Oatmeal News

Summer is a great time to get outside and have kids connect with Mother Nature. We've come up with half a dozen craft projects that will keep kids busy and will provide "teachable moments" for talking about the environment.

More than 50 people gathered this morning outside the Save-a-Lot supermarket in East Oak Cliff.

It was a good night for incumbents in Bertram City Council elections Saturday; four incumbent council members retained their seats.

For some reason, there was this kid that we went to middle school with who, despite only having said about four words to him ever, we never forgot.

Patsy Oertli of Oatmeal holds Pawnee, her champion miniature donkey, as he gets a feel for his inner weatherman.

As we move into the new year, the No. 1 concern on most of our minds is how to cut expenses, and our food expenses are no exception.