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The Seminole Public Library hosted its secondto-last summer teen reading event this Thursday, June 18. The main attraction of the meeting was artist David Barrow, who, in line with the program’s fantasy motif, offered the teens a tutorial on how to draw dragons. This activity not only aligned with the theme but also fit in perfectly with the previous weeks’ festivities of dragon shell crafting and wand painting.
Read moreSeveral students from Seminole County have been offered scholarships to attend East Central University in Ada as incoming freshmen for the Fall 2020 semester. Recent graduates from Butner High School, Seminole High School and Strother High School earned awards between $250 and $20,000, according to ECU officials.
Read moreThe Seminole Nation of Oklahoma released the following statement Thursday regarding facility closures due to COVID-19:
Read moreThe Oklahoma Employment Security Commission (OESC) continues to process record claims to provide unemployment compensation to support unemployed workers and their communities. OESC has processed approximately 77,000 claims for a total of $231 million of unemployment payouts (UI, PUA, FPUC, PEUC) for the week of June 10-17. The agency processed more UI claims and UI denials, which are necessary to qualify for PUA, Monday and Tuesday of this week than all seven days combined of the previous week.
Read moreState Highway 99, also known as U.S. Highway 377, will narrow to one lane for pavement testing near Seminole next Thursday and Friday, June 25 and June 26, according to the Oklahoma Department of Transportation (ODOT).
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Dakota Griffin & Jesse Massey of the Strother Fire Department were recently accepted into the 21st class of Fire Academy at Eastern Oklahoma County Technology Center (eoctech).
Read moreIn less than two weeks, Oklahomans will vote in the first major election since the COVID-19 pandemic surged to a level that locked down much of the state.
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