Roush wins first place in statewide speech contest

At the 78th annual American Farmers and Ranchers (AFR) State Speech Contest Dec. 2 in Stillwater, Arapaho-Butler student Lilly Roush won first place in the Intermediate Agribusiness category.

Custer County commissioners are setting their sights on various bridge projects for the new year as 2023 comes to an end with the opening of bids for two bridge repairs on the horizon in District 3 near the Foss Reservoir Dam.

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — President Joe Biden announced Monday that three decommissioned fire companies were being reopened with federal funding, including a ladder truck that would have been the closest responder to a deadly rowhouse blaze started when a Christmas tree caught fire last year.

In 1787, Pennsylvania became the second state to ratify the U.S. Constitution.

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WASHINGTON (AP) — A jury was sworn in Monday in the federal case that will determine how much Rudy Giuliani might have to pay two Georgia election workers he falsely accused of fraud while pushing Donald Trump’s baseless claims after the 2020 election.

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — When a group of Oklahoma City investors moved the NBA’s SuperSonics from Seattle in 2008 and renamed the franchise the Thunder, civic pride swelled at the arrival of the state’s first major league sports franchise.

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