracted to me as well.

Make laundry easier by following these tips

Between sorting, washing, pouring, transferring, drying and folding, laundry can often feel like a daunting chore. While you can’t skip laundry completely, you can stop those baskets from overflowing with these time-saving tips from the laundry experts. • Sort clothes ahead of time.

All the pieces are coming together

This summer there have been numerous baseball, softball and soccer tournaments in Clinton. Just last week the Oklahoma Hall of Fame Tennis Clinic was held here and nearly 150 wrestlers competed in the Hub City Beatdown.

There may be such a thing as a good snake

The careful reader will recall that it was about this time a couple of years ago when I made the acquaintance of a large king snake by the name of Rex. He was in possession of a turkey egg at the time, but harked it out of his mouth when I telepathed threats in his general direction.

Gadgets on a car that I would pay extra to have

There are several car commercials on TV that show people dancing in the front seat of their cars. Is that a good reason to buy a brand-new $50,000 car? The commercials don't say anything about the car's reliability, safety features or gas mileage.

Why do they keep denying the border crisis?

Congress is debating emergency humanitarian aid to care for migrants on the U.S.-Mexico border. The need is obvious. With virtually no barrier to stop them, thousands of migrants are crossing illegally into the United States every day. More than a million will come this year.