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Multiple Choctaw County students recently were honored by the Oklahoma State University Ferguson College of Agriculture with academic scholarships for the 2021-2022 academic year. The scholarships are part of the more than $1.8 million that students will receive from the college and its academic departments.

• Scott Blubaugh, fifth-generation farmer and rancher, calls for action to increase competition in agriculture markets WASHINGTON, D.C.— American Farmers & Ranchers (AFR) Cooperative President Scott Blubaugh, Tonkawa, Okla., detailed the negative impact industry consolidation has on family farmers and ranchers and consumers during a U.S. House Agriculture Committee hearing titled “State of the Livestock Industry” Oct.

I’m having a difficult time coming to grips with a growing number of friends and even former classmates who are falling prey to the China virus. The past two months have averaged about one per week for me, and that’s far too many.

On Aug. 2, Kaiser Permanente announced that it would mandate that all of its more than 200,000 employees nationwide be vaccinated for the SARS-CoV-2 virus (“COVID”). Doctors, nurses and others within Kaiser have joined Simone as plaintiffs in this lawsuit.

OKLAHOMA CITY – Rep. Justin Humphrey, R-Lane, issued the following statement regarding the State Department of Education’s policies of encouraging school districts to flout state law regarding mask and vaccine mandates.

Funeral services for Terry Patton will be held at 1 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 16, 2021 at the Rattan Baptist Church in Rattan, Okla., with Bro Shawn Robertson officiating. Burial will follow at the Moore Cemetery in Clarita, Okla. Terry passed away Monday, Oct. 11, 2021, in Hugo, Okla., at the age of 65.

Funeral services for Dena Kos-Hunter, of Hugo, Okla., were held at 10 a.m. Tuesday, Oct.

Jimmy Dewayne Mitchell, of Hugo, Okla., was born Dec. 20, 1962 in Oklahoma City, Okla., to Harry “Pete” and Pecora Scott Mitchell. He passed away Oct. 10, 2021, at the age of 58. He was preceded in death by his parents; his brother, Richard Mitchell and sisters: Freddie Mitchell and Victoria Cole.

Funeral services for Loyd Wayne Trantham, of Fort Towson, Okla., will be at 2 p.m. Oct.