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With only about three percent of the registered voters in Seminole participating, a proposal to levy a 1/8 cent excise tax to fund a new sewer system was approved in a special election Tuesday.

The July release from the Oklahoma Tax Commission (OTC) shows the City of Seminole saw an increase in tax revenue in their latest return compared to last month. The release showed this revenue was also higher compared to July of last year.

Seminole County Seminole Chamber of Commerce monthly forum, 12 noon at the Haney Center. Reynolds Wellness Center Senior Stretch and Walk – 10 a.m. on Thursdays Free Fun and Fitness Class at New Life Church in Wewoka 4:45 p.m.

Seminole County -Birthdays- Today’s birthdays include Marie Barry, Lisa Behee, Salyer Billie, Darryl Brooks, Dorothy Cannon, Colby Carpenter, Jack Castle, Nancy Conley, Peggy Darr, Seth Factor, Rachel Farani, Alice Foster, Kristi Hand, Wendy Harrison, Shirley Hill, Robert Perchetti, Lisa...

State Superintendent Ryan Walters on Monday mandated that every Oklahoma school district must fully fund student meals using existing state and federal operational dollars, effective with the 2025/26 school year.

Dr. Benjamin Myers’ 2019 sonnet cycle Black Sunday has been named one of the “Five Best: Stories of the Dust Bowl” by The Wall Street Journal, earning recognition alongside John Steinbeck’s “The Grapes of Wrath.

Dazzling Show

This Saturday, July 12, the life and legacy of John Cudjo, a Black Seminole man lynched by a white mob in 1913, will be publicly honored for the first time in Wewoka. The memorial event will take place from 10 a.m.

Governor Kevin Stitt and the Oklahoma Department of Emergency Management (OEM) announced Saturday that Oklahoma has sent two Type III swift water rescue teams to Texas to assist in the ongoing flood response.

American Legion Post 204 is flying a special flag the month of July in honor of a fallen Marine from Seminole County. This month’s flag, which flies in Veterans Park north of the Seminole Municipal Building, honors Ronnie Dean Davis of Wewoka, who passed away in October of 2021.