HUGO –– Birthday parties are usually planned for kids, and it is no different for Hugo’s biggest baby, elephant Cameron Lee, who is turning 2 years old in a few short days. The elephant family and staff at the Endangered Ark Foundation in Hugo invite you to come take part in celebrating Cameron Lee’s special day on Saturday, July 30, from 11 a.m.

The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that Stetson Bruce, age 33, of Antlers, Okla., was found guilty by a Federal jury of two counts of aggravated sexual abuse in Indian Country.

WASHINGTON – U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.), yesterday joined seven of his colleagues to introduce the “No Emergency Crude Oil for Foreign Adversaries Act” to ensure that reserves sold from the U.S. Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) are not exported to nations that are adversaries of the United States. Led by Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), Inhofe was joined in co-sponsoring the legislation by Sens. Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.), Josh Hawley (R-Mo.), Joni Ernst (R-Iowa), James Lankford (R-Okla.), John Kennedy (R-La.) and Roger Marshall (R-Kan.).

Provided by Oklahoma Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit, Oklahoma State University Wild turkey genetics is among the areas of a 4.5-year study launched at the beginning of 2022 by the Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation and the Oklahoma Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit to address wild turkey population dynamics and brood survival. Wild Turkey Genetics Study: Supplies for processing DNA samples are being received.

SOUTHEAST Broken Bow: Elevation is 1 ft. below normal, water temperature 88°F and clear.

Oklahoma CareerTech students hailed as heroes after providing lifesaving first aid to stabbing victims in Nashville Oklahoma CareerTech is all about hands-on learning, and last week two paramedic instructors and their students took that learning approach to a whole new level at HOSA’s International Leadership Conference in Nashville. HOSA is the career and technical student organization aligned with health careers education.

One of the greatest issues cattle owners face is Bovine Respiratory Disease (BRD), a complex condition that can affect cattle of any age and breed. In North America, BRD is the leading cause of illness and death in cattle production systems, according to Dr.

Oklahoma Association of Conservation Districts to host “Economics of Adaption” seminar, July 26 in Enid, Okla. As part of their ongoing commitment to help production agriculture in Oklahoma and the Southern Plains region of the United States, the USDA Southern Plains Climate Hub (Climate Hub) in partnership with the Oklahoma Association of Conservation Districts will be hosting the “Economics of Adaption” seminar 9 a.m.

The deadline for the Calendar of Events is 12 p.m. each Tuesday.

After temperatures hitting 110 degrees early in the week, about the only cooling trend we are going to see is 101 degrees by Thursday but 104 this weekend. Lots of sunshine ahead and the only chance of rain looks to be if one of those isolated nocturnal thunderstorms pops up some night late in the week. I would not be surprised if we hit 100 every afternoon for the remainder of July.