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The Seminole Chamber of Commerce has teamed up with Job Express Employment Professionals and a number of local businesses for a job fair to be held later this week. The event will be held Thursday, April 29 at the Reynolds Wellness Center in Seminole from 2 - 6 p.m.

The universal free school lunch program has been extended through the 2021-22 school year, and schools’ reimbursement rates will remain at the higher-than-normal rate to allow for healthier food purchases and pandemic-related costs.

It may have had a different look this year due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, but Seminole High School students were treated to a prom Saturday night. This year’s event was held in a tent outside of the high school gymnasium with the promenade taking place inside the gym.

Today, Tuesday, April 27, the Oklahoma Department of Commerce (Commerce) will begin accepting applications for the Oklahoma Innovation Expansion Program (OIEP). The program will make $10 million in funding available to qualifying companies across the state.

Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary – Indian Affairs Bryan Newland last week announced the Bureau of Indian Education’s plan for disbursing $850 million provided by the American Rescue Plan (ARP) Act, signed on March 11, 2021, by President Biden.

April 27, 1971 Louis Joe Anson, residing east of city, reported to police Monday night that a wheel and tire was stolen from his pickup truck while it was parked at the Tri-City Lanes on Highway 270 East. Anson said the theft occurred between 7:15 and 11 p.m. while he was inside bowling.

As of this advisory, there are 447,278 (262 new today) cases of COVID-19 in Oklahoma. 233 is today’s 7-day rolling average for the number of new cases reported.

Oklahoma State University broke ground at the project site for the New Frontiers Agricultural Hall, a new building for OSU Agriculture today on the Stillwater campus. The facility will strengthen the three pillars of the university’s land-grant mission: research, teaching and Extension.

Ada city counselors unanimously approved a cross-deputation agreement with the Chickasaw Nation Thursday at a special called city council meeting.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today announced a new effort funded by the American Rescue Plan to provide adequate nutrition to more than 30 million children over the summer by expanding Pandemic Electronic Benefit Transfer (P-EBT) benefits.