Summer Crop Stress
Everett Brazil, III/The Newkirk Herald Journal A soybean field suffers in the summer heat north of Newkirk. Due to dry conditions and high heat, many are worried about whether there will be a harvest this fall.
Read MoreNewkirk FFA hosts summer livestock judging camp
Press Release NEWKIRK — As the temperatures rise during the summer months it is a signal for Newkirk FFA and 4-H members and students statewide that summer livestock judging contests are right around the corner. Many students look forward to these events every year. This year’s summer judging contests include the Cherokee FFA Commercial Cattle…
Read MoreNewkirk represented at OFB Reporters Conference
Press Release OKLAHOMA CITY — What says Oklahoma and agriculture more than the upscale Sheraton Oklahoma City Downtown Hotel with the entire valet drive filled with school ag trucks. On July 11, the hotel hosted the second annual Oklahoma Farm Bureau (OFB) FFA Reporters Conference. Included in the hundred-plus FFA members and their advisors were…
Read MoreReporter Camp
Courtesy Photo for The Newkirk Herald Journal Newkirk Chapter Reporter Logan Rhea, left and Chapter Historian, Kristyn Flanery attended the Oklahoma Farm Bureau’s Reporters Conference on Oklahoma City July 11.
Read MoreNewkirk FFA members attend Leadership Camp
Press Release WAGONER, Okla. – The Newkirk FFA chapter was represented at the 50th annual Oklahoma FFA Alumni Leadership Camp at the Tulakogee Conference Center on Fort Gibson Lake, near Wagoner, Okla. More than 1,600 FFA members from more than 300 Oklahoma FFA chapters were registered to attend one of four three and one-half day…
Read MoreLeadership Camp
Courtesy Photo for The Newkirk Herald Journal Several Newkirk FFA members recently attended leadership camp near Wagoner, Okla. Front row, Allison Schneeberger and Kristyn Flanery. Back row, Jacob Merhoff and Trenton Scott.
Read MoreSinkhole slows traffic at Main and South streets
By Everett Brazil, III The Newkirk Herald Journal NEWKIRK — Traffic in Newkirk was noticeably slower Thursday morning, July 7 as a sinkhole opened near South Street and Main, forcing the Oklahoma Department of Transportation (ODOT) to install temporary traffic lights as workers addressed the issue. The sinkhole was located in the westbound lane of…
Read MoreSouth Street Sinkhole
Everett Brazil, III/The Newkirk Herald Journal Traffic slowed at South and Main Friday, July 8 due to a sinkhole in the street. Resurfacing wrapped up July 11.
Read MoreSuspects arrested in Braman murder case
By Everett Brazil, III The Newkirk Herald Journal BRAMAN — Two suspects have been arrested in relation to a recent Braman murder case, and are currently held on bond, pending trial. Dominic Taylor and a juvenile suspect are charged on several counts in relation to the murder of Tyler Lattimer, and are being held on…
Read MoreIndependence Day
Everett Brazil, III/The Newkirk Herald Journal Flags line the sidewalks in front of the Kay County Administration Building and Courthouse in recognition of Independence Day, held Monday, July 4.
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