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Alfreeda Doonkeen has announced her candidacy for Chief of the Seminole Nation of Oklahoma.

Rebecca Stone, board chair of the Boys and Girls Club of the Seminole Nation of Oklahoma, cuts the ribbon on the club’s newly remodeled facility in Wewoka on Thursday, April 24. Dignitaries attending the ribbon cutting included Seminole Nation Chief Lewis Johnson, Asst.

The Seminole County Bar Association has announced that Chief Judge William J. Musseman and Judge Scott Rowland of the Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals will speak at its annual Law Day seminar this week in Wewoka.

The community is invited to witness the revitalization of a piece of Seminole history early next month. According to a press release, GuRuStu Communities, in collaboration with the Avedis Foundation, will host the “Ceremonial First Hammer Swing” event on Friday, May 9 from 12-4 p.m.

Monday-Friday- Heritage House Nutrition Center 210 College, Seminole. Now open for dine-in. -Saturday- Seminole Nation Special Call Council Meeting 10 a.m. at the Mekusukey Mission Council House Seminole State College softball and baseball vs.

Jessica Carr’s 6th grade science class at New Lima Public Schools recently had the opportunity to dissect owl pellets. Once dissected, they were able to record their findings on a bone sorting chart. Owl pellets are the undigested parts of an owl’s food that have been regurgitated through the beak.

-Birthdays- Today’s birthdays include Brooklyn Bailey, Chelsi Bane, Richard Bateman, Marolyn Bryant, Charlie Harjo, Jack Harrison, Richard Jacobs, Newman Jones, Al Lairson, Gary Martin, Dustin Patterson, Ray Ramsey, Crystal Robertson, Brenda Soule & Kyle Welch.

More than $140,000 in cash scholarships and tuition grants were awarded Wednesday to 130 Oklahoma high school students, including three from Seminole County.

A nationwide text message-based scam has reached Seminole County. Multiple residents have reported receiving a text stating they owe money to the Oklahoma Turnpike Authority, even if they haven’t driven on a toll road.

Jimcy McGirt, the man behind the landmark McGirt v. Oklahoma U.S. Supreme Court case, which reaffirmed the sovereignty of several Oklahoma tribes, will face a jury in the Eastern District Court of Oklahoma under felony charges.