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The Supreme Court recently announced they have agreed to review whether the State of Oklahoma has the authority to prosecute non-Indians who commit crimes against Indians in Indian Country. The Court notably turned down over thirty requests to reverse the McGirt v. Oklahoma decision made in July 2020 affirming the Mus cogee Nation’s Reservation boundaries. The Court later adding the reservations of the Cherokee, Choctaw, Chickasaw, Seminole and Quapaw tribes as well.
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Christy Findley, STEM coach at Butner High School, announced last week that “Team Butner” has been selected as one of the 2021-22 #Samsung-Solve State Winners.
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Over seven years ago, the body of young man from Stratford was discovered in a rural area in southern Seminole County. His death still remains a mystery, and authorities are seeking the public’s help with solving the case.
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Nothing fills these cold winter days like a good book. Local author Abby Nance gives readers just what they were looking for with her debut mystery novel, What Lives in the Dark.
Read moreCHECOTAH, Okla. — Honey Springs Battlefield is excited to announce a special presentation, “The First Indian Home Guard,” to be held at the battlefield’s Visitor Center on Saturday, February 26, at 1 p.m. Dr. Jane Johansson, professor in the Department of History and Political Science at Rogers State University and editor of the book “Albert C. Ellithorpe, the First Indian Home Guards, and the Civil War on the Trans-Missis sippi Frontier,” will speak about the regiment’s unique history in relation to the Civil War in Indian Territory and the Battle of Honey Springs.
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January Students of the Month were recognized on Wednesday, January 28th by Seminole Rotary Club.
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Dr. Doug Melton, pastor of Southern Hills Baptist Church in Oklahoma City, will deliver the address during Oklahoma Baptist University’s Founders’ Day chapel service Wednesday, Feb. 2. The service will take place at 10 a.m. in Raley Chapel’s Potter Auditorium on the OBU campus in Shawnee.
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