Kingfisher Oklahoma

While most area students were enjoying the zoo, the beach or the slopes or just relaxing at home during their spring break last week, county ag students joined more than 7,000 exhibitors at the Oklahoma Youth Expo.

It’s no longer only President Donald Trump and his allies saying “no collusion.” Special counsel Robert Mueller has reached the same conclusion that the Trump campaign did not conspire with Moscow to gain advantage in the 2016 election.

A Kingfisher man was killed last Friday evening when the four-wheeler he was riding collided with a pickup truck on County Road N2845, a half mile south of County Road 830.

The Northwest Oklahoma Show Pig Circuit (NWOSPC) is a series of member-only junior pig shows held annually between December and February. Students must reside in the northwest Oklahoma FFA district to participate.

Four Chisholm Trail Technology Center students recently qualified for the Business Professionals of America Spring Leadership Conference competitive events held in Tulsa, March 11-13.

The Oklahoma Farm Bureau Foundation for Agriculture is accepting donations to help farmers and ranchers affected by late winter storms that brought high amounts of snow and rainfall, causing widespread flooding in Nebraska and neighboring states.

VIEW from behind the plow How would a normal American citizen react if a well-organized band of malcontents, who consider themselves your superiors, took over your neighborhood, your county, your state, your nation?

Many states that expanded Medicaid under Obamacare may face budget shortfalls due to higher-than-expected costs and scheduled cuts in federal matching contributions. Beginning next year, expansion states will be responsible for 10 percent of costs from their Medicaid expansion enrollees.

Last week’s column discussed the highly publicized university corruption scheme wherein wealthy parents bought admission at prestigious universities for their children. That is dishonest and gives an unfair advantage to those young people but won’t destroy the missions of the universities.

During a special Thursday forum, parents told members of the Edmond School Board that students have been subjected to extreme bullying that includes physical assault and even being forced to ingest urine, and families are being forced to take extreme measures in response.