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Guests visiting the Oklahoma City Zoo and Botanical Garden will have an opportunity to meet its newest animal family member, Zia, a six-year-old female jaguar. Zia arrived at the OKC Zoo from the Philadelphia Zoo in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Zia can be seen in the Zoo’s Cat Forest and is viewable on a rotational habitat schedule with male jaguar, Tai and male Sumatran tiger, Ramah. Depending on the day, guests will have an opportunity to see one of these big cats. The recommendation for Zia to be relocated to the OKC Zoo came from the Association of Zoos and Aquariums (AZA) Species Survival Plan® (SSP) for jaguars. AZA’s SSP programs are cooperatively managed programs to oversee species populations within AZA accredited zoos and aquariums.
Read moreWith summer here and the July 4th holiday weekend just around the corner, the National Fire Protection Association® (NFPA®) is reminding people about potential electrical hazards that exist in swimming pools and hot tubs, onboard boats, on docks and piers, and in waters surrounding boats, marinas, and launch ramps. While most people
Read moreIn a landmark decision, the U.S. Supreme Court on Friday overturned Roe v. Wade, drawing praise from pro-lifers and ire from prochoice groups.
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Above, Caroline Wood, Children’s Librarian, tends to the Coral Reef area of the Seminole Public Library, which is home to the resident Octopus. The library has been turned into an ocean of sea creatures, including a Clownfish living among the Sea Anemone. —Staff Photo by Bob Melton
Read moreThe ACT test score for 2020 graduates listing the averages for all public schools was released on Thursday, June 23. Although individual test scores are returned to the students in a timely manner, these individual school-level averages take time to produce, and lag far behind the state level average reports, which have already released results for 2021.
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Rep. Danny Williams, R-Seminole, has been appointed by House Speaker Charles McCall, R-Atoka, to serve as a member of the Oklahoma Education Commission.
Read moreNext week, Seminole County will join the rest of the state in a primary election to choose candidates for a number of local, state and federal offices.
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