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East Central University (ECU) alumnus and former Seminole Band Director Steve Johnson is set to be honored at ECU’s Evening of Honors and Recognition May 1. The event will take place at 6 p.m. in the ECU Foundation Hall, located inside the Chickasaw Business & Conference Center.

—SSC Photo Seminole State College baseball players Andrew Taber of Bethany (left) and Ethan Rich of Prague cheer on Alex Tilley of Seminole as he rounds third base in A League of Their Own’s home opener March 30 at the Brian Crawford Memorial Sports Complex.

In recognition of National Child Abuse Prevention Month, District Attorney Erik Johnson announced the launch of a specialized Crimes Against Children (CAC) Task Force, a multiagency initiative designed to aggressively investigate, prevent, and prosecute child abuse, neglect, and exploitation across...

When Joe Martin became a father, he wanted to give his children the stability he never experienced growing up. For six years after his separation, he lived with his daughter and son in the same trailer park, close to family, in Talala near Oologah.

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 1, 2026 Today is the 91st day of 2026 and the 13th day of spring. TODAY’S HISTORY: In 1826, Samuel Morey received the patent for the first internal combustion engine. In 1945, Operation Iceberg began as U.S. troops landed on the Japanese island of Okinawa.

DEAR ABBY: I have a grown daughter who is most likely an alcoholic. I am not a doctor, so I really don’t know. We live in different cities. A few years ago, she was sitting on the sidewalk outside her apartment dead drunk and holding a lit cigarette.

SACRAMENTO – Oklahoma’s season came to a close on Saturday in Sacramento as the 10th-ranked Sooners fell to top-seeded South Carolina, 64 - 94, in the Sweet 16. The Sooners (26-8) got down early to the Gamecocks and couldn’t mount a comeback against the SEC champions.

Brandi Berry Benson forged two great passions, her music and her Chickasaw heritage, into a premiere of five new works she wrote and recently performed in Chicago with other First Americans. The works were performed under the title “Songs of the Chickasaws: Epic Tales Told Through Music.

District Attorney Roy Powell said today he is considering filing felony charges against the three Seminole County commissioners, the county assessor and a former assistant district attorney.

In celebration of the 250th anniversary of the founding of the United States, select museums across Oklahoma will open their doors for a special Free Day at the Museum on Flag Day, June 14.