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BancFirst Seminole employees celebrated Halloween on Monday by dressing up as hippies (left) and superheroes (below). “Hippies” at the Milt Phillips location include Aaron Winterscheid, Ashlyn Blassingame, Heather Karr, Victoria Florie, Katie McCray, Jonathan Duarte and Christina Mack. Those dressed as superheroes were Nadia Martinez, Emerie Randolph, Tamara Blackwell, Amy Bagwell, Sonny Ellis, and Letitia Elam.
Read moreA news release from the State Election Board states that nearly 2.3 million Oklahomans are registered to vote ahead of the November 8 General Election, with a net increase of more than 77,000 registered voters since January 15 and net increase of more than 175,000 registered voters since November 1, 2018.
Read moreThe Oklahoma Department of Corrections’ (ODOC) Canine Program, part of the agency’s Office of the Inspector General (OIG), has added five new contraband- detecting dogs to its team.
Read moreSen. Roger Thompson, R-Okemah, was on hand for a special celebration Monday at Eufaula State Park to mark Checotah Intermediate Elementary School’s designation as a National Blue Ribbon School. The school’s principal, Ryan Ambrose, was also honored as a 2022 recipient of the Terrel H. Bell Award for Outstanding School Leadership.
Read moreOklahoma State University researchers have joined Texas A&M University and Kansas State University in a $2 million collaborative research project to develop better nitrogen management practices for producers.
Read moreChickasaw Nation Governor Bill Anoatubby, along with tribal, state and Oklahoma City leaders, participated today in the official groundbreaking ceremony for OKANA Resort & Indoor Waterpark.
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It was Kason Johnson’s eighth birthday. There he was in Mountain Grove, Missouri hanging on to a lot of birthday balloons. But the Association of Mature American Citizens [AMAC] says he lost his grip and up they went, sky high and seemingly lost forever. Alas, they floated away. Five hundred miles later they made landfall in the yard of Todd Huyler in Cleveland, Tennessee. He found an envelope attached to the bouquet of balloons. It provided the address of Kason’s school. Huyler wasted no time putting together a batch of goodies, as well as $100, sending them to Kason along with his Happy Birthday wishes.
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