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Callie Hammond of Ripley shows her lamb. Hammond placed second in Hampshire Market Lamb Class 3 and also had placings in Shropshire and Crossbred market lamb classes. Photo by Meagan Stephens.

Callie Hammond of Ripley shows her lamb. Hammond placed second in Hampshire Market Lamb Class 3 and also had placings in Shropshire and Crossbred market lamb classes. Photo by Meagan Stephens.

The results from the 2026 Payne County Jr Livestock show were sponsored by the following:

News Staff
Tuesday, March 10, 2026
Coats, Madison Crossbred Market Lamb — Class 6 — 4th place Dorset Market Lamb — Class 2 — 1st place Commercial Ewe Lamb — Class 3 — 4th place Market Goat — Division 2, Class 3 — 1st place Natural Market Lamb — Class 5 — 1st place Cope, Jassidy Hampshire Market Swine — Class 5 — 2nd place Crossbred...
Blaire Mitchell of Cimarron Valley 4-H poses with her Dorset breeding ewe. Mitchell earned Reserve Champion with her Dorset Breeding Ewe in Class 1 and also had multiple placings in swine and gilt classes during the show. Photo by Meagan Stephens.

Blaire Mitchell of Cimarron Valley 4-H poses with her Dorset breeding ewe. Mitchell earned Reserve Champion with her Dorset Breeding Ewe in Class 1 and also had multiple placings in swine and gilt classes during the show. Photo by Meagan Stephens.

The results from the 2026 Payne County Jr Livestock show were sponsored by the following:

News Staff
Tuesday, March 10, 2026
Natural Market Lamb — Class 4 — 2nd place Crossbred Market Lamb — Class 7 — 3rd place Arnall, Brayden Market Broilers — 3rd place Bishop, Maddie Breeding Doe — Division 1, Class 3 — 3rd place Market Goat — Division 2, Class 2 — 3rd place Carlson, Abigail Natural Market Lamb — Class 6 — 3rd place...
Chad Weiberg, Oklahoma State University athletic director, shares how a routine screening helped his medical team identify a life-threatening aneurysm.

Chad Weiberg, Oklahoma State University athletic director, shares how a routine screening helped his medical team identify a life-threatening aneurysm.

Teamwork Saves Weiberg’s Life

Abby Fox
Tuesday, March 10, 2026
Chad Weiberg sat in the surgeon’s office, shell-shocked from hearing the details of his upcoming surgery. He had no chest pain, no shortness of breath, and yet here he was about to schedule open-heart surgery. How was this possible?

Bulletin Board

News Staff
Tuesday, March 3, 2026
Cushing, Drumright, Mannford, Yale, Agra, Oilton, Olive, Jennings, Hallett, Oak Grove, Ripley, Glencoe, Sand Springs, Prue, Cleveland, Pawnee, and surrounding areas… If your school, church, club, sports team, association, organization or non-profit group is holding an event, fundraiser, or even...

Army offering reward for information related to trailer theft

News Staff
Tuesday, March 3, 2026
TULSA — The U.S. Army Criminal Investigation Division offering up to $5,000 for credible information leading to the identification, arrest and conviction of individuals responsible for the larceny of two U.S. Army Corps of Engineers trailers from the Keystone Lake Project Office in October 2025.

Record warmth fuels wildfires and drought in February

News Staff
Tuesday, March 3, 2026
February ended as the warmest on record across Oklahoma, a distinction that also pushed the climatological winter of 2025–26 to its warmest on record. The unusual warmth combined with expanding and intensifying drought to create critical fire weather conditions across much of the state.

Emergency Drought Committee Approves Assistance Program

News Staff
Tuesday, March 3, 2026
OKLAHOMA CITY — The Emergency Drought Committee met on Feb. 24 and voted to approve a new program aimed at providing emergency drought assistance to Oklahoma producers. The application period opens next Monday on March 9 and runs until June 30.

House Speaker Applauds Passage of SECURE Act

News Staff
Tuesday, March 3, 2026
OKLAHOMA CITY – House Speaker Kyle Hilbert, R-Bristow, today secured House passage of two bills ensuring taxpayerfunded assistance programs are reserved for those who are lawfully present in the United States.
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