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Spring mornings are a lot like Christmas. Each day we get up and go out into the yard, or walk along the creek or visit the horses in the pasture. And each day, each morning, we find something new the sun has brought us.

The second floor rotunda of the Oklahoma State Capitol was transformed into a hub of high-tech innovation Wednesday as more than 1,000 industry leaders, educators, students, and military personnel gathered for Oklahoma’s annual AERO Oklahoma Day.

American Legion Post 204 is flying a special flag the month of April in honor of a fallen soldier who once worked for the City of Seminole.

Soup & Sermon, 12 noon at St. Marks’s Episcopal Church in Seminole (corner of Highland and Walnut) Made in Oklahoma Festival 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. in downtown Seminole. Seminole Masonic Lodge monthly breakfast 7 – 10 a.m.

Today’s birthdays include Doug Atyia, Rachel Carpitcher, Wesley Cheater, Terry Crenshaw Jr, Benjamin Emarthle, Lilly Fixico, Evan Haney, Adam Harjo, Mattie Hartfield, Jewel Hedges, Virginia Hoslinger, Gerald Huff, Sherry Palmer, Anna Pompey, Leroy Poplin, Buddy Scroggins, Phyllis Sherwin, Lindsey...

As another Seminole Lions Club project, the Club has put a shade/roof over the picnic table they previously provided north of the SSC Soccer Field located at the Brian Crawford Memorial Sports Complex west of Seminole High School. —Photo courtesy Ernie Willis

Thea Deere, a Betty L. Smith Early Childhood Center student, won second place for kindergarten coloring in the recent statewide Law Day Contest sponsored by the Oklahoma Bar Association.

Seminole State College has been designated a 2026-2027 Military Friendly School by Viqtory, earning Silver Status for its commitment to supporting military-affiliated students. The College was also recognized as a Military Spouse Friendly School for 20262027.

Attorney General Gentner Drummond’s Medicaid Fraud Control Unit (MFCU) wrapped up investigations this week in 10 counties across Oklahoma, resulting in 10 arrests, two surrenders, 10 criminal cases and one civil action. More than $1.

Oklahoma seemingly took a detour from February straight into July during what became the warmest March on record for the state. The unusual heat arrived on the heels of both the warmest winter and February on record.