A cardinal and a blue jay had a chilly morning last week when temperatures plunged and winter precipitation moved into the area.

More winter weather is forecast this week.

Two repeat felons have been sentenced to prison for attacking detention officers last summer at the Canadian County Jail.

Yukon’s Angelo Allen Wythe, age 24, was convicted Feb. 5 in Canadian County District Court after pleading guilty to three felony counts of assault and battery on a police officer.

Wythe was sentenced to serve 12 years in state prison after a plea agreement was accepted by Special Judge David Halley.

The defendant appeared by video from the Canadian County Jail with his attorney, Landen Logan for the sentencing hearing.

The noon sun beats down on Kendall Christensen as she crouches in a field outside Stillwater to look at the grass around her feet. Tufts of big bluestem, little bluestem, switchgrass and Indiangrass blanket the ground.

“This was previously farmed and then converted back to native range,” she said. “We wanted to see if there were any issues with the fertility on the land from farming and if there was anything we could do to increase fertility and production on the land.”

If you don’t favor the sports pages, you might have missed the girls wrestling team saga at Edmond North High School. And you perhaps have not given deep thought to its significance.