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Above, local businessman Lee Randle presents Seminole Library Director Jeanette Kennedy with a check for $5,036.36, which included the proceeds from the library’s recent “FUNd Fest” and donations he collected leading up to the event. —Courtesy Photo

Healthcare benefits began for new SoonerCare members approved through Medicaid expansion began Thursday, July 1. Some of the new benefits for qualifying adults include preventive care, behavioral health coverage, tobacco cessation, prescriptions and much more.

July 6, 1971 Slants Newton Wyler enjoying a day on Wewoka Lake… More Betty Crocker coupons for the kidney machine being donated by the Progress Homemakers group…Little Kathy Kahn and Stacy Watkins enjoying a Fourth of July picnic…Tony Doudican, local golf pro, cleaning up after the very...

A recent poll shows that a majority of Oklahomans believe that Governor Kevin Stitt and the Oklahoma Pardon and Parole Board should commute the sentence of Julius Jones, an Oklahoman on death row for a murder he says he is innocent of.

By Gail Ellis Oklahoma State University researchers are studying hybrid sweetgum trees as a potential feedstock for bio-based industries in the south-central region of the U.S.

Rep. Rhonda Baker, R-Yukon, today was elected vice chair of the Education Committee of the Southern Legislative Conference (SLC). Baker, a former teacher, currently serves as the chair of the House Common Education committee.

While parents might not be able to do much to lessen their children's homework workload, they can take steps to ensure their homes are as homework friendly as possible. The following are three ways to do just that. 1. Create a communal homework table.

Today is the 187th day of 2021 and the 17th day of summer. TODAY’S HISTORY: In 1785, Congress chose the dollar as the monetary unit of the United States. In 1854, the Republican Party was formally launched at a convention in Jackson, Michigan.

The Oklahoma Employment Security Commission (OESC) officially launched the application for the $1,200 Back to Work Initiative Monday. “The application for the governor’s Back to Work Initiative is officially live on the OESC website,” said Shelley Zumwalt, OESC Executive Director.

Northwestern Oklahoma State University’s budget has been approved by the Regional University System of Oklahoma and Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education for fiscal year 2022.