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Tales from Oklahoma's Twin Territories: Kiowa missionary Isabel Crawford, Part 1

Debi DeSilver

Wednesday, February 11, 2026

Despite being warned that missionary work can involve hardship, poverty and destitution, Isabel Crawford, a 28-year-old single woman from Canada, found herself on a westbound train from Chicago to Oklahoma Territory in 1893.

USDA launches $100M New World Screwworm Grand Challenge

Ena Banduka

Wednesday, February 11, 2026

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. Department of Agriculture will allocate up to $100 million to support innovative projects that enhance sterile New World screwworm fly production, strengthen preparedness and response strategies to safeguard U.S. agriculture, animal health, and trade.

FOX News marks 24th year as No. 1 network in cable news

From Staff Reports

Wednesday, February 11, 2026

NEW YORK – FOX News Channel marked 24 consecutive years as the number one network in the genre, closing out January 2026 as the leader in cable news and ahead of CBS on broadcast.According to FNC, in January, they averaged 2.4 million viewers in weekday primetime beating CBS.

Bond issues, school board races appear on ballot

Eric Swanson

Wednesday, February 11, 2026

Voters across the state will head to the polls Tuesday to decide the fate of school bond issues, choose representatives on local school boards and elect city council members.

USDA introduces new online portal in effort to strengthen enforcement

From Sta_ Reports

Wednesday, February 11, 2026

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The USDA is introducing a new online portal to streamline reporting of transactions involving U.S. agricultural land by foreign persons, which can include businesses and governments, under the Agricultural Foreign Investment Disclosure Act of 1978.

Tribal leaders propose $6.5M from new opioid settlement to fund transition, reentry programs

Secrett Taylor

Wednesday, February 11, 2026

Cherokee Nation Principal Chief Chuck Hoskin Jr. and Deputy Chief Bryan Warner are proposing to direct more than $6.5 million in new opioid settlement funds toward transitional housing and reentry support for Cherokee citizens returning from incarceration.

Fight for Air Climb kicks off February 22

News Staff

Wednesday, February 11, 2026

CHICAGO, IL – The American Lung Association recently announced the ocial start of Fight for Air Climb season.The series kicks o_ on Feb.22 and runs through May.Thousands of people participate annually in support of family and friends who ht for every breath due to lung cancer or lung disease.

AEP announces quarterly dividend on common stock

From Sta_ Reports

Wednesday, February 11, 2026

COLUMBUS, OH – The Board of Directors at the American Electric Power has announced a regular quarterly cash dividend of $.95 for each share of the company’s common stock.According to AEP, the dividend will be paid on March 10, 2026, to those who own shares as of Feb.

Sources: Calculations are based primarily on the Annual Social and Economic Supplements of the US Census Bureau’s Current Population Survey for March 1994-2023; and “National Data; National Income and Product Accounts,” Bureau of Economic Analysis, last revised September 2025. See Appendix for full details. Notes: “Other” includes all prisons and police. All amounts are inflation-adjusted 2024 dollars.

Immigrants paid more in taxes than services they received 1994-2023

News Staff

Wednesday, February 11, 2026

Kendal Sacchieri

Oklahoma data center moratorium call copied in New York

Jerry Bohnen

Wednesday, February 11, 2026

OKLAHOMA CITY – State Sen. Kendal Sacchieri’s call for a moratorium on data centers in Oklahoma isn’t an isolated proposal when it comes to the expansion of arti_cial intelligence and the ballooning demand for electrical power.

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