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Leah McCulley and Wyatt Adams were selected by their teachers for April Student of the Month.
Read moreSpecial Olympics Oklahoma is set to hold its annual statewide Summer Games on the campus of Oklahoma State University for the first time since 2020 after cancellations due to COVID-19. The theme for this year’s Summer Games is, “Back in Action!”
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On April 28, a new study published in Science by Kathleen Morrill, a dog geneticist at the University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School, and her colleagues showed that predicting dog behaviors was not based on breed, but rather inherited genes. Not one single behavior stereotype, such as howling in beagles, was exhibited in all dogs of a certain breed. Better indicators for certain behaviors (though not most of them) are a dog’s sex and age.
Read moreThe Oklahoma Junior Cattlemen’s Association (OJCA) invites junior cattlemen from across the state to attend the 37th Annual Summer Preview Show, June 2-4 at the Payne County Fairgrounds in Stillwater, Okla.
Read moreOklahoma Baptist University will host a retirement reception for three longtime faculty members Thursday, May 12, from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. at the Cargill Advancement and Alumni Center on the OBU campus in Shawnee. All members of the OBU community, including employees, students, alumni and friends, are invited to attend the come-and-go event.
Read moreNearly 850 4-H and FFA students and over 250 coaches from 34 states gathered in Oklahoma for the 69th National Land and Range Judging Contest, May 5, 2022. After two days of practice at sites in the Oklahoma City area, the contest was held near El Reno, Oklahoma at the Cheyenne Arapaho Tribal Headquarters.
Read moreWaaaay back in August, at the start of this school year, Baby Yoda roamed our hallways collecting positive predictions for the upcoming school year. (Yes, Star Wars zealots, I know it’s not Baby Yoda.) The green guy himself was vacationing on Dagobah, so I opted for a Baby Yoda backpack, where I placed the prognostications of students from PK to 12th grade. As you can imagine, a distinct theme ran through them: the fear of more preemptive school closures. Of course, some drew pictures, and many shared hopes of new friends, but others relayed the nightmares of quarantines and forced virtual school. Their thoughts touched my heart and made Grogu’s little chin wrinkle.
Read moreAccording to the Oklahoma Hospital Association, between 2011 and 2021, Oklahoma saw some 20 hospitals close their doors. Most of those were in rural parts of the state. When a small town loses their local hospital, it is devastating for the entire community. First of all, it may be the closest, and sometimes the only place many local residents have for health care. Secondly, and also very importantly, our rural hospitals are sometimes the area’s largest employers, so when one closes, it can hurt communities in multiple ways.
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