OKLAHOMA CITY –– The House Agriculture & Rural Development Committee last Wednesday heard three interim studies. A combined study by State Reps.

OKLAHOMA CITY –– The Oklahoma Cattlemen’s Association (OCA) submitted comments on the Scientific Report of the 2020 Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee defending beef’s role in a balanced and nutritious diet.

The Bureau of Land Management will hold a wild horse and burro event in Idabel, Okla., Aug. 28-29 at the Idabel Rodeo Arena. The two-day event, featuring 140 wild horses and burros, will begin at 10 a.m. on Friday, Aug. 28. Five saddle-trained wild horses will also be available for adoption.

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• Hurricanes expected to push rainfall into southeast Oklahoma We will see scattered showers and thunderstorms Wednesday and Thursday, I am thinking in the order of about 50%. Rain chances are expected to go back down to the slight category by the weekend and it will be getting hotter.

Seventeen years ago, a high school student who was quietly discerning a call to the priesthood was invited to Hugo and spent the next few days at Immaculate Conception Catholic Church, meeting the Glenmary mission priests in the area.

Beginning on Oct. 1, the applications for the Thanksgiving and Christmas food vouchers will be available for Choctaw Tribal families. The applications are made available online through the Chahta Achvffa online member portal.

OKLAHOMA CITY –– A new finding from the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation shows that a heart dysfunction associated with cardiovascular failure in aging adults may be reversible. According to the American Heart Association, more than 6 million people in the U.S.

DURANT –– The Choctaw Nation Health and Wellness Center in Stigler, Oklahoma, in collaboration with several community partners, will be hosting a free event on Monday, Aug. 31 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. to provide essential prescription drug safety training and resources in a drivethrough fashion.