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Governor Kevin Stitt and Commissioner of Public Safety Tim Tipton last week announced the Secure Oklahoma N.O.W. Initiative—a first-of-its-kind, statewide effort to raise the standard of safety and coordination at major public events across Oklahoma.
Read moreChickasaw Nation Election Secretary Jerri Martin announced candidates seeking four legislative seats and one judicial seat within the Chickasaw Nation. Filing period closed at 4:30 p.m., Wednesday, June 4, for the 2025 general election.
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Four months after the U.S. Supreme Court ordered a new trial for former death row inmate Richard Glossip, Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond indicated his office currently does not plan to dismiss the existing first-degree murder charges filed against Glossip for the 1997 beating death of Barry Van Treese. Drummond said his office is not seeking the death penalty against Glossip because the man who admitted to murdering Van Treese with a baseball bat is serving a sentence of life without the possibility of parole.
Read moreA new paper led by Oklahoma City Zoo Conservation Scientist Dr. Chase LaDue in the journal Biological Conservation sheds light on how social media could have an adverse effect on conservation tourism related to Asian elephants in Sri Lanka.
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Tinker Federal Credit Union (TFCU), which has a branch on Milt Phillips in Seminole, has merged with LiFE Federal Credit Union (LiFE FCU), marking TFCU’s expansion into Texas.
Read moreRegistered voters across Seminole County will take to the polls today to decide on extending a one-half cent sales tax for five more years and whether the county’s alcohol laws should be revised.
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