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Officers of the Freedom, Alva and Burlington FFA chapters participated in the 2021 Oklahoma FFA Chapter Officer Leadership Training Conference on Sept. 28 at the Enid Event Center in Enid. The eight state officers from each chapter planned and conducted this year's conference based on the theme "Lead Up." Elected officers from each of the 62 high school FFA chapters in the northwest area attended the conference, which equipped each student with leadership tools that focused on specific officer...
Happy Birthday To Oct. 7: Gwen Wheeler, Marlee Farrows Oct. 8: Winona Hodges, Spencer Bradt, Clay Bebermeyer Oct. 9: Gray Reily Gerloff, Chantel Frei, Russ Stewart, Reuben Loehn, Harley Wares Oct. 10: Katie Walker, Cassie Slicker, Carolyn Murrow Oct. 13: David Thompson, Sam Burnham, Suzanne Hardy, Tanya Darr Oct. 14: Dale Wares, Jennifer Whittet, Patricia Dauphin Oct. 15; DeWana Leonard, Kirk Darr, Regina Wilson, Colton Smith Oct. 16: Kriste Wood, Jan Eden Oct. 17: Jackie Smith, Dale Bliss Oct. 18: Carolyn Sample, Hal Frei Oct. 20: JoAnn...
Happy Anniversary To Oct. 11: Mr. & Mrs. Rod Bradt Oct. 17: Mrs. & Mrs. Kenny Smith, Mr. & Mrs. David West Oct. 20: Mr. & Mrs. Ty Ferguson Oct. 28: Mr. & Mrs. Don Lenhart Oct. 29: Mr. & Mrs. Roger Mitchell (Note: Send corrections, additions to: [email protected] or call 580-327-2200)...
On Sunday, Oct. 3, the order of services at the Freedom United Methodist Church was: Announcement: We are on Facebook live at 11 a.m. Our Facebook page is Freedom United Methodist Church. Invocation Call to Worship – Psalm 40:1-11 led by Shona Blakeley Opening Hymn – “This is My Father’s World” led by Debra Brown Affirmation of Faith led by Pastor Todd Gloria Patri Hymn of Justifying Grace – “Sweet Hour of Prayer” Offertory Prayer Presenting our Tithes and Gifts – Usher Arly Eden Doxology Children’s Moment Holy Scripture – Matthew 6:11-13: Give...
Sept. 28-Oct. 10: Tulsa State Fair Friday, Oct. 8: High school football vs Texhoma at Mooreland, 7 p.m. Monday, Oct. 10: Parent-Teacher Conferences, 4-7 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 11: Parent-Teacher Conferences, 4-7 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 12: First Semester Midterm Thursday-Friday, Oct. 14-15: Fall Break Thursday, Oct. 14: High school football at Merritt, 7 p.m. Monday, Oct. 18: No school – Parent-Teacher observed Tuesday, Oct. 19: Second midterm starts Friday, Oct. 22: High school football with Fairview at Mooreland, 7 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 23: Freedom P...
ALVA, Okla. – Camden Hoelting and Austin Lampe had been waiting for the moment for quite some time. Both are juniors at Northwestern Oklahoma State University, and they’ve gone to more than a dozen rodeos over their first two years of competing in college rodeo; still, they’d never earned an event title until this past weekend at the Southeastern Oklahoma State University rodeo in Durant. “It was about going to all the rodeos I’ve gone to in the past two years, so winning this was pretty special,” said Lampe, a heeler from Dodge City, Kansa...
Ky Layne Luddington, Freedom, ranked as fifth largest in registering the most Angus beef cattle in Oklahoma with the American Angus Association during fiscal year 2021, which ended Sept. 30, according to Mark McCully, association chief executive officer. Angus breeders across the nation in 2021 registered 313,138 head of Angus cattle. “Our association members lead the industry in adopting new technology and breeding the most problem-free cattle for their customers,” McCully said. “Cattlemen across the country continue to find registered Angus...
Active cases of Covid-19 in Woods County have dropped by 10 to 34, according to the Wednesday, Oct. 6, update from the Oklahoma State Department of Health (OSDH). Last week's total was 44. The number of Covid deaths in Woods County increased by one to 22. Dacoma and Freedom have no active cases listed on the latest report. Alva has 28, down nine from a week ago. Waynoka stayed the same at six. Bill Johnson Correctional Center in Alva is still reporting zero cases among inmates. Northwestern... Full story
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Oklahoma collected a one month record amount of revenue in September, and for the previous 12 month period as well, state Treasurer Randy McDaniel said Wednesday. The state collected $1.38 billion during September to bring total collections for the 12 month period to $14.5 billion, according to McDaniel. "Gross receipts show improvement across the board with every revenue source producing strong results," McDaniel said. September collections were 20% more than in September 2020, according to the treasurer's office. Among t...
