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On the eve of the State Democratic Convention in Oklahoma City, State Rep. David Boren of Seminole County said that he plans to pre-file for consideration by the next legislature, a bill establishing a presidential primary for Oklahoma. Boren said that the present method of selecting delegates is undemocratic and opens the possibility that delegates can be selected by either party who are totally unrepresentative of the people of Oklahoma.
Read moreWheat harvest is underway in Oklahoma, and as an appropriate prelude, members of the OSU Wheat Improvement Team are working on stronger, higher quality wheat varieties.
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Editor’s note: Woody Guthrie is the brother of the late Mary Jo Edgmon, a resident of Seminole).
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A man with a Seminole address and a woman with a Wewoka address each face a felony charge of burglary in the second degree for allegedly breaking and entering into a vacant house on W. Wilson in Seminole on May 27, according to documents filed in the District Court of Seminole County.
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An already wet job became even more wet for city workers Tuesday morning as they had to repair a broken water main in the rain. The city sent an alert out just before 8 a.m. that a main had broken at Strother and Harvey Road and the estimated repair time was 6-8 hours. —Staff Photo by Bob Melton
Read moreCiting an increase in migrants at the southern border, the pending Supreme Court decision on abortion rights and the upcoming midterm elections as possible triggers for extremists, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has issued a nationwide terror alert.
Read moreAttorney General John O’Connor confirmed the receipt of a decision yesterday from a federal district court concluding that Oklahoma’s protocol for the execution of convicted murderers is constitutional. In a case that has spanned nearly a decade, with multiple trips to the U.S. Supreme Court, the Honorable Stephen P. Friot issued a final judgment in the State’s favor this morning, alongside findings of fact and conclusions of law fully supporting the State’s positions.
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