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Oklahoma Baptist University hosted a retirement reception for three long-time faculty and staff members on April 23 at the Geiger Center on the OBU campus in Shawnee. Retiring employees include Dr. Brad Jett, James E.

The Oklahoma House sent a bill to the Governor’s desk yesterday that requires school districts to permanently adopt a policy prohibiting students from using cell phones on campus during the school day.

For the third time this month, a local school has been evacuated over a bomb threat. Seminole High School students and staff were moved off campus just before noon Tuesday in response to a written threat referencing a bomb that was discovered in a restroom. At 11:47 a.m.

Roy Boydstun pauses at a memorial in Washington, D.C. dedicated to those who served in the armed forces. Boydstun, a veteran of the Vietnam War, was chosen for the Oklahoma Warriors Honor Flight which took place earlier this month. 

The Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation (OSBI) is investigating a shooting involving two teenagers in Wewoka over the weekend. According to press release, the Wewoka Police Department requested the assistance of the OSBI in investigating a shooting early Sunday morning, April 26.

The federal government is seeking the forfeiture of property across the state, including Seminole, that was allegedly used in a black-market marijuana operation. On Monday, the U.S.

When someone says engineering, most people likely envision someone who designs machinery or buildings, but graduating engineers also step into a wide variety of careers, from food and agriculture, healthcare and manufacturing to technology, research, design, operations and management.

Approval of a $280,000 federal grant to develop an industrial park in Seminole was announced today by U. S. Sens. Dewey Bartlett and Henry Bellmon of Oklahoma.

There was one piece of equipment the maintenance crew at the heavy industrial plant in OKC kept healthy. We did the best we could to keep the Mazak lathes working, and Charlie the Oil Man kept the CNC milling machines full of oil and coolant. Roy and Rick kept the MIG welders working.

As electricity and water bills continue to rise, older Oklahomans are sending a clear warning to state leaders: don’t shift the soaring costs of powering large data centers onto residential customers.