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Beautiful snowflakes covered the town on Wednesday morning. Cold temperatures with a rain/snow mix are expected for the next few days. Staff Photo By Heather Scheller

The Oklahoma Highway Patrol ENDUI team will partner with law enforcement from across Oklahoma to make sure everyone has a safe New Year’s Eve holiday. This effort is part of the national Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over mobilization.

Due to the rise in numbers of COVID cases in the local community, Bowlegs Public Schools will move in-person instruction back to January 11 th . Online learning will begin on January 5 th .

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Friday, January 15th, is the last day to apply for voter registration in order to be eligible to vote in the February 9th City of Seminole City Councilmember Ward 2 and City of Seminole Mayor Election, and City of Konawa City Councilmember at Large and Proposition Election, Seminole County Election...

Maud Public Schools will begin the 2 nd semester on January 4 th remotely due to the potential exposure to the COVID virus. All students will complete lessons on their Google Classroom platform.

Colorado reported the first case in the U.S. of a fast-spreading variant of Covid-19 that was first detected in the U.K. and led to a widespread lockdown and travel restrictions there.

Defying expectations, investors piled into initial public offerings at a record rate in 2020, and few expect the euphoria to wear off soon. When the pandemic began shutting down swaths of the U.S.

As of this advisory, there are 287,030 cases of COVID-19 in Oklahoma. 3,249 is today’s 7-day rolling average for the number of new cases reported. There are 48 additional deaths identified to report. One in Beckham County, one female in the 65 or older age group.

Faced with the U.S.’s worst humanitarian and economic catastrophe in recent memory, it is tempting to assume there is no such thing as too much fiscal stimulus. There is, and we might be about to witness an example.