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According to Seminole Police Chief Jon Withers, police worked a kidnapping case Tuesday afternoon then responded to a separate shooting incident late Tuesday night. The shooting suspect is in custody and the victim is in stable condition.

Twelve drug-related arrests have been made in “Operation Wewoka Switch,” District Attorney Paul Smith announced this week.

Progress continues to be made on the sidewalk project in Seminole. When complete, Broadway will have sidewalks from Jefferson to Eighth Street. The Oklahoma Department of Transportation began the project in mid-March. This is the second and final phase of the Broadway renovation project.

The Seminole State College Board of Regents held a special meeting on April 6 to ratify a Declaration of a State of Emergency as a result of damage caused by winter storms in February. Formal support of the declaration by the Board was requested to proceed with repair projects across campus.

Two people with local ties were shot to death in Del City over the weekend. Wewoka native Lakota Leetka, 27, and Aussie Paschal, 42, who grew up in Holdenville, were the victims of an alleged murder that occurred Saturday night.

Governor Kevin Stitt on Wednesday announced the upcoming launch of the Oklahoma Innovation Expansion Program (OIEP), which will make $10 million in funding available to qualifying manufacturers across the state.

The preliminary hearing in the sex crimes case of James and Rebecca Jackson was held on Friday, April 2 in Wewoka. District Attorney Paul Smith said in a press release that scheduling conflicts necessitated the bearing be held in Seminole County by agreement.

Above, this local home underwent extensive remodeling over the past year and received the “Make Your Turf Count” award from the Seminole Code Enforcement Department this week. —

Oklahoma CareerTech and the Film Education Institute of Oklahoma are working together to promote the state’s film industry.

An orphan foal still needs another mare or a person to provide milk and care, especially during the first vital days of life.