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We all know water is good for us and that we should probably drink more of it. So why, then, do Americans find it so difficult to sip from what is arguably the fountain of youth?
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Sylvester Arbuckle, Seminole resident, passed away on Thursday, December 16, 2021 at Stroud Regional Medical Center, at the age of 66. Sylvester was born on March 7, 1955, in Seminole, Oklahoma, to Charles and Lula Mae (Holder) Arbuckle. Sylvester grew up in Seminole. He served in the United States Army National Guard.
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Crews were busy Tuesday installing new light fixtures throughout Seminole’s downtown district. The old fixtures were taken out last month.
Read moreThe Winter solstice was yesterday (Tuesday, December 21) at exactly 9:58 a.m. to be precise. The Winter solstice is the shortest day of the year in the northern hemisphere, or when the sun reaches its most southernly position. The farther north you go, the shorter the days get. In fact, people in Barrow Alaska, which is above the arctic circle, are smack dab in the middle of 67 days of darkness (they will make up for it with over 8o days of uninterrupted daylight this summer). In the southern hemisphere the same solstice marks the longest day of the year.
Read moreThe death of former Wewoka resident Kenneth Tyler Scott, 21, remains under investigation as a homicide.
Read moreOklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt’s decision not to renew hunting and fishing compacts with the Cherokee and Choctaw Nations for 2022 could mean a potential loss of millions of dollars in future federal funding for the state’s wildlife department.
Read moreOklahomans in rural areas and small towns are searching for funding to support water and wastewater infrastructure. According to Kevin Wagner, director of the Oklahoma Water Resources Center, more than $80 billion is needed to ensure the state has adequate drinking water and wastewater systems now and in the future.
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