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This is the transitional time of each year when we consider more seriously how we’re going to begin the New Year, and what we’d like to change in the days ahead. I often hear frustration that New Year’s resolutions don’t last much past the middle of February. Consequently people often give up before they begin and don’t even bother to set any kind of goal. How can we have a different outcome in 2024?

Skipper Jay Mac and crew sweep Mannford in two games for title; Perfect Game for Mayfield

The Christian Church was crowded to capacity for the Memorial Day Service. A parade was headed by the Elk City Band followed by American Legion members in uniform and several organizations represented with floats and decorated cars. The American Legion float was a cemetery scene in Flanders Field with its twenty-four white crosses and a Red Cross nurse scattering flowers on the graves. The United Daughters of the Confederacy, the KKK and the American Legion Auxiliary were also represented. Following the service, the firing squad fired a salute over the graves at the cemetery and taps were sounded. All ex-soldiers’ graves were decorated.

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STILLWATER, Okla. – Oklahoma State University Extension and the Oklahoma Pecan Growers Association will host the 2024 Oklahoma Pecan Growers Conference, Trade Show and Field Day May 30 through June 1.

STILLWATER, Okla. – Two members of the Oklahoma State University Agriculture administration have received one of the highest honors within the scientific community.

Two and a half years had passed since Lacey Jo Martin, a 16-year-old Elk City girl, was traveling home when she, her siblings, and friends were struck by a drunk driver, Cassandra Bray.

Dough Co. delivers throughout Beckham County

BEST STEP (Building Employment Skills for Today and Summer Transition Employment Program) is a five-week, two-part career planning and paid on-the-job training program for students with disabilities, ages 16 and older. Participants must be returning to high school in August 2024.

WASHINGTON, DC – Senators James Lankford (R-OK) and John Barrasso (R-WY) introduced legislation to end the federal electric vehicle and charging stations tax credit. The Eliminating Lavish Incentives to Electric (ELITE) Vehicles Act stops taxpayer money from subsidizing the purchase of luxury electric vehicles for high-income individuals and corporations.

From May 9-19, an epic Western sports extravaganza will take over the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex, set to award nearly $5 million across three marquee events.

STILLWATER, Okla. – Oklahoma State University Extension specialists are available this week for Zoom interviews on the following topics related to tornado recovery efforts.