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Avoid any outdoor burning today and tomorrow. That’s the warning from weather experts and fire officials as high winds are expected to ramp up across Oklahoma for the next couple of days.

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Although Governor Kevin Stitt has relaxed the COVID-19 protocol for Oklahoma educators, Seminole Superintendent Bob Gragg has decided to continue erring on the side of caution. In a press conference held Tuesday, January 12, Governor Stitt, Commissioner of Health Dr.

The spring semester began Jan. 11 at Seminole State College. With the college’s commitment to safeguarding student and employee health, masks are required on campus and social distancing is maintained in the classroom.

January 14, 1971 SLANTS Seminole area basketball fans will have a triple-header program on tap in SHS gym Friday night… First the Seminole high B-team plays OC St. Mary’s B-team followed by the Chieftain St.

As of this advisory, there are 341,364 cases of COVID-19 in Oklahoma. 4,256 is today’s 7-day rolling average for the number of new cases reported. There are 44 additional deaths identified to report. One in Beckham County, one female in the 50-64 age group.

Weather is hard to predict. Meteorologists have many tools at their disposal to help forecast storms and other phenomena, but it is impossible to predict the weather with 100 percent accuracy.

DEAR ABBY: My husband and I are both enlisted Army (he -- 20 years, two Iraq deployments; I -- 15 years, one Iraq deployment). We met in the service and have been married for 10 years. Three years after our wedding, my husband told me he was no longer physically attracted to me. It hurt. A lot.

Today is the 14th day of 2021 and the 25th day of winter. TODAY’S HISTORY: In 1784, the United States ratified the Treaty of Paris that ended the Revolutionary War. In 1943, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Winston Churchill and Charles de Gaulle met in Casablanca, Morocco.

The OBU Music Preparatory Department is accepting enrollment for the Spring 2021 session to begin Jan. 25. The department offers high-quality music lessons, classes and choirs to the Shawnee region for all ages and levels.