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    Seminole County’s Jobless Ranking Improves in July

    For the second month in a row, jobless rates were up over the year for all 77 counties in Oklahoma in July. The Oklahoma Employment Security Commission (OESC) reported Wednesday that Seminole County posted an unemployment rate of 6.9 percent in July, up 0.4 percent over June and 1.
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    ‘Celebrate Educators’ Event Draws Nearly 2,400

    Avedis Foundation hosted its ninth annual “Celebrate Educators” event on Friday, Aug. 28 at Firelake Arena in Shawnee, welcoming nearly 2,400 educators from Pottawatomie County and public school districts from the neighboring communities of Seminole, Prague, Meeker, Chandler and Little Axe.

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    Roommate’s ‘All-Nighter’ Causes Worry

    DEAR ABBY: I’m a college junior in need of advice. I share an apartment with two other female students, “Wendy” and “Lauren,” who roomed together before I met them. Wendy is sweet and easygoing, but she grew up in a rural area and seems very sheltered.

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    Barbara Loudermilk

    Seminole resident Barbara (Roberts) Loudermilk, 62, passed away Friday, August 28, 2026, in Seminole. Barbara, the daughter of Thomas and Dolores (Anderson) Roberts, was born August 10, 1964, in Bolingbrook, Illinois. She graduated from Seminole High School with the Class of 1983.
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    Jo Anna Parker

    Jo Anna Maxwell Parker was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma on Saturday, April 3rd, 1937, to James (Jim) Sinclair Maxwell and Anna Lynn Hall Maxwell. From Shawnee, she went home to live in peace in her heavenly mansion on Saturday, August 29th, 2026.

    This Week In Seminole County

    Monday-Friday⮚Heritage House Nutrition Center 210 College, Seminole. Now open for dine-in.-Saturday⮚America 250 Block Party sponsored by the Seminole Arts Council in downtown Seminole 5-9 p.m.⮚ Seminole Masonic Lodge monthly breakfast 7 – 2 p.m.

    Seminole Joins in 250th Birthday Celebration

    There will be plenty to do in Seminole this Saturday as the nation celebrates the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence.To start the day, the Masonic Lodge (1515 W. Wrangler Blvd.) will hold its monthly breakfast at 7 a.m.

    OU Launches Sovereign Policy Intensive For Tribal Leaders

    The Native Nations Center for Tribal Policy Research at the University of Oklahoma will launch its first Sovereign Policy Intensive in September, a new program designed for elected tribal officials that focuses on understanding broadly relevant federal systems grounded in departmental structures,...

    This Week In Seminole County

    Monday-Friday⮚Heritage House Nutrition Center 210 College, Seminole. Now open for dine-in.-Saturday⮚Early voting 8 a.m. – 2 p.m. at the Seminole County Election Board, 200 S. Brown in Wewoka-Tuesday⮚Election Day. Polls open 7 a.m. – 7 p.m.

    This Week In Seminole County

    Monday-Friday⮚Heritage House Nutrition Center 210 College, Seminole. Now open for dine-in.-Monday⮚Graband go meal distribution 9 a.m. – noon at the Seminole Public Schools Administration building at 600 W. Strother (next scheduled event is Thursday, June 11)⮚ Butner Summer Pride 8 a.m. – 10 a.m.

    Task Force Raids Two Illegal Pot Grows in Prague

    Attorney General Gentner Drummond’s Organized Crime Task Force raided two illegal marijuana grow operations near Seminole County last week. According to a news release, on Wednesday, May 6 agents raided Benson Kush and Grand Growth, both in Prague.