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A Missouri man was killed in a two-vehicle collision in northern Seminole County late Monday night. According to the Oklahoma Highway Patrol (OHP), the accident happened at about 10:13 p.m. on Highway 377/99 near the intersection of EW 1180, three miles north of Good Hope Road.

Oklahoma has reached its highest compliance rate in more than a decade for preventing underage tobacco sales, according to the latest federal Synar Report. The state’s compliance rate climbed to 87.

A local contractor who recently pleaded no contest to charges of embezzlement and was placed on probation in Seminole County now faces extradition to another state for parole violations.

Canadian Valley Electric Cooperative (CVEC) has announced the appointment of Randall Cole to the CVEC Board of Trustees, representing the members of District 7. Cole brings more than 25 years of professional experience in logistics and supply chain management to the cooperative’s leadership team.

A required work zone safety course for Oklahoma teen drivers is expanding to include an impaired driving section, the program’s founder said Monday at a driving school in Edmond.

State Representative Ajay Pittman, who is a citizen of the Seminole Nation of Oklahoma, has been removed from a committee devoted to state/tribal relations following allegations of fraud.

The Seminole City Council has approved a more than $10,000 expenditure for solar-powered holiday decorations for the North Milt Phillips corridor. In its regular monthly meeting Tuesday, Oct.

Two local girls hang on the climbing poles at Seminole’s Boom Town Playground Thursday morning. Dedication ceremonies for the newly rebuilt park are scheduled for Wednesday, Oct. 22 beginning at 4:30 p.m. —Staff Photo by Andy Wilson

The Oklahoma Commission on Children and Youth (OCCY), in partnership with Fostering Grace for Kids from Hard Places, will host a free Trust-Based Relational Intervention (TBRI) training Oct. 22–23 at the Reynolds Wellness Center in Seminole.