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There is a curious number of file cabinets appearing across the Kay County communities. Small cabinets with three plastic drawers, they look like any petite office storage product that can be seen near one’s desk, filled with folders holding documents that keep a business running. These cabinets are not on a desk, however, and don’t contain those office documents; it is rather women’s hygiene products and are an initiative to assist in the healthcare of women who may not be able to afford them otherwise.

Northern Oklahoma Humane Society’s 4th Annual Unleashed Poker Run is set for May 4. This benefit ride is a huge fundraiser for the humane society that is a prominent lifeline for the shelter.

When Iraq fired dozens of Scud missiles on Israel in early 1991, the U.S. implored then Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir not to respond. Shamir said he had to act. After days of late-night calls, high-level visits and long cabinet meetings, Israel stood down and the US led a 42-nation alliance that defeated Iraq in what became the Gulf War.

Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates called for maximum “self-restraint” in the Middle East to spare the region “from the dangers of war and its dire consequences,” in an unusually frank joint statement Wednesday.