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The healthcare community is increasingly pointing to sugar as one of the biggest contributors to the obesity epidemic that has affected North America. More so than fats, sugar may contribute to a number of conditions that affect overall health.

The U.S. flag flies high above Veteran’s Park in downtown Seminole. Sunday is Flag Day, a celebration to mark the adoption of the flag of the United States by the Second Continental Congress on June 14, 1777. Courtesy Photo by City of Seminole

The polling place for Precinct 33 and Precinct 34 in Seminole County has been changed, announced Amy Baker, Secretary of the Seminole County Election Board, on Friday. Voters in the precinct formerly voted at Wewoka Senior Citizen Center located at 214 S. Brown Street, Wewoka, Oklahoma 74884.

Governor Kevin Stitt today issued Amended Executive Order 2020-20, which allows for visitation to long-term care facilities to resume in a phased approach effective June 15.

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Governor Kevin Stitt and State Superintendent of Public Instruction Joy Hofmeister announced Friday they have partnered to give eligible Oklahoma school districts an opportunity to apply for $16 million in emergency relief funds through the federal Coronavirus, Aid, Relief and Economic Security...

The Seminole City Council has agreed to waive permit fees for the annual City-Wide Garage Sale. The event, which traditionally has been held the first weekend in June, has been postponed due to the COVID-19 epidemic. It is scheduled to take place the weekend of August 7-9.

A Black Lives Matter protest took place in Seminole last Saturday, June 6. Protesters carried signs and chanted as they marched from Boomtown Playground to N. Milt Phillips Avenue, where they demonstrated for about three hours.

Satan is a liar. The Bible says in John 10:10, “The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly.” Someone once said that the Church is the only institution that shoots it’s wounded.

Many people are familiar with certain ways to reduce their risk for cancer.