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As Oklahomans prepare for higher summer energy use, OG&E is encouraging customers to explore ways to lower their electricity bills, including SmartHours, a voluntary rate plan designed to reward customers who shift some of their electricity use outside peak summer hours.

For consider your calling, brothers, not many of you were wise according to worldly standards, not many were powerful, not many were of noble birth.

Twenty-four technology center students recently graduated from the inaugural SSM Health youth apprenticeship program.

At Friday’s regular monthly meeting, the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education approved revisions to the performance funding formula for state system colleges and universities.

The Oklahoma Supreme Court ruled invalid an agreement between the City of Tulsa and the Muscogee (Creek) Nation.

The Seminole Walmart lot was abuzz with activity Friday morning for the store’s grand reopening festivities. Left, the Seminole Nation Honor Guard was on hand for the celebration, which was well attended by community members and Walmart employees.

Today’s birthdays include Belva Bray, Pam Burnett, Trever Cupp, Walt Downey, Susan Ervin, Dwight Farley, Ariel Hanson, Aaron Harjo, Toni Harjo, Frankie Hudson, Jim Moon, Jerry Notah, Irene Randles, Kelly Rider, Dale Wallace, Vivian West & Dustie Wilson.

American Legion Post 204 is flying a special flag the month of June in honor of a fallen Vietnam War veteran who served on the Seminole Nation Honor Guard. This month’s flag, which flies in Veterans Park north of the Seminole Municipal Building, honors David Haney, Sr.

The public trust that oversees hospital operations in Shawnee is the subject of an investigation by the Pottawatomie District Attorney’s Office.