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A Seminole man faces multiple charges, including allegedly breaking into a commercial grow facility, according to documents filed in the District Court of Seminole County. Zachary Kieth Tackett, 33, has been charged with one felony count of trafficking in illegal drugs, one felony count of burglary in the second degree, and one misdemeanor count of unlawful possession of drug paraphernalia.
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Seminole Fire Department personnel performed a control burn along Magnolia Creek between Milt Phillips Avenue and Grisso Drive in the Boomtown Park area Monday. The tall weeds had previously been sprayed, so the dead and dry vegetation was easy to ignite using a torch. Fire trucks were on standby to ensure the fire did not get out of control.
Read moreMissing Seminole County resident Toby Calvert, 38, was located Monday evening and he is safe, the Seminole County Sheriff’s Office announced Tuesday morning.
Read moreAttorney General John O’Connor today announced another historic opioid settlement for Oklahoma—this time with three opioid distributors, McKesson, Cardinal, and AmerisourceBergen. This settlement will deliver more than $250 million to Oklahoma to combat the opioid epidemic that has deeply impacted the lives of its four million citizens.
Read moreA bipartisan request for an interim study on school safety was filed last Thursday.
Read moreOn July 9, Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland and Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs Bryan Newland will visit Oklahoma on the first stop on “The Road to Healing,” a year-long tour across the country to provide Native survivors of the federal Indian boarding school system and their descendants an opportunity to share their experiences.
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Growing up in small town America is never easy. Rural Oklahoma life in the 20th century usually consisted of driving tractors, milking cows, baling and hauling hay, farming and scraping to get by most of the time. Theron and Jan Godwin, as most parents, wanted a better life for their children. To them, education was the solution.
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