Most months, nearly breaking an all-time tornado record would dominate Oklahoma’s weather headlines. However, March 2025 will be remembered for a different kind of disaster—one of the worst wildfire outbreaks in state history, overshadowing all else.
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Two high school juniors from the Canadian Valley Electric Cooperative (CVEC) service area have been awarded an all-expense- paid, week-long trip to Washington, D.C., as Youth Tour Leadership Experience Scholarship winners. Sponsored by the Oklahoma Association of Electric Cooperatives (OAEC) through the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association (NRECA), this incredible opportunity will take place from June 13th to 19th, 2025.
Read moreSeminole High School’s prom is just around the corner as well as their special fun twist, “That Prom Thing.” An all-student lock-in that occurs after prom which features games, prizes, and food as well as engages classmates and aims to keep everyone safe.
Read moreScrolling through social media about a year ago, Bethany Greenwood Agee paused to read a post from a New Hampshire mother who was desperately pleading for a kidney for her 17-year-old daughter.
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Nature beckons billions of people to get outside every day. Natural settings are not called 'the great outdoors' for nothing, and nature enthusiasts may insist there's nothing better than a day in the elements.
Read moreThe exact origins of April Fool's Day are unknown, though historians have some interesting theories regarding the dawn of this day devoted to pranks. Some historians have linked April Fool's Day to the festival of Hilaria in ancient Rome. According to History.com, Hilaria was celebrated by the followers of the cult of Cybele at the end of March. During the festival, celebrants dressed up in disguises and mocked fellow citizens. Another theory suggests April Fool's Day might be linked to the transition from the Julian calendar to the Gregorian calendar in France in 1582. The news of that transition, which officially recognized the start of the new year as January 1 after it had been April 1, reached some people's ears more quickly than others'. Those who were slow to get the news continued to celebrate April 1 as the start of a new year, inspiring others to mock them and refer to them as 'April fools'.
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