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The August 23 Seminole County Board of County Commissioners meeting included a discussion concerning possible funding for a new SCADA (Supervisory Controls and Data Acquisition) system in Tri-County Rural Water District (TCRWD) 2.

In this file photo from 2016, Rotarians Doyle Long, Adam Baker, Kevin Taylor and Paul Campbell cook up hamburgers at the first home football game of the season. The club will continue the tradition this Friday at Chieftain Stadium in Seminole. 

A local civic club’s long-standing tradition of serving up freshly grilled hamburgers to football fans at the first home game of the season will continue this Friday evening. Members of the Seminole Rotary Club will be firing up grills and serving hamburgers this Friday night, Aug.

House and Senate leaders say the newly drawn Oklahoma House districts approved by the Legislature earlier this year will have to be redrawn based on the latest census data. The announcement by the House and Senate redistricting committee chairs was made after the release of U.S.

Bids have been approved for improvements on EW 119 Rd. between State Highway 377 and NS 355 (Varnum Road) according to District 2 Seminole County Commissioner Tim Porter. Construction will include upgraded culverts, new drainage structures, and a new blacktop surface.

State Superintendent of Public Instruction Joy Hofmeister announced Tuesday a $4.2 million grant awarded to the Oklahoma Chapter of Teach For America (TFA).

The annual Muscogee Nation Festival scheduled for next month has been cancelled due to COVID-19 concerns. The nation, formerly branded as the Muscogee (Creek) Nation, made the announcement Monday with a post to its social media page.

The office of U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.) Tuesday announced a $1.9 million congressional funding request to establish a Center for Biomedical Data Sciences at the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation. The amount of data generated in biomedical research is expanding at an unprecedented pace.

Oklahoma’s long-standing eviction crisis has been slowed by the infusion of millions of dollars in rental assistance during the last year and a half.

DrugAbuse.com wanted to ascertain how drinkers class themselves across America. They surveyed 3,500 drinkers and asked them to rate themselves in one of three categories: heavyweight, moderate or lightweight. Overall, over 1 in 10 (11%) Oklahomans consider themselves heavyweight drinkers.