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Animpressivenumberofpeople gathered in the South Courtroom of the Seminole County Courthouse in Wewoka for the swearing in of Anthony Louie as interim County Sheriff Thursday afternoon. This included family and friends as well as fellow officers in law enforcement from Seminole County and Seminole Nation Lighthorse Police.
Read more“No city or region can succeed without a strong downtown, the place where compactness and density bring people, capital, and ideas into the kind of proximity that builds economies, opportunity, and identity.” - International Downtown Association That’s the message the Seminole Downtown District, the group representing the more than four dozen businesses in the heart of the city, wants to drive home with city leaders.
Read moreIn what resembles a case of Déjà vu, a Seminole County School has shifted to virtual learning due to confirmed cases of COVID-19 among faculty and students.
Read moreMost Americans will have the day off from work on Monday to celebrate Labor Day. Today this extended weekend is mostly considered the final holiday of summer, although some still take time to celebrate the common working men and women who are the backbone and true strength of this great nation. Some have forgotten that the original holiday was meant to celebrate trade and labor unions, whose members had strengthened the country with their work.
Read moreThe Oklahoma Oral Health Coalition (OOHC) recently announced that, when compared to the nation’s performance on 13 key oral health indicators, Oklahoma scores a “D” on its oral health report card. When compared to the state’s 2020 report card, this year’s findings indicate an improvement in the oral health of Oklahoma adults but a decline in the oral health of the state’s children.
Read moreRep. Justin Humphrey, R-Lane, Wednesday submitted a letter to the Oklahoma Attorney General, the sheriff of Pushmataha County, Governor Kevin Stitt and other judicial and law enforcement agencies asking for an investigation into an alleged raid by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) on a Pushmataha County resident and business owner that resulted in the forfeiture of the man’s federal firearms license.
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