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The University of Central Oklahoma recently announced the students named to the university’s honor rolls, a distinction given to those who achieve the highest academic standards.

Southwestern Oklahoma State University student Jaelle Farrell of Kingfisher is the university’s representative at the 2021 George and Donna Nigh Leadership Academy. Farrell is a freshman at SWOSU, majoring in elementary education.

The University of Oklahoma announced the students named to its fall 2020 honor roll. A total of 9,299 students were listed on the fall 2020 honor roll. Of these students, 4,003 were named to the President’s Honor Roll for earning an “A” grade in all their courses.

A total of 8,004 students were named to the 2020 fall semester honor rolls at Oklahoma State University in Stillwater, including 3,449 students named to the President’s Honor Roll for earning an A grade in all their courses.

From distracted driving to sharing the road to driver etiquette, the Oklahoma Department of Transportation, the Oklahoma Turnpike Authority and its safety partners are bringing 12 months of driver safety education to motorists in an effort to lessen fatalities on Oklahoma roads.

PFC 1 Abbie Jones, left, 2016 Kingfisher High School graduate, was among the more than 5,000 National Guard troops deployed to Washington, D.C., during President Joe Biden’s inauguration.

It took four tractors, two make-shift skids from electrical poles, two days, family members, helpful neighbors and one determined farm wife to make it happen. It was 1947, Clyde and Helen Chlouber purchased the property where the “county poor farm,” also known as the Greenwood Home, was located.

We know better than to think that every one of our readers and advertisers hasn’t seen his or her own version of extremely difficult times in the last year and knows all too well what they call for.

We are sure that our readers have noticed a drastic reduction in our newspaper’s number of pages per issue, and the lack of pre-print advertising inserts, after the COVID-19 pandemic began in February of last year. This newspaper you’re looking at is a perfect example.

WASHINGTON – President Joe Biden signed more than a dozen executive orders in the fi rst hours of his presidency. Some of these orders will have devastating impacts on American families and businesses, while others will undermine America’s national security and sovereignty.