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    SSC Delivers Over 700 Textbooks to Concurrent Students

    SSC Delivers Over 700 Textbooks to Concurrent Students

    Above left, SSC GEAR UP Lead Coordinator Leah Martin (left) delivers textbooks to Wetumka High School Counselor Randi Bellinger. As the fall semester began this week, Seminole State College delivered more than 700 textbooks to 420 concurrent students at 38 area high schools.

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    Toxic Relationship Affects Health

    Toxic Relationship Affects Health

    DEAR ABBY: I am a 54-year-old woman who, after 40 years, reconnected with my childhood best friend, “Neil.” We are now engaged. I have no children, but Neil has two girls ages 11 and 13. The 11-year-old is in therapy and on medication for depression and anxiety. I love them as if they were my own.

    Obituaries

    Jo Ann Jones

    Jo Ann Jones

    Jones Shawnee resident Jo Ann Jones, 91, passed away Tuesday, August 18, 2026, in Shawnee. Jo Ann, the daughter of James and Bernice (Moore) Minter, was born February 7, 1935, in Coalgate. She married Edgar Paul Douglas Jones on January 2, 1985. Edgar passed away too soon.
    Wynema “Winnie” Marshalee (Guinn) Montgomery Buley

    Wynema “Winnie” Marshalee (Guinn) Montgomery Buley

    Asher, OK resident Wynema “Winnie” Marshalee (Guinn) Montgomery Buley passed away on Friday, August 14, 2026 surrounded by family at her home at the age of 77. Marshalee was born on February 17, 1949 in Shawnee, OK to Emral Lee and Nelda Fern (Moody) Guinn. She grew up in the St. Louis, OK area.

    This Week In Seminole County

    Monday-Friday⮚Heritage House Nutrition Center 210 College, Seminole. Now open for dine-in.-Saturday⮚America 250 Block Party sponsored by the Seminole Arts Council in downtown Seminole 5-9 p.m.⮚ Seminole Masonic Lodge monthly breakfast 7 – 2 p.m.

    Seminole Joins in 250th Birthday Celebration

    There will be plenty to do in Seminole this Saturday as the nation celebrates the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence.To start the day, the Masonic Lodge (1515 W. Wrangler Blvd.) will hold its monthly breakfast at 7 a.m.

    OU Launches Sovereign Policy Intensive For Tribal Leaders

    The Native Nations Center for Tribal Policy Research at the University of Oklahoma will launch its first Sovereign Policy Intensive in September, a new program designed for elected tribal officials that focuses on understanding broadly relevant federal systems grounded in departmental structures,...

    This Week In Seminole County

    Monday-Friday⮚Heritage House Nutrition Center 210 College, Seminole. Now open for dine-in.-Saturday⮚Early voting 8 a.m. – 2 p.m. at the Seminole County Election Board, 200 S. Brown in Wewoka-Tuesday⮚Election Day. Polls open 7 a.m. – 7 p.m.

    This Week In Seminole County

    Monday-Friday⮚Heritage House Nutrition Center 210 College, Seminole. Now open for dine-in.-Monday⮚Graband go meal distribution 9 a.m. – noon at the Seminole Public Schools Administration building at 600 W. Strother (next scheduled event is Thursday, June 11)⮚ Butner Summer Pride 8 a.m. – 10 a.m.

    Task Force Raids Two Illegal Pot Grows in Prague

    Attorney General Gentner Drummond’s Organized Crime Task Force raided two illegal marijuana grow operations near Seminole County last week. According to a news release, on Wednesday, May 6 agents raided Benson Kush and Grand Growth, both in Prague.