I don't know that I understand how that works, but I did mark it as an Oklahoma topic in the Topics list.
Yeah, I know you did--that's why I didn't understand (still noobee) it not showing up.
I double-checked again just now and this thread still isn't there, but one about Ringgold is:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1550749/posts
I give up. At least this is in my own pings now.
Oh, I figured it out - this is "Front Page News" and can only go in one place on the sidebars, so that's better--just means it won't be in the "Oklahoma" one, except when clicking that topic itself.
Tomorrow may bring more fires, according to all forecasts, so I want to keep up with this. Sorry for interrupting with housekeeping questions.