FORT SMITH, Ark. (AP) - Drought that began in 2011 is damaging and killing oak trees in western Arkansas and a state extension agent says the effects will likely continue.

Sebastian County Extension Staff Chairman Lance Kirkpatrick told the Times Record (http://bit.ly/12Ej6Lt ) that two years of drought has weakened the immune systems of the trees and that many that appear in distress are already dead.

Kum & Go is joining the American Red Cross disaster relief effort in Oklahoma.

Now through Friday, May 31, customers will have the opportunity to add $1 to each purchase they make.

Every dollar donated will go directly to the Red Cross for relief efforts.

Kum & Go has more than 400 stores in 11 states, including several here in Your Region 8.

The following story was submitted by Three Rivers College:

Three Rivers College packed the Black River Coliseum to celebrate a record-breaking graduating class on Sunday, May 19. The college’s Class of 2013 was awarded over 700 degrees and certificates this year, the largest graduating class in the institution’s history.