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The Seminole County Board of Commissioners approved a resolution implementing a new burn ban during their Monday, September 26 regularly scheduled meeting.
Read moreToday’s birthdays include Ivy Bible, James Boyett, Art Cline, Clancy Day, Nancy Dourity, Corrie Edgell, Thomas Edwards, Harold Ellison, Amanda Esquivel, Roy Harris, Dominique Johnson, Kevin Landreth, Tawny Lena, Cody Ligon, Ricky Long, Sara Long, Tommie Morris, Margaret Neal, Brenda Presley, Alexander Ramsey, Connie Robbins, Christina Stoll, Trevor Terry, Barbara Watters & Khristy Wheat.
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…it’s the Goodyear Blimp. Local resident Gene Clay Estes snapped this pic of the airship as it flew over Seminole County early Monday afternoon. According to the Goodyear website, a blimp was in Rogers, Arkansas covering a golf event Sept. 23-25.
Read moreIn 2021, visitors to Oklahoma State Parks spent $354.2 million in the communities surrounding the parks, according to new research commissioned by the Oklahoma Tourism & Recreation Department.
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OG&E, which provides electrical service to most of Seminole County, deployed 95 line restoration personnel to Florida today to assist with power restoration as Hurricane Ian approaches the United States. The storm gained strength Monday morning and is projected to pass the west-central coast of Florida midweek.
Read moreThe Language Arts and Humanities Division at Seminole State College has released the full lineup of performers for its Howlers and Yawpers Creativity Symposium on Sept. 28 and 29, from 8 a.m. until 12:30 p.m. each day.
Read moreRicky Dickson, CEO and president of Blue Bell Creameries, will be the speaker at Oklahoma Baptist University’s next Business Forum, presented by the Paul Dickinson School of Business. The event will take place Friday, Oct. 14, at 10 a.m. in Bailey Business Center’s Tulsa Royalties Auditorium. His lecture, titled “Following God’s Will…. One Scoop At A Time,” will include life lessons he learned on his journey to Blue Bell and throughout his 41 years there.
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