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The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced today an investment of over $21.8 million to 1890 Landgrant Institutions to support research at Historically Black Colleges and Universities at our nation’s Land-grant University System.

Today is the 210th day of 2021 and the 40th day of summer. TODAY’S HISTORY: In 1899, the first Hague Conventions defining the “laws of war” were signed. In 1948, the first Olympic Games since 1936 began in London. In 1958, President Dwight D.

DEAR ABBY: My daughter is pregnant with her second child. Her first, my granddaughter, is 2, and the light of my life. I lovingly offered to take care of her when it’s time for my daughter to have the baby. She’s having a C-section, so she may be in the hospital for a couple days.

A crank caller ordered an “insurrection pizza” from Pauline Bauer’s restaurant. A profane piece of hate mail addressed her as a domestic terrorist. She even became a punchline for Stephen Colbert’s late-night talk show on CBS.

State Wildlife Department officials want anglers to know that postcard notices arriving in their mailboxes this month are about “trash fish” but are not junk mail. The bright green postcards, sent to 15,000 randomly selected fishing license holders, direct anglers to an online survey.

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Since Oklahoma voters approved legalizing medical marijuana three years ago, state lawmakers and agencies have been working to establish guidelines and clarify policies as they learn more from experience.

The Seminole State College GEAR UP grant program recently completed its third summer camp for 2021. Learning sessions and activities centered around the theme of forensic science.

It’s almost back to school time and to help parents/ guardians with student expenses, sales tax will be waived on clothing and footwear the first weekend of August. Oklahoma’s annual “sales tax holiday” will begin Friday, Aug. 6 at 12:01 a.m. and will run through midnight on Sunday, Aug. 8.

Seminole Public Schools has announced the Chieftain Virtual Learning Center for the 2021-2022 school year. The Chieftain Virtual Learning Center is for Pre-K through 12th grade. This year there will be two teachers serving in the Virtual Learning Center. Ms.