Oklahoma manager adopts a caring career Sat, Nov 29, 2008 | Add a comment TULSA — Linda Foster’s career choice — placing children in adoptive homes — is a daily reminder of her grandfather, whose love and devotion sustain her during the dark hours...

Mediation Institute helps solve family disputes Sat, Nov 29, 2008 | Add a comment In 1992, Jim Stovall created the Mediation Institute, a nonprofit organization that provides mediation services for families. As the institute’s director, he usually counsels 12 families a...

Adoption group helps bless Oklahomans with families Thu, Nov 20, 2008 | Comments 2 Mindy Johnson sank into depression when she and her husband learned they wouldn’t be able to have children. "I mourned the loss of a child I would never carry,” she said. Johnson...

TODAY’S TOP TV PICKS: Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2008 Mon, Nov 3, 2008 | Comments 1 →"90210,” 7 p.m., KOCB-34. Harry and Debbie decide to tell Annie and Dixon about Harry’s son, who was given up for adoption 22 years ago. →"Privileged,” 8...

Daughter of Christian music star killed by car Thu, May 22, 2008 NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- The 5-year-old daughter of Grammy-winning Christian music star Steven Curtis Chapman was struck and killed Wednesday by a sport utility vehicle driven by her...

Publicist Says Nicole Kidman Is Pregnant Mon, Jan 7, 2008 LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Nicole Kidman is pregnant, her publicist confirmed Monday. The 40-year-old actress and her husband country singer Keith Urban "are expecting a baby," publicist...

Jolie's Son Pax Thien Gets Family Name Sun, Jun 11, 2006 LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Angelina Jolie's son Pax Thien now has the Jolie-Pitt family name. Jolie traveled to Vietnam in March to adopt Pax from a Ho Chi Minh City orphanage. The...

Miss America to speak at dinner Tue, Aug 1, 2006 Miss America Jennifer Berry will be the featured speaker at a dinner to benefit Christian Services of Oklahoma, an adoption agency and maternity home based in Edmond. The dinner will be at 6:30...

DVD review: 'Mommie Dearest' Fri, Jun 16, 2006 Hide the wire hangers and grab the disinfectant, kids, because the meanest mother in Hollywood history is on the rampage again in "Mommie Dearest: The Hollywood Royalty Edition." Based on the...

Report calls for adoption law changes Sat, May 27, 2006 A state grand jury report just released blasts adoption judges in Oklahoma County. It's calling for immediate changes in adoption laws to protect children. Dave Jordan has that report and joins...

Same sex adoption ban struck-down Sat, May 20, 2006 Two Oklahoma families are celebrating and state officials are mulling their options after a federal judge struck down an Oklahoma law on adoptions by gay parents. At issue was a 2004 law that...

Foreign adoption seminar planned Thu, May 18, 2006 EDMOND -- The Edmond Public Library will have a seminar on foreign adoptions April 8. The Chinese government recently has encouraged an international adoption agency to find more families to...

Child abuse suspect is sought by police Thu, May 18, 2006 Why Sue Ann Kanu tormented her eight children is as much a mystery as her whereabouts. A fugitive since 2002, she is wanted by police on charges of child abuse and child neglect. Born Oct. 13,...

Two DHS workers to settle lawsuit Thu, May 18, 2006 Following 10 months of documented abuse and the murder of Kelsey Smith Briggs, her biological father, Lance Briggs filed a lawsuit against DHS and all the caseworkers involved in the two year olds...

Keller Williams Realty offices aid peers along Gulf Coast Thu, May 18, 2006 Local Keller Williams Realty offices are working with the company's network to help their peers in the Gulf Coast region devastated by Hurricane Katrina. "It's really amazing," said Mo Anderson,...

For some, adoption wait ends in bliss Thu, May 18, 2006 Chris, Dallas and Clay Woodard look over the 2-2-year-old's baby book. The book includes photographs of Clay's birth mother. Staff Photo by Paul Hellstern Imagine waiting your whole life...

International adoptions on increase Thu, May 18, 2006 When Sean and Ann Fox applied to adopt a baby from Catholic Charities last year, they were told to expect a four- to six-year wait. And at the end of the wait, there was nothing to stop the young...

Reporter, wife travel to China to fulfill dream Thu, May 18, 2006 Daily Oklahoman reporter Chip Minty gets a welcome home hug while his wife, Sandy, introduces their daughter, Jordan, to friends and family gathered at Will Rogers World Airport. It was...

Sacrifices, love bring family, baby together Thu, May 18, 2006 EDMOND -- Conner Luke Campbell rests in his mother's arms. She speaks softly to the newborn and strokes his red-tinged cheeks. Her eyes never leave his face as she drinks in every detail of his...

Foreign adoptees to get automatic citizenship Thu, May 18, 2006 The number of families adopting children from abroad has been growing steadily for the past five years. With a shortage of available infants in this country, the increase in foreign adoptions...