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It may still be summertime but signs of Halloween, such as this witch crafted by Westwood Hills resident Cindy Todd are beginning to pop up all across Seminole. —Staff Photo by Bob Melton
Read more(Editor’s note: This is an update to an article that appeared in our Sept. 17 edition).
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During its annual Fall Forum meeting, to be held on Wednesday, Oct. 20 – Friday, Oct. 22 and culminating on Monday, Oct. 25, the Oklahoma Institute for Child Advocacy (OICA) will announce winners of three awards recognizing excellence in child advocacy and philanthropy.
Read moreOklahoma’s jobless rate was one of the lowest in the nation in August, the Oklahoma Employment Security Commission (OESC) reported last week.
Read moreAfter avoiding arrest for two years for his part in operating a whiskey still, justice finally caught up with a Wewoka man when the felony charge was filed on the same date as the raid on his still two years later.
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Family is a term coined regularly throughout Seminole Chieftain athletics. The football team speaks of brotherhood and protecting one another. Seminole basketball shouts, “family”, when breaking the huddle, and the word can even be seen across their pre-game warmup shirts. Track and Field Coach, Bobby Sanford, says, “We run as one, work as a team, and finish as a family.” Chieftain athletes, Lantz and Joe Fixico, however, take Seminole’s ‘family tradition’ a bit more literally.
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As times change, it’s important that laws change as well. The Legislature is constantly looking at ways to modernize laws that are outdated and fix laws that aren’t working as intended. In a continued effort to modernize these laws, the Legislature passed several measures related to alcohol, tobacco and controlled substances.
Read moreThe Regional Food Bank of Oklahoma’s Students Against Hunger Program hopes to raise 150,000 pounds of food during the 2021- 2022 school year. The program encourages students ranging from elementary schools to colleges and universities to get involved in the fight against hunger by organizing food & fund drives in their schools and communities.
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