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — An Oklahoma prosecutor is again asking the state Supreme Court to remove two members of the Pardon and Parole Board from the case of a high-profile death row inmate. Oklahoma County District Attorney David Prater filed the motion Monday to remove Kelly Doyle and Andrew Luck from the clemency hearing for Julius Jones. Prater alleges the two are biased because of their work with inmates on criminal justice reform. "Both Adam Luck and Kelly Doyle engage in political activities that work to release inmates from prison, all of w...
NORMAN, Okla. (AP) — Former Oklahoma quarterback Charles Thompson never imagined he'd even consider putting up the "Hook 'em Horns" hand gesture. He's done it now, and for good reason. His son, Casey, will start at quarterback for No. 21 Texas (4-1, 2-0 Big 12) against No. 6 Oklahoma (5-0, 2-0) in the annual rivalry game. It's a strange situation for the elder Thompson, who lives in Moore, Oklahoma — a short drive from Oklahoma's campus. Charles ran the wishbone offense for coach Barry Switzer, playing a significant role in Sooner vic...
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — A hearing about procedural issues is scheduled for Friday in the case of a Kansas City man who is seeking to be exonerated in a triple murder committed more than 40 years ago. Judge James Welsh scheduled the hearing Tuesday during his first case management conference after being assigned the case of Kevin Strickland. Jackson County Prosecutor Jean Peters-Baker announced in May that new evidence indicated that Strickland did not commit the murders. The purpose of Friday's hearing is to determine what evidence can be a...
COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — Students gathered Tuesday at college campuses in Missouri and Kansas to protest sexual assaults, joining a wave of demonstrations that have been happening nationwide. The Kansas City Star reports that a demonstration at the University of Missouri's flagship campus in Columbia drew a crowd of at least 100 people. Another 40 protested at the University of Missouri-Kansas City. In Kansas, about two dozen people gathered outside of Strong Hall at the University of Kansas. The demonstration, which was organized by a group c...
PINGREE GROVE, Ill. (AP) — Two zebras that escaped from a suburban Chicago pumpkin farm had travelers on a state highway doing double takes as the exotic animals hit the road during their brief taste of freedom. The young male and female zebras escaped Sunday from a pen inside an indoor zoo at Goebbert's Pumpkin Patch and Apple Orchard in Pingree Grove. They crossed Route 47 several times and wandered through farm fields in the northwest Chicago suburb. Illinois State Police were called due to the ensuring chase being near Interstate 90, The D...
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — A summer of labor unrest at U.S. food manufacturers has stretched into fall, as pandemic-weary workers continue to strike for better pay. Around 1,400 workers at Kellogg Co.'s U.S. cereal plants walked off the job this week, saying negotiations with the company over pay and benefits are at an impasse. Meanwhile, in Kentucky, a strike by 420 workers against Heaven Hill Distillery is in its fourth week. The actions come on top of strikes earlier this summer by 600 workers at a Frito-Lay plant in Topeka, Kansas, and 1,000 w...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Camera lights glare. Outrage thunders from elected representatives. A brave industry whistleblower stands alone and takes the oath behind a table ringed by a photographers' mosh pit. The former Facebook product manager who has accused the social network giant of threatening children's safety — and the integrity of democracy — is urging Congress to take action to rein in a largely unregulated company. The drama rings familiar, but will real change come out of it this time? When Frances Haugen came before a Senate Comme...
ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — An 18-year-old student opened fire during a fight at his Dallas-area high school on Wednesday, injuring four people and then fleeing before being taken into custody hours later, authorities said. Timothy George Simpkins was taken into custody without incident, the Arlington Police Department tweeted. He was booked in the Arlington jail on three counts of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and was being held on $75,000 bail. One person was in critical condition, another was in good condition and a third person was t...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican and Democratic leaders edged back Wednesday from a perilous standoff over lifting the nation's borrowing cap, with Democratic senators signaling they were receptive to an offer from Senate GOP leader Mitch McConnell that would allow an emergency extension into December. McConnell made the offer shortly before Republicans were prepared to block legislation to suspend the debt limit until December of next year and as President Joe Biden and business leaders ramped up their concerns that an unprecedented federal d...
For many parents, revelations this week from whistleblower Frances Haugen showing internal Facebook studies of the harms of Instagram for teenagers only intensified concerns about the popular photo sharing app. "The patterns that children establish as teenagers stay with them for the rest of their lives," Haugen said in Senate testimony Tuesday. "The kids who are bullied on Instagram, the bullying follows them home. It follows them into their bedrooms. The last thing they see before they go to bed at night is someone being cruel to them,"...
STOCKHOLM (AP) — Two scientists won the Nobel Prize in chemistry Wednesday for finding an ingenious and environmentally cleaner way to build molecules — an approach now used to make a variety of compounds, including medicines and pesticides. The work of Benjamin List and David W.C. MacMillan has allowed scientists to produce those molecules more cheaply, efficiently, safely and with significantly less hazardous waste. "It's already benefiting humankind greatly," said Pernilla Wittung-Stafshede, a member of the Nobel panel. It was the second day...
