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Tourism generated nearly $1 million in local sales tax revenue for Seminole County in 2025, according to a new report from the Oklahoma Tourism and Recreation Department. The 2025 Oklahoma Travel Impacts report, released yesterday, shows visitors spent $22.

Oklahoma Farm Bureau Insurance (OKFB), which has offices in Seminole County, has launched its Coats for Kids initiative for the second year. Agents across all 77 Oklahoma counties are once again working alongside communities to ensure no child faces the winter cold unprotected.

(Editor’s note: This is part four of a series that examines the June 16 elections in Oklahoma, which include primaries for state and federal offices, a referendum to raise the state’s minimum wage and two Seminole County Commissioner races. This article concerns the race for Lt.

Attorney General Gentner Drummond’s Medicaid Fraud Control Unit (MFCU) secured a conviction this week against a Tennessee counselor and a guilty plea from a Nichols Hills behavioral analyst after investigations of fraud, identity theft and violations of the Oklahoma Computer Crimes Act.

Every year around Father’s Day, millions of dads brace themselves for another #1 Dad coffee mug, grilling apron or necktie they’ll probably never wear. Let’s be honest: Most dads don’t need more stuff. What they really want is time with the people they love.

DEAR ABBY: I have been married to my wife for two years. We met online and have known each other for about five years. We originally lived an hour apart, and after some persuasion, we bought a condo together.

The Seminole City Council unanimously voted Tuesday to rescind a 1937 Maple Grove Cemetery rule limiting burial to members of the Caucasian and Indian races, opening burial to persons of all races.

Million Tadege, professor in the Department of Plant and Soil Sciences at Oklahoma State University, was recently named a 2025 American Association for the Advancement of Science Fellow for his innovative work in understanding leaf blade development and biomass functional genomics.

Unfortunately, if trends hold true, only a fraction of registered voters will cast their ballots in Oklahoma’s upcoming Primary Election on June 16. This is partly due to apathy or forgetfulness, but also from the negativity of campaign ads which suppress voter turnout due to frustration.

AARP is now accepting nominations for its 2026 Oklahoma Andrus Award for Community Service, which honors 50-plus Oklahomans who share their experience, talent, and skills to enrich the lives of their community members.