Those filing for city/county/state offices include: County Assessor Rhonda Cahill (R) County Treasurer Cheri Stacy (D) County Commissioner District 1 Rex F. Moffatt (R) Jim Bob Sullivan (R) Argus Lindsey (D) County Commissioner District 3 Roy Dean Scott (R) Tony Perry (R) Aaron Young (R) Debra Dyas (R) Harold J.

CHOCTAW COUNTY –– A Hugo teen was airlifted to a Texas hospital last Thursday afternoon, after a single-vehicle wreck approximately one mile west of Sawyer on US Hwy. 70.

ATOKA COUNTY –– Two Antlers, Okla., residents were injured in a motorcycle accident Sunday afternoon, approximately three miles west of Farris, Okla., in Atoka County. According to reports from the Oklahoma Highway Patrol, Jerald Renteria, 34, was eastbound on OK-3 on a 2008 Suzuki motorcycle when he hit loose gravel and departed the roadway to the right.

In Oklahoma, one in three kids aged 10-17 are overweight or obese, and childhood obesity has continued to rise rapidly during the COVID-19 epidemic. This National Childhood Obesity Awareness Month, Shape Your Future and Swap Up, programs of the Tobacco Settlement Endowment Trust (TSET), are providing free resources to help Oklahoma kids and their families address issues related to obesity early and take back control of their health.

Oklahoma Blood Institute has less than half of the blood supply needed, threatening a critical blood shortage for local patients, and creating an immediate need for blood donors. The national blood supply has stayed near emergency levels for months, having never recovered from COVID-related challenges.

Wheat is typically milled/ground into flour that is then used to make bread, pasta, crackers, and many other products. Wheat is one of the oldest and most important of the cereal crops. It is the second largest grain planted worldwide, based on acreage and production volume. China, India, and Russia are the countries who produce the most wheat. Combined those three nations produce 41% of the world’s total wheat. America and Canada round out the top five, Ukraine is No. 6. Ukraine is the fifth largest exporter of wheat in the world, but have halted exports of wheat to insure a domestic food supply for their own people. The United States produces 2.2 billion bushels of wheat per year and consumes a little over half that amount.

For agricultural soils in the midwestern U.S. to continue to be productive, conservation practices must be widely implemented, according to a new report from the Center for Rural Affairs.