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Above, Brandon Streater (left) and Cliff Cabaness sign closing documents on Blackburn Ridge, a 78-unit townhouse development to be constructed east of the Reynolds Wellness Center. Groundbreaking ceremonies are set for Friday afternoon. 

Dear Patient, We, the Physicians and Advanced Practicing Providers of Shawnee, Tecumseh, Seminole, Okemah, Chandler and Mcloud, ask you to clear your minds and open your hearts. We ask you to hear us, now. We do our best to keep you healthy and take care of you as individuals.

August 18, 1971 Slants Cecil Neely, manager of Canadian Valley Electric Cooperative, being all smiles this morning because of the number of people who showed up for the CVEC Day celebration… Cecil Sullivan helping run the Seminole Lions Club “kiddie” rides… Mrs.

The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) will hold a wild horse and burro adoption event in Hugo, Okla., Aug. 27-28, at the Hugo Rodeo Arena. The twoday event, featuring 120 wild horses and burros, will begin at 10 a.m. on Friday, Aug. 27. Adoptions will be held from noon-6 p.m. on Friday, Aug.

Mike Mazzei announced Tuesday that he is officially launching his campaign for State Treasurer. “We need leaders in our state that have the private sector experience that can navigate the chaos surrounding our country.

The Oklahoma City Zoo and Botanical Garden announces the birth of a rare clouded leopard kitten. Following approximately a 90-day gestation period, the OKC Zoo’s two-year-old female clouded leopard, Rukai, gave birth to a female kitten on Friday, August 6, 2021, at the Zoo’s Cat Forest habitat.

Oklahoma schools with fine arts staff can apply for up to $500 in funding from the Oklahoma Arts Council to purchase qualifying visual and performing arts supplies for the 2021-2022 school year. Applications are due September 15.

Today is the 230th day of 2021 and the 60th day of summer. TODAY’S HISTORY: In 1587, Virginia Dare became the first English child born in the Americas. In 1590, Roanoke Island governor John White returned from a supply trip to England to find the colony deserted.

DEAR ABBY: I have been seeing a wonderful man for seven months and spend every weekend with him. We live 45 miles apart, but it works for us. He has a group of friends, five ladies, that he spends a lot of time with. He dated one of them for a year before he broke it off, but they remain friends.

A coalition of federal agencies are working together to address the issue of how to close the digital divide and increase internet access across Indian Country.