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OKLAHOMA CITY — The Oklahoma Foundation for Excellence is now accepting applications for the 2026 Academic All-State class. Each year, OFE honors 100 public high school seniors as Academic All-Staters.

On October 12, 1875, two intrepid monks from the French Benedictine monastery of St. Marie of La Pierre-qui-Vire set foot for the first time in the mission territory entrusted to them.

Attorney and former Oklahoma City police officer Irven Box spoke to Assistant Professor of Social Sciences Paul B. Smith’s American Government class at Seminole State College on Sept.

This week, Coach McCune’s class had the opportunity to learn from Sgt. First Class Nicholson and Sgt.

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The early taste of fall that delighted many Oklahomans at the end of August lingered through the first week of September before summer grabbed the remote control again. Gone were the autumn-like highs in the 60s and 70s, replaced by the more customary 80s and 90s.