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The field of candidates for the state senate seat currently held by Sen. Zack Taylor has shrunken by one and two contests of candidacy have been filed in races that will be decided in part by Seminole County voters.
Read moreRussell Yott, District One County Commissioner, last week filed to retain his position. The primary election is slated for June 28, and if there is no clear winner, a runoff will be held August 23. Following is Yott’s campaign announcement, which appears in its entirety as submitted.
Read moreAbove, District One County Commissioner Russell Yott pictured with his family. Yott filed last week to be reelected to the position. The Yotts reside in Konawa where Russell’s wife, Daniela, is a schoolteacher. —Photo provided
Read moreThe SSC Aggie Club hosted its fourth annual SSC FFA Interscholastic Contest on Thursday, April 14. Nearly 700 students from across the state of Oklahoma participated in the event. Students competed in eight different contests – Animal Science Quiz Bowl, Milk Quality and Products, Electricity, 8th Grade Greenhand Quiz, Entomology, Environmental and Natural Resources, Floriculture, Homesite Evaluation, Land Judging, and Soil and Water Management.
Read moreDear Rusty: Is it possible for you to go over how the Federal withholding tax is computed on Social Security benefits? Signed: Curious Taxpayer.
Read moreA proposed $150,000 bond issue the proceeds of which will be used to carry out an extensive repair and maintenance program as well as the replacement of some equipment and furniture in the Seminole schools this summer will be submitted to the voters of the school district at a special election called for May 16, President Clarence Clark of the Seminole Board of Education announced today.
Read moreThirty-four books have been chosen as finalists in the 33rd annual Oklahoma Book Awards competition. Winners in the categories of fiction, poetry, design/ illustration, children/young adult and non-fiction will be announced at the Oklahoma Book Awards banquet on Saturday, April 30, 2022, at the Embassy Suites by Hilton Hotel, 741 N Phillips Ave., in Oklahoma City.
Read moreAttorney General John O’Connor and 15 other state attorneys general are demanding President Joe Biden stop federal attempts to impose excessive regulations that increase Americans’ energy costs.
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