Parade participants throw water balloons at the crowd during Monday's Water Fight Parade. News Star Photo by Chris Mackey.
Chickasaw Lighthorse Officers Wes Harden, Jerald McDonald and Dalton Reed stand with the bronze, larger-than-life Chickasaw Lighthorse monument created by artist James Blackburn. Courtesy Photo
2026 Oklahoma Business Week Champion Team, from left to right, Lydia Gee (College Leader), Isabella McCoy, Michael Scott (Dean), Thomas Gillenwater, Tayler Spaulding, Lillian Harper, Danielle Botes, Stacey Bolin (Camp Director), Breanna Larsen, Taya Underwood (Company Advisor), Buddy Abney. Photo courtesy ECU
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Alex Krueger, a laboratory technician with the Oklahoma State University Soil, Water and Forage Analytical Laboratory, uses a dispensing pump to add water to soil samples for pH testing. Photo by Mitchell Alcala, OSU Agriculture
Artist’s rendering of the Chickasaw Nation Health Newcastle Medical Center. Courtesy of Chickasaw Nation
The Evelyn DeBenning Storybook Trail was made possible through the dedicated work of Annawyn DeBenning Shamas and her family. Family and friends gathered for the trail’s dedication May 16. From left, Ellen Shamas Brandt, Ph.D., DeBenning Shamas and Jimmy E. Shamas, Esq. Photo courtesy of Chickasaw Nation.