Another fugitive on Attorney General Gentner Drummond’s 10 Most Wanted list is in custody. On the evening of Jan.

Contributing Writer Choctaw County Ambulance Authority Executive Director Randy Springfield has been named the Oklahoma EMT Association’s 2024 Administrator of the Year, a statewide award. Springfield was surprised with the announcement during a staff conference and an impromptu celebration Dec.

• Comedian Wayne Brady coming to Choctaw Casino & Resort – Grant GRANT –– Comedian, actor and singer Wayne Brady is headed to Choctaw Casino & Resort – Grant in August! The longtime cast member of “Whose Line Is It Anyway?” and host of “The Wayne Brady Show” will perform at Stage 271 on Saturday, Aug. 2.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is accepting applications for the USDA 1890 National Scholars Program, which aims to encourage students at 1890 land-grant universities to pursue career paths in food, agriculture, natural resource sciences, or related academic disciplines. The application deadline is March 1, 2025.

Lucile Morehouse, daughter of Nathan and Autumn Morehouse of Boswell, Okla., recently became a finalist for the 2024 Environmental Change Category with the Global Youth Awards hosted in London. The event celebrated youth from 84 countries around the world.

The MLK Parade and Peace Walk is set for 2 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 18. Line up at 1 p.m. at Gene Nesbit Football Stadium. The tribute will be held at 2:30 p.m. at Washington Heights Hope center, 400 W. Bissell St. For more info, call 580.406.6784 or pg.projectgain@gmail. com.

OKLAHOMA CITY — In response to years of feral hogs causing extensive damage to property and agriculture in rural Oklahoma, Sen. Dusty Deevers, R-Elgin, has introduced SB478, the Free to Hunt Feral Hogs bill, designed to remove all required permits for hunting feral hogs and free Oklahomans to protect their land, crops, and livestock from their destructive impact.

The Heritage Foundation Conservative historian and scholar, Victor Davis Hanson, recently commented on the California fires and offered analysis of the progressive policies that made the disaster possible. Hanson lives in California and has been a frequent critic of the way the state is run.

NONCOC.com PAWHUSKA — Near his childhood home in Hominy, on Monday, Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond became the first major candidate to declare a 2026 Oklahoma gubernatorial campaign, touting his two years as the state’s top law enforcement officer and his business bonafides to the hundreds of people in attendance.