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OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla. — Oklahoma farmers and producers searching for a unique avenue to sell their products are encouraged to apply for the Oklahoma Local Food Procurement Assistance program, created in cooperative agreement with the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Agricultural Marketing Service, Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food and Forestry and Oklahoma Department of Human Services. Through LFPA, ODAFF will work to purchase and distribute Oklahoma grown, produced, and processed food to local underserved communities, helping to expand economic development for both the producers and the communities they serve.

The preliminary hearing on state charges against former Watonga chief of police Shawn Kays was deemed unnecessary Friday in Blaine County. The state will begin its case at 1:30 p.m.

STILLWATER, Okla. – One of the new faces in Oklahoma State University Agriculture this fall semester is Wade Thomason, head of the OSU Department of Plant and Soil Sciences.

Today is Wednesday, Sept. 28, the 271st day of 2022.

How can I tell when it's Fall? Not while it's still hotter than the 'Middle of Summer', fry an egg on the sidewalk, make cookies on the car engine HOT, that's for sure. The calendar says it is Fall.

EWS Hello, everybody! I hope you’ve had a good week. My week was good, no doctor’s appointment and only one scheduled for this week.

We had a lady bring her three grandsons that are home schooled this week. The boys were eight, six, and four years old. They were very attentive. It gives me such pleasure when children show such an interest in history. The six year old put his hands in his pockets when I mentioned we don’t touch things when they went upstairs. The lady said she needed to go home and check on her dog before we were finished with the tour but wanted to come back and finish the tour. She ask what days I was there and I explained that it varied but if she called me I would be glad to meet them there. She said “good because I want you to give us the rest of the tour.”

As Watonga begins its 130th year, so does the Watonga Republican. Contrary to popular belief, it wasn’t the first newspaper, though.