The group Oklahoma United is calling for abolishing our state’s primary election system and replacing it with a “jungle primary” in which the top two candidates proceed to the November general election ballot regardless of party.

STILLWATER – Oklahoma State University’s Robert M. Kerr Food and Agricultural Products Center explores the future of flavor with a look into some of the 2025 food trends.

The culinary landscape is buzzing with new trends, some familiar and others emerging as frontrunners in the industry.

Student chatter filled the lunchroom at Warner High School on a recent Wednesday as students downed chicken sandwiches, guzzled chocolate milk and caught up with friends. Outside, middle schoolers tossed around footballs and basketballs.

A group of preteen girls gathered around a picnic table; some talked, others drew. There wasn’t a cell phone in sight.

While schools everywhere struggle to wrest students’ attention away from smartphones, Warner Public Schools has held steadfast to its total bell-to-bell ban since 2013.

WASHINGTON – Rep. Frank Lucas (R-Cheyenne) expects Congress to pass a farm bill extension by the end of the year.

“The expressions I get from the faces of leadership, both my chairman and the elected Republican leadership in the House is that it’s just not physically time to do a complete bill,” Lucas said.

“You do an extension, that doesn’t mean you stopped for one moment writing the new farm bill. It just means that an extension for a year will carry us until the new bill is passed.”