A Sasakwa High School student is gaining national attention for his scientific research—and bringing pride to both his school and the Seminole Nation.
A Sasakwa High School student is gaining national attention for his scientific research—and bringing pride to both his school and the Seminole Nation.
A Step Closer
Seminole State College will host a Presidents’ Day presentation, “George Washington: The Indispensable Man,” on Friday, Feb. 13. Social Sciences Division Chair Jeffrey Christiansen will lead the program at 10 a.m. in the Haney Lecture Hall.
On Senior Night, the New Lima Falcons hosted the Schulter Bulldogs for their next to the last game of the regular season.
Chickasaw citizen Meg Gardiner, author of 17 novels and keynote speaker for this year’s Imanoli Writers Conference, stressed persistence as a key step to getting published.
BLS Honors January Star Students
The State Historic Preservation Office will host a free webinar on Tuesday, Feb. 24, at noon for people to learn more about the Dawes Rolls and how to use them to find your ancestors. Laura Martin, deputy director of the Oklahoma Historical Society Research Division, will be the presenter.
AccordingtotheFebruarymonthly report from the Oklahoma Tax Commission (OTC), medical marijuana sales continued to decrease for the second month in a row in Seminole County between December and January. Even though there was actually an increase in tax revenue from Wewoka, it wasn’t enough to make up for the decrease in the city of Seminole. Statewide, there was an increase in pot sales.
AccordingtotheFebruarymonthly report from the Oklahoma Tax Commission (OTC), medical marijuana sales continued to decrease for the second month in a row in Seminole County between December and January. Even though there was actually an increase in tax revenue from Wewoka, it wasn’t enough to make up for the decrease in the city of Seminole. Statewide, there was an increase in pot sales.
The State Historic Preservation Office will host a free webinar on Tuesday, Feb. 24, at noon for people to learn more about the Dawes Rolls and how to use them to find your ancestors. Laura Martin, deputy director of the Oklahoma Historical Society Research Division, will be the presenter.
A Sasakwa High School student is gaining national attention for his scientific research—and bringing pride to both his school and the Seminole Nation.
Oklahoma Insurance Commissioner Glen Mulready has been appointed Vice Chair of the Property and Casualty Insurance (C) Committee by the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) President Scott White for 2026.
The Varnum Whippets and Lady Whippets rounded out their regular basketball season with two home games against Oklahoma Christian Academy (OCA) on Friday and the Sasakwa Vikings on Monday.
On Senior Night, the New Lima Falcons hosted the Schulter Bulldogs for their next to the last game of the regular season.
The Ole’ Seminole County rivalry was back Friday night as the Chieftains hosted the Wewoka Tigers for their basketball homecoming.
CBS SPORTS - It took more than a decade, but the Seattle Seahawks and their fans finally got their revenge Sunday for the famous Malcolm Butler play, defeating the New England Patriots 29-13 in Super Bowl LX in Santa Clara, California, to earn their second title in franchise history. In the process, they denied the Patriots what would have been a league-leading seventh Super Bowl win.
DEAR ABBY: My husband is 76 but doesn’t look a day over 60. He has a full head of hair with little graying, no facial wrinkles, and he’s fairly fit. I’m 71 and look every day my age, probably older. I have graying hair -- lots of it but I like the color and will never dye it. I am fit, but the deep facial wrinkles and turkey neck emphasize my age. I “thank” my husband, a man I’ve lived with for 40 years, for this. He has given me years of stress and disappointment.
DEAR ABBY: My boyfriend of several years, “Guy,” often asks me to take a trip with him. I have researched accommodations at the suggested destinations, only to have him say they are too pricey. Thus, we never go anywhere, although he could easily afford it.
Although there will always be the occasional opportunistic prankster, more and more Near Death Experiences (NDEs) are being reported by professionals, including doctors, lawyers, community leaders, and academic scholars—people who have extensive visibility and interaction within the public square. These individuals, it would seem, are much more dependent upon their credibility than others in the general population. Of such people, it can reasonably be said that they have much to lose and very little to gain by reporting a false NDE. Therefore, it is quite reasonable to believe that their testimony concerning what they experienced during a NDE is most likely reliable and trustworthy. In particular, NDEs by atheists in which they encounter what they interpret to be either Jesus or God, and lead to a life-changing conversion, are very powerful stories indeed. One such story comes from the “fierce atheist” John Wren-Lewis (1923-2006).
An unthinkable, most unbelievable, event occurred in Boston in 1919 right after First World War. I didn’t believe it after I read about it, but I found articles about it to be listed in The Boston Globe, The New York Times, The Christian Monitor, Wikipedia, and CBS News websites. So I have some confidence that it really happened.
Tulsa, Oklahoma resident, Marcie Long, went to be with our Lord on Friday, February 6, 2026, at OSU Medical Center in Tulsa at the age of 63.
Troy “Butch” Joe Yargee passed away Sunday, February 8, 2026 at his home in Wewoka, He is preceded in death by his parents, brothers, Roy “Bunny” Yargee, and Ledon Alexander.
Wheeler Danny Lee Wheeler, 78, of Seminole, passed away Friday, January 23, 2026, in Seminole.
Smithee Kenneth Gene Smithee, 85, a 1959 graduate of Eufaula High School and longtime Seminole resident, went to be with his Lord and Savior, on Thursday, February 5, 2026 at his daughter’s home in Seminole. Kenneth was born on Aug 23, 1940 in Eufaula, Oklahoma to Walter Fredrick and Lena May (Rule) Smithee.
