Doubted by all and all doubters now silenced – if they watched the game. Congratulations. The Oklahoma Sooners are the 2026 NCAA Division I Baseball National Champions. Oklahoma defeated North Carolina 13-2 Monday night to win the program’s third national title and first since 1994. Click here for more.
The Worldwide brand of agricultural equipment, Massey Ferguson, announced Tuesday the tenth annual Sowing Good Deeds contest. The award recognizes charitable services, community involvement and educational activities of local Professional Rodeo Cowboy Association (PRCA) rodeo committees to their schools, towns and the Ag. Community. Nominations for 2026 are now open and will run through October 15, 2026. Finalists will be announced in early November, with the grand prize winner named at the PRCA Awards Banquet in Las Vegas, Nevada, on December 2, 2026. The winning rodeo committee receives a new Massey Ferguson tractor with loader, valued at over $60,000, as part of the prize package.
(Washington, D.C., May 15, 2026) – The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) will provide approximately $12 million to support efforts by States and Tribal governments, research institutions, and universities to control and prevent chronic wasting disease (CWD) in wild and farmed cervids (e.g., deer, elk).
“Chronic wasting disease poses a serious threat to U.S. wildlife and agriculture. This funding reflects our commitment to working collaboratively with States, Tribes, and research partners to develop innovative solutions and protect the health of our nation’s cervid populations,” said Dr. Alan Huddleston, Acting U.S. Chief Veterinary Officer.
Friday Oklahoma Governor Kevin Stitt signed House Bill 2153 into law, opening the Oklahoma Secondary School Activities Association’s (OSSAA) decisions to public inspection and ending the penalizing of student athletes for transferring schools.
“I’ve heard too many stories of students who did everything right to transfer, only to be sidelined by an unelected, unaccountable activities association,” said Governor Stitt. “No student’s chance to be a part of an activity should depend on whether their parents can afford an attorney. This law puts families, not bureaucracies, at the center.”
Oklahoma Wildlife Conservation Commissioners accepted a donation of $25,000 from the Sooner State Chapter of the Quail Coalition at their regular meeting May 4 in Oklahoma City. The donated funds are to be used for removal of eastern redcedar and salt cedar at Cimarron Hills, Cimarron Bluff and Cooper wildlife management areas.
