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Seminole’s American Legion Post 204 is honoring Henry Jolley with a special flag at Veteran’s Park in downtown Seminole. This flag began flying January 1, 2021 and will remain for the entire month of January.

Seminole State College recently hired Brooks Nickell as its new Web and Multimedia Coordinator. Nickell graduated from Davenport High School. He holds a bachelor’s degree in journalism with an emphasis on videography and photography from the University of Central Oklahoma.

On December 31st, Dallas Pryor, 64, from Wetumka, was pronounced dead at the scene of an accident. The accident occurred approximately 5.5 miles west of Wetumka on Highway 9, according to an Oklahoma Highway Patrol news release.

Santa and his helper returned on Tuesday to help Varnum Public Schools hand out meals to students.

A group of Google employees has formed a union to organize workers across the technology company’s sprawling global operations, a rare move within Silicon Valley and one that reflects growing employee activism in the sector.

The Oklahoma Turnpike Authority (OTA) opened to traffic the southern half of the new Kickapoo Turnpike that connects two major interstates, 1-40 to 1-44 (Turner Turnpike) and provides a reliever route to help with congestion in the Oklahoma City area.

As of this advisory, there are 308,268 cases of COVID-19 in Oklahoma. 3,498 is today’s 7-day rolling average for the number of new cases reported. There are 19 additional deaths identified to report. One in Canadian County, one male in the 65 or older age group.

Floods can quickly turn lives upside down. According to the World Health Organization, more than two billion people were affected by floods between 1998 and 2017, and those people no doubt recognize just how unsettling floods can be.

Even before Covid-19, the World Bank had lowered its projections for global growth in the 10 years that began in 2020. The pandemic is exacerbating that trend, raising the prospect of a “lost decade” ahead, the World Bank said Tuesday, as it also cut its forecasts for the coming year.

The U.S. auto industry is expected to report its lowest yearly sales tally in nearly a decade Tuesday, as the fallout from the Covid-19 crisis in 2020 upended a record run for the American auto sector.