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News Release Four days after they were deployed to Atlanta, Georgia, Oklahoma Gas & Electric Company (OG&E) crews continue to make progress restoring power safely to communities impacted by Hurricane Helene. Crews completed restoration work in the Atlanta area late Saturday night and were reassigned to Waynesboro, Georgia, about 30 miles south of Augusta, Georgia. Crews are also making progress in Sardis, a town near Waynesboro.
Read moreThe Senate Retirement and Insurance Committee held an interim study Monday requested by Sen. Carri Hicks to examine adding Omnipod insulin pump coverage for state Medicaid patients. Omnipod is a newer type of pump, easier to use, and is credited with better health outcomes. Hicks, D-Oklahoma City, is co-chair of the Legislative Diabetes Caucus, and the mother of a child with Type 1 diabetes. She said her son’s health and quality of life have improved with the Omnipod device, which is covered by their family’s insurance. But Oklahomans on Medicaid do not currently have that option, even though 45 other states cover this product for Medicaid patients.
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Seminole State College will celebrate Native American culture and heritage during its annual Tribal Fest on Wednesday, Oct. 9. The event will take place from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. on the SSC campus and will feature a variety of activities, performances and local tribal resources.
Read moreA group of local activists will be hosting the Fourth Annual “Every Child Matters Honor Walk” on Monday, September 30. On Tuesday. October 1 a convoy will be respectfully escorting a relative back home to the Seminole Reservation from the Carlisle Indian Industrial School in Pennsylvania, where he was buried in 1881.
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Eleven new members are set to be inducted into the Seminole High School Hall of Fame.
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Read moreThe Boomer Seminole Duplicate Bridge group met Tuesday, September 24th. There were two and one-half tables in play. The winners were: There was a tie for First Place between the following partners: First Place- Judy Atyia and Judy James, Seminole.
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