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The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) will hold a two-day wild horse and burro event in Checotah, Okla., June 20-21, at the Checotah Round-Up Club Arena. The two-day event, featuring 150 wild horses and burros, will begin at 10 a.m. on Friday, June 20. Adoptions will be held from noon-6 p.m. on June 20, and from 8 a.m.noon on Saturday, June 21. Animals are eligible for adoption. Inquire with BLM staff onsite for more information.
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Okra graces our garden each year, standing tall beneath the flood of summer sunshine. With roots in ancient Africa, this crop has been the center of comfort foods for centuries. Okra is part of the mallow family, and it’s a relative of hibiscus, rose of Sharon, hollyhocks, and cotton. Surprising, isn’t it? Yet once you see okra’s beautiful blooms, the relation starts to make sense. The flowers are creamy, open, and showy, with dark, velvety centers. After the bloom, the small and tender seedpod emerges. This is the treasure we call okra.
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Americans savor an abiding love affair with trees. Favorites produce showy flowers that herald each spring with massive displays on leafless branches — think dogwood, red bud, flowering cherry, and fruit trees. But while a spring gallery of rooted bouquets is undeniably sublime, it is shortlived. It seems as though in Mother Nature’s fervor to replenish her bounty, flower petals quickly fade and fall, only to be replaced with a ubiquitous wash of greenery.
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Bullet holes were visible in the outside window of a unit in the Hillcrest Apartments shortly after an apparent drive-by shooting on April 12. No injuries were reported in the incident.
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One arrest has been made and another remains possible in connection to a drive by shooting at a Seminole apartment complex last month.
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A mother and her three children are safe after spending more than a week trapped in their rural home, thanks to an Oklahoma Department of Corrections inmate work crew that cleared the tornado debris blocking their escape route.
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The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced Wednesday that five Oklahomans, including a Hughes County man, were sentenced for their roles in a conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine in violation of federal law.
Read moreEast Central University has named several local students to the President’s Honor Roll and the Dean’s Honor Roll.
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