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The District 22 CASA program continues to seek volunteers to serve as much needed court advocates for children and youth who have experienced abuse and neglect and are in foster care. There were 107 children needing an adult advocate and only 3 CASA volunteers for Seminole BEFORE the latest court docket. CASA will be sponsoring their next training session beginning October 2, and they strongly encourage anyone that is interested to please visit their website adacasa. org where you can find information as well as find a volunteer application. You can also email GetInvolved@adacasa.org to learn more.
Read moreThe Seminole Arts Council was recently picked as one of only ten communities in the entire nation to receive a $5,000 matching grant from the Housing Assistance Council (HAC) as part of their “Rural Placemaking Innovation Challenge (RPIC).” On Tuesday, September 19 the Council will be sponsoring their second in a series of meetings to brainstorm and decide on the best way to invest these funds in the community, and the public is invited and encouraged to attend and share their thoughts and ideas. The meeting will be held in the SSC lecture room at the Enoch Kelly Haney Center beginning at 6:00 p.m.
Read moreA gubernatorial call for a special legislative session to discuss tax reform has garnered a challenge from Oklahoma’s highest- ranking senate member, which in turn triggered a call from oil and natural gas producers for taxing the state’s wind and solar energy industry.
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Traffic was snarled on westbound I-40 near mile marker 211 Thursday morning following a serious collision involving a small SUV and an 18-wheeler. While an official accident report was not available at press time, it appeared that the SUV hit the rear end of the truck, causing the SUV to roll over multiple times. The SUV’s passenger side door was lodged in the truck’s wheel well, as pictured above right.
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Members of the Wewoka Chamber of Business
Read moreSeptember 17th marks the 236th anniversary of the signing of the Constitution of the United States by delegates to the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia. With the future of the fledgling United States hanging in the balance, ratification was far from certain until an agreement was reached to add a set of amendments protecting individual rights. Today we call those amendments the Bill of Rights.
Read moreTwo potentially deadly forms of cancer are currently under the spotlight, as September represents both ovarian and prostate cancer awareness month.
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The number of children who are overweight or obese is a major public health concern. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Division of Nutrition, Physical Activity and Obesity helps shed light on this issue by sponsoring National Childhood Obesity Month in September.
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