• Chickasaw Nation Gov. Chris Anoatubby (Provided)

    Anoatubby: State of Chickasaw Nation is Strong

    October 09, 2026 - 05:21 | By News Release
    During his Oct. 3 State of the Nation Address, Chickasaw Nation Governor Chris Anoatubby credited the tribe’s continued progress and self-determination to decades of planning, innovation and a unified vision.
  • On Hold The New Age Nutrition Project, a senior adult meal program offered at sites in a three-county area including the Heritage House in Seminole (pictured above), has been suspended. The announcement of the suspension was made Wednesday. —Staff Photo by Bill Anderson

    Meal Program For Local Senior Adults Suspended

    October 09, 2026 - 05:21 | By Ken Childers Editor
    A meal service for senior adults in Seminole and two surrounding counties has been paused.The Central Oklahoma Economic Development District (COEDD) announced Wednesday that the New Age Nutrition Project contract, a longtime nutrition service provider for older adults in Seminole, Hughes and...
  • Film-makers from Cinema United, a trade organization for movie theaters nationwide, chose Seminole’s Strother Twin Cinema as the focus for a promotional film to be shown at their annual convention. The film crew was in Seminole on Wednesday and filmed owners Steve and Lisa Schoaps all day. The community turned out in support, filling the auditoriums for the 7 p.m. presentations. —Photo by Karen Anson

    Show Biz

    October 09, 2026 - 05:21 | By News Staff
  • Aday Mara Looks NBA-Ready in Thunder’s 128-126 Preseason Loss

    Aday Mara Looks NBA-Ready in Thunder’s 128-126 Preseason Loss

    October 09, 2026 - 05:21 | By News Staff
    OKLAHOMA CITY — Giddy with excitement, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander took his old teammate Ousmane Dieng to the cup. Instead of finessing his way to a driving layup like usual, though, he found Aday Mara on the 45 cut. The 7-foot-3 giant soared off the hardwood for the alley-oop connection.
  • 3 Keys for the Sooners Offense vs. No. 1 Texas Longhorns

    3 Keys for the Sooners Offense vs. No. 1 Texas Longhorns

    October 09, 2026 - 05:21 | By News Staff
    SOONER WIRE There’s no better time than now for the Oklahoma Sooners. Everything that happened in the past is over. It’s a new day and a new week. Oklahoma’s next chance to get things right comes when they travel to Dallas to take on the No. 1 Texas Longhorns.

    News

    This Week In Seminole County

    Friday Night Football: Seminole Chieftains vs. Star Spencer at 7:30 p.m. (Parents night), Konawa vs. Wewoka at 7 p.m., Maud vs. Bowlegs at 7 p.m. (Homecoming) and Sasakwa vs. Wilson-Henryetta at 7 p.m. -Tuesday⮚ Weekly meeting of the Seminole Lions Club, 12 noon in the mirror room of...

    Today In Seminole County

    Today’s birthdays include River Aradoz, Joyce Benn, Conrad Brower, James Burkey, Eric Christianson, Christian Clark, Ruby Coy, Bob Garrison, Scott Gray, Acacia Harjo, Danica Hellman, David Jesse, Matt Jordan, John Meeks, Ron Null, Kim Odell, Destiny Palmer, Lauren Phelps, Rebekah Russell, Dean...

    Sports

    3 Keys for the Sooners Offense vs. No. 1 Texas Longhorns

    3 Keys for the Sooners Offense vs. No. 1 Texas Longhorns

    SOONER WIRE There’s no better time than now for the Oklahoma Sooners. Everything that happened in the past is over. It’s a new day and a new week. Oklahoma’s next chance to get things right comes when they travel to Dallas to take on the No. 1 Texas Longhorns.
    Aday Mara Looks NBA-Ready in Thunder’s 128-126 Preseason Loss

    Aday Mara Looks NBA-Ready in Thunder’s 128-126 Preseason Loss

    OKLAHOMA CITY — Giddy with excitement, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander took his old teammate Ousmane Dieng to the cup. Instead of finessing his way to a driving layup like usual, though, he found Aday Mara on the 45 cut. The 7-foot-3 giant soared off the hardwood for the alley-oop connection.

    Columns

    Misunderstanding Leads To Birthday Blues

    Misunderstanding Leads To Birthday Blues

    DEAR ABBY: I am a man in my late 60s who hasn’t had a family birthday party since I was a child. My mother’s birthday is seven days from mine, so celebrations were always for her, and mine were sort of lost in the shuffle.
    Mother’s Chats With Grown Daughter Are Criticized

    Mother’s Chats With Grown Daughter Are Criticized

    DEAR ABBY: My fiance gets annoyed and calls it weird that I talk to my daughter every morning on my way to work and in the afternoon on my way home. She’s a wife and young mother of two, ages and 4. I'm proud of how well she is doing. I work full time, and she works part time.

    Obituaries

    RJ Thompson

    RJ Thompson

    Thompson RJ Thompson, age 90 and a resident of Sasakwa, Oklahoma passed away October 7, 2026 at his home. A graveside service is scheduled for 11 a.m. Monday, October 12, 2026 at Cross Roads Cemetery near Sasakwa under the direction of Swearingen Funeral Home of Konawa, Oklahoma.
    Edward Morgal

    Edward Morgal

    Morgal Wewoka resident Edward Schilling Morgal, 90, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, October 6, 2026, in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.

    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. The menu includes Blue and Gold sausage,...

    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.

    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.