“Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable.” — John. F.

The Oklahoma Rodeo Pageants Council is announcing major changes to the format for the Miss Rodeo Oklahoma competition scheduled for June 9–12, 2026, in Woodward, Okla. The changes are designed to make the pageant more attractive and affordable to contestants across its four age divisions.

The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that Chayse Anthony Beard, age 24, of Hugo, Okla., was sentenced to 57 months in prison for one count of possession of an unregistered firearm, and 57 months in prison for one count of possession of certain material...

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Two motorists were hurt in a traffic accident Monday along U.S. Highway 271, just south of the Pushmataha and Choctaw county line.

FORT TOWSON –– The Hugo Plant coal unit that continues to serve Western Farmers Electric Cooperative’s (WFEC) members as it has since 1982, will soon be joined by nine additional Siemens Energy gas turbines.

Amid a recent federal ruling on Oklahoma’s 20-plus-year lawsuit over poultry litter pollution of the Illinois River Watershed, Attorney General Gentner Drummond met today with a large group of poultry producers for a candid conversation about the case.

OSU Cooperative Extension Beef Cattle Nutrition Specialist Ionophores are feed additives that improve ruminal efficiency by shifting fermentation toward greater propionate production and reducing energy lost as methane in the rumen.

(l to r): Miss Rodeo Oklahoma Teen Lily Gilliam, Miss Rodeo Oklahoma Landry Layton, and Miss Rodeo Oklahoma Princess Evie Braun. More information on how to compete and rule changes can be found on today’s Page 4A.

Felony 001 – Kortezz L. Freeman: Domestic assault and battery by strangulation.