latest
The University of Central Oklahoma ranks as a top institution in the nation for providing quality, accredited online degree programs, for the second consecutive year, through UCO’s Connected Campus in the 2023 “America’s Top Online College” list from Newsweek.
Read moreA study led by J. Tom Mueller, Ph.D., a research assistant professor at the University of Oklahoma, will examine the impact of Medicaid expansion across the United States to determine whether reduced mortality rates bear out across rural and urban communities as well as across ethnic or racial groups.
Read moreIn a November 8 SBA news release, Director Tanya N. Garfield of the U.S. Small Business Administration’s Disaster Field Operations Center – West reminds small nonfarm businesses that the December 8 deadline to apply for an SSBA federal disaster loan for economic injury is quickly approaching. These low-interest loans are to offset economic losses because of reduced revenues caused by drought that began November 1, 2021.
Read moreThe Justice Department announced Tuesday that Kendall Morgan, 44, the former undersheriff of the Le Flore County Sheriff’s Department (LCSO) in Le Flore County, Oklahoma, pleaded guilty to a criminal civil rights violation for using unlawful force on an arrestee.
Read more
REI Oklahoma, a nonprofit economic development organization, announces that its wholly owned subsidiary, REI Development Corp., has secured $55 million in New Markets Tax Credit (NMTC) allocations. The tax credits are provided by the U.S. Treasury Department’s Community Development Financial Institutions Fund and provide a 39 percent federal income tax credit for investments into qualifying businesses in low-income communities.
Read more
Demolition has begun of the building at 215 East Oak, the former home of the Mattingly Law Firm. The building, like many others in Seminole, sustained heavy damage in the May 4 tornado. The building sits between Main and Second Street, near the alleyway.
Read moreBy the time you likely read this column, the elections will be over, except for a select few which might go to a recount or have some type of challenge.
Read more
BLS Announces Kindergarten, PreK Students of The Month
Read more