USDA partners with Oklahoma to award over $6.3M to strengthen food supply chain infrastructure

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) today announced it has a cooperative agreement with Oklahoma under the Resilient Food Systems Infrastructure Program (RFSI). Through this agreement, USDA and Oklahoma are working together to offer over $6.3 million in competitive grant funding for projects designed to build resilience across the middle of the supply chain. Oklahoma is accepting applications for this Infrastructure Grant funding through Feb. 23.

Talihina handles Central in district showdown

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Talihina handles Central in district showdown

By BY DAVID SEELEY SPORTS EDITOR

October 11, 2024

TALIHINA -- The Central Tigers committed too many miscues as they lost their District AII-3 showdown Friday night to Talihina by a score of 27-6 at Talihina's Doc Robinson Stadium. The Golden Tigers (...

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Gone, but not forgotten

Long Cemetery board tends unmarked graves

By Lynn Adams Staff Writer

October 10, 2024

It’s been 120 years since Emma Youngblood Montgomery (nee Benge) donated five acres from her Indian allotment for the establishment in 1904 of a cemetery in what was then the thriving community of Lon...

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Muldrow superintendent arrested for DUI, TOC

By Amie Cato-Remer Editor

October 10, 2024

Muldrow Public Schools Superintendent Leon Ashlock was reportedly arrested Tuesday afternoon and booked into the Tulsa County jail on charges of driving under the influence and transporting an open co...

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Man who fled traffic stop captured

By Amie Cato-Remer Editor

October 10, 2024

Sequoyah County Sheriff Larry Lane said as of press time, Thursday, that a Hispanic male who ran from deputies during a traffic stop west of U.S. Hwy. 59, early Monday morning, has been captured. The ...

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Pete Henderson

By JACOB BOWLING STAFF WRITER

October 10, 2024

In the peaceful countryside near Gore, Pete Henderson has become something of a local legend—not for any grand accolades, but for the quiet, steady way he passes down his wisdom to his grandkids. Sinc...

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Cookson Hills lineman assisting Georgia

October 10, 2024

Linemen from Cookson Hills Electric Cooperative, Inc. Jeremy Baker, Nick Worsham, Kaleb Nixon, Cody Gray, Colton Sweeden, Jason Blalock and George Jiles, headed out last week to assist Jefferson Energ...