Game Wardens Jim Gillham (Atoka County) and Andrew Potter (Choctaw County) recently received information and began an investigation leading to the seizure of multiple illegal electrofishing devices at Hugo Lake. Recently retired Oklahoma Game Warden, and newly appointed Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma Game Warden Manager, Jay Harvey, noticed a suspicious boat tied off at the lake while fishing with his son. The boat had what appeared to be a bar telephone shocker in open view.

Oklahoma received a commitment Thursday from four-star defensive lineman Derrick LeBlanc. With LeBlanc’s commitment, coach Brent Venables and the Sooners added their ninth commit in July, which included six other four-star prospects.

An international study led by an Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation scientist has nearly doubled the known genetic risk regions for Sjögren’s disease. The new research was published Wednesday in the journal Nature Communications.

The moratorium on processing applications for new grower, processor and dispensary licenses begins Aug. 26, not Aug.

The harvest of fall crops will not go according to plan this season for some Oklahoma producers due to extreme summer heat and drought. For crops like corn that are not harvested for grain, repurposing the plants as forage might be an option.

Recently, Congressman Frank Lucas (OK-03) joined Representatives Tom Emmer (R-MN) and Dan Newhouse (R-WA) in sending a letter to U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Tom Vilsack requesting information about USDA’s process for compiling data and reporting on foreign purchases of U.S. agricultural land. Foreign ownership of domestic agricultural land has risen sharply in recent years, with Chinese land holdings alone increasing from 13,720 acres to 352,140 acres between 2010 and 2020.

A public drawing was held Sunday, July 31 at 2 p.m. to determine the ballot order of political parties for the 2022 General Election. The drawing was conducted by the Secretary of the State Election Board at the State Capitol in Oklahoma City. Representatives of the Democratic, Republican, and Libertarian parties were invited to attend the public drawing.

High temperatures are going to continue from 98 to 101 degrees all the way through the weekend with heat index hitting 106 degrees. Low temperatures will be in the mid-to-upper 70s and there is no rain in our seven-day forecast. We have no major changes expected through Aug. 15.

The family of Colby Roberts was excited to make it official, as the judge granted the legal adoption of Colby to his grandmother Nadine Roberts this summer. Above: Colby is pictured with his support team and Nadine Roberts and aunt Carliss Haltom (left). Contributed Photos

Friday, August 5 Goulash Green Beans Salad Rolls Peanut Butter Cookies Peanut Butter Cookies Wednesday, August 10 Baked Pork Chops Purple-Hull Peas Breaded Okra Rolls Jello with Fruit.