Seminole State College Vice President for Academic and Student Affairs Dr. Bill Knowles presented Athletic Director Leslie Sewell recently with a plaque recognizing her completion of the Advanced Leadership Track of the 2024-2025 Council on Student Affairs Leadership Academy.
Recently, Shawnee Forward celebrated the grand reopening of the McDonald's at 1411 N. Harrison Street with a ribbon cutting and a tour of new the kitchen innovations.
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WASHINGTON – More than $6 million in public broadcasting funding in Oklahoma could be at risk following a vote by the House Appropriations Committee Wednesday. More than $1 million of that is for the state‘s NPR stations, including KGOU in Norman, KOSU in Oklahoma City and KWGS in Tulsa, KCCU in Lawton, KUCO in Edmond and KCNP in Ada, which is owned by the Chickasaw Nation.
MAGNOLIA, AR - Southern Arkansas University has announced that 550 students earned a 3.5 GPA or higher for the spring 2025 semester and have been named to its Dean's List.
WASHINGTON — Richard Glossip, now 62, who has had nine dates set for his execution and has eaten three “last” meals since he was first sentenced to death 25 years ago, next week will turn another page in his long-running legal odyssey. Glossip- the death row prisoner whose case has drawn national scrutiny and sympathizers for more than two decades, will face prosecutors from the Oklahoma attorney general’s office rather than lawyers from the Oklahoma County district attorney.
WASHINGTON — The Internal Revenue Service announces tax relief for individuals and businesses in parts of Oklahoma that were affected by wildfires and straight-line winds that began on March 14, 2025. These taxpayers now have until Nov.
On Tuesday, during a Special Call meeting of the Airport Advisory Board, Patrick Barnas, of H.W. Lochner, offered a summary of construction plans and potential schedules for a three-pronged project under the city’s Capital Improvement Plan (CIP).
Project: SAFE has just received a $91,464.19 grant from Avedis Foundation that will be used for security and sustainability.
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