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The state’s wholesale pecan industry generates $23 million a year, and with the 2024 harvest on the horizon, Oklahoma pecan producers are preparing for a busy season.
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Today is the 285th day of 2024 and the 20th day of autumn. TODAY’S HISTORY: In 1779, Polish nobleman Casimir Pulaski died from wounds he suffered while fighting for American independence in the Revolutionary War. In 1890, the Daughters of the American Revolution formed. In 1975, “Saturday Night Live” debuted on
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The Oklahoma State University (OSU) Museum of Art will deliver a masterclass in illustration with “Ralph Steadman: And Another Thing,” on view Jan. 21-May 10, 2025. The national touring exhibition spans more than 60 years of the artist’s life and artwork. It showcases his legendary collaborations with maverick Gonzo journalist Hunter S. Thompson, his illustrated literary classics such as Lewis Carroll’s “Alice in Wonderland” and Robert Louis Stevenson’s “Treasure Island,” the inventive books he authored such as “I, Leonardo” and “The Big I Am” and so much more.
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At their September 5 meeting, the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education approved Seminole State College’s request to establish the Seminole State College Early College High School program. The new initiative will be launched in partnership with Seminole Public Schools, Shawnee Public Schools and The Academy of Seminole (TAOS).
Read moreThe October release from the Oklahoma Tax Commission (OTC) shows the City of Seminole, which has a 0.04 percent sales tax, saw an increase in tax revenue for the month of October compared to last month. The release showed this revenue was lower compared to October last year.
Read moreSSM Health St. Anthony and Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Oklahoma have reached a new, two-year agreement that ensures SSM Health ministries in Oklahoma will remain in network through Sept. 30, 2026. The announcement was made Wednesday via a press release.
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The Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education announced Wednesday the selection of higher education leader Sean Burrage as the next chancellor of the Oklahoma State System of Higher Education. Burrage will take office as Oklahoma’s 10th chancellor on Dec. 2, 2024, succeeding Chancellor Allison D. Garrett, who has served in the office since November 2021 and will retire Dec. 1.
Read moreToday’s birthdays include Debra Beene, Kelly Blackburn, Dan Churchwell, Clarice Cloud, Al Colman, Kelli Cook, George Factor, Jacklyn Grant, Kelsey Grisham, Jerry Hellman, John Humphrey, Melody Inman, Jeremy Lewis, Jessica Long, Judy Melson, Phil Neill, Monica and Melissa Paschal, Debbie Phillips, Bill Scott, Mariana Siqueiros, Maurine Welt & Brenda Wolf.
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