OKLAHOMA CITY – Governor Kevin Stitt filed a lawsuit against state Attorney General Genter Drummond after two cabinet members resigned following a legal opinion. Drummond issued an opinion Feb. 28 on the state's dual officeholding and determined Transportation Secretary Tim Gatz cannot also serve…
CHICKASHA –The Oklahoma Turnpike Authority has been asked to name the bridge spanning the Washita River on Interstate 44 (H.E. Bailey Turnpike) in honor of Chickasha native and civil rights activist Ada Lois Sipuel Fisher. The mayor and city council made the formal application in a resolution they…
CORDELL – The Washita County Board of Commissioners has called for a special election to find the successor to outgoing Assessor Georgia Lawson, who recently announced that she was resigning as of March 31 due to a family relocation. The vacancy will occur before the filing period begins for…
LAWTON – Under a new policy, Comanche County Detention Center employees who take on the duties of a higher-ranking staffer due to a vacancy or absence would see a 5% pay increase. With little discussion, the Comanche County Facilities Authority voted 3-0 March 4 to approve a “working out of class…
STILLWATER – Kim Anderson, Oklahoma State University Extension’s grain market analyst, last week reported a return to grain price stability. With the remnants of COVID-19 and geopolitical tensions between Russian and Ukraine fading, wheat prices have returned to a normalized $5.80, Anderson says…
From staff reports The U.S. Department of Agriculture is offering multiple types of assistance for Oklahoma producers affected by recent wildfires. Producers should contact their local USDA Farm Service Center to learn about crop, land, infrastructure, livestock loss and damage assistance. Those…
From staff reports “There is su ch an emotional side to this issue because when you are dealing with cat tle that have either perished, or you have to take care of an unrecoverable animal, that ca n be a really diff icult and a very emotional situation,” Oklahoma Cattlemen’s Association Executive…
From staff reports Oklahoma’s good to excellent winter wheat conditions dropped by 5% this week, according to the latest Oklahoma Crop Progress and Condition Report, while the fair conditions dropped by 3%, and the poor conditions by 2%. Pasture and range conditions improved from 29% good to…
From staff reports OKLAHOMA CITY – A Biden administration interpretation of a 103-year-old agricultural act may seriously affect producers and the supply chain, a member of the N ational Cattlemen’s Beef Association states. A current analysis of the P ackers and Stockyards Act, which was…
From staff reports OKLAHOMA CITY – Farmers are in the most stressful profession in the U.S., said Dr. Elizabeth Heilman, an ecologist and co-owner of Regenerative Wisdom Agricultural Consulting Service. Anyone in a high-stress profession is more apprehensive toward change because it feels…
From staff reports ** Top European energy companies on Friday asked U.S. regulators to reject Venture Global LNG’s request for a one-year construction permit extension to its Louisiana export plant. Shell PLC, Italian utility Edison, Repsol, Orlen SA, and Galp Energia SA oppose the request because…
CHICKASHA –The Oklahoma Turnpike Authority has been asked to name the bridge spanning the Washita…
CORDELL – The Washita County Board of Commissioners has called for a special election to find the…
LAWTON – Under a new policy, Comanche County Detention Center employees who take on the duties of a…
OKLAHOMA CITY – Governor Kevin Stitt filed a lawsuit against state Attorney General Genter Drummond after two cabinet members resigned following a legal opinion. Drummond issued an opinion Feb.
STILLWATER – Kim Anderson, Oklahoma State University Extension’s grain market analyst, last week reported a return to grain price stability. With the remnants of COVID-19 and geopolitical tensions between Russian and Ukraine fading, wheat prices have returned to a normalized $5.80, Anderson says.
From staff reports The U.S. Department of Agriculture is offering multiple types of assistance for Oklahoma producers affected by recent wildfires.
From staff reports “There is su ch an emotional side to this issue because when you are dealing with cat tle that have either perished, or you have to take care of an unrecoverable animal, that ca n be a really diff icult and a very emotional situation,” Oklahoma Cattlemen’s Association Executive Vice President Michael Kelsey said. “Our hearts and prayers go out to all that are having to deal with that.”
A book about Oklahoma’s dark past in the treatment of vulnerable children, though nonfiction, almost reads like a legal thriller. In “Throwaway Kids: Reforming Oklahoma’s Juvenile Justice System,” authors Terry Smith and Bob Burke tell the story of children in the 1970s who suffered violence in overcrowded and poorly staffed state-run facilities.
Last month Congress made the historic decision to impeach Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas. With immigration being one of the hottest political issues of the day, Republicans impeached the secretary on charges of being “engaged in a pattern of conduct that is incompatible with his duties…[and] has failed to faithfully uphold his oath and has instead presided over a reckless abandonment of border security and immigration enforcement.” The charges also include that he, “willfully violated the Immigration and Nationality Act by releasing illegal aliens into the interior of the United States despite the plain language of the Act.” Personally, I am surprised that this is the first impeachment under the Republican House of Representatives.
OKLAHOMA CITY – Post-election audits confirmed the results of the recent special elections for state legislative seats in southwest Oklahoma and in Edmond. The Comanche County Election Board recently audited the Dec.