STILLWATER, Okla. – In February 2024, wildfires in western Oklahoma, fueled by hot and dry conditions and high winds, destroyed at least 18 homes, 1,180 head of cattle, 75,000 bales of hay and 431 miles of fence.
The Tonkawa High School Cheerleaders helped the Tonkawa Firefighters Association sell fireworks at the firefighter’s booth east of town during the Fourth of July. The firefighters use the funds to support the community in various ways. When the firefighters heard the cheerleaders were needing to raise money for new uniforms and expenses, they offered to share the profits of the fireworks in exchange for help working the stand. The girls had a great time and the firefighters enjoyed having the help.
Tonkawa is gaining a new space for exercise and other goods with the anticipated opening of the Power Training Center, located at 105 S Main. Power TC will is a 5,842 square foot facility with a field on the side that will be home to the new business. Owners Bryan Kenney, the newest mens head wrestling coach for Northern Oklahoma College, and his wife Laura have been hard at work to get the facilities ready for the community.
I attended a ceremonial bill signing earlier this month for Senate Bill 1424, which protects state poultry producers from civil lawsuits if they already are following a state-approved waste disposal plan.
OKLAHOMA CITY – Oklahoma Democrats had mixed emotions following President Joe Biden’s decision to end his campaign and endorse Vice President Kamala Harris.
When the Hezbollah militant group began trading rocket fire with Israel in October, Zoe Sages and her family left their home near the Lebanese border and decamped to a hotel further south.
WASHINGTON — Among the many policy riders House Republicans placed in their fiscal 2025 Financial Services spending bill is one that would curtail a Federal Trade Commission probe of a cyberattack last year at MGM Resorts.
