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OU Health, Mercy and SSM Health St. Anthony are teaming up with 100 of the nation’s top hospitals and healthcare systems to deliver an urgent plea for all Americans: Mask up, because wearing a facemask is the best chance at slowing the surging COVID-19 pandemic.
Read moreVoters who want to vote by absentee ballot for the 2021 Election Year should submit their absentee ballot applications to their County Election Board as soon as possible, the Seminole County Election Board Secretary said today. Voters can request ballots for individual elections or for all elections they are eligible to vote in during the 2021 Election Year. County Election Board Secretary, Amy Baker, encourages voters to apply early.
Read moreWith announcements earlier this month that two pharmaceutical giants have developed effective COVID- 19 vaccines, Oklahoma and other states across the nation are ramping up plans to distribute millions of doses of the potentially life-saving vaccine in the coming months.
Read moreSeminole State College Student Support Services hosted a variety of activities recognizing first-generation students last week. The event concluded with an essay contest on Friday, Nov. 20. The theme of the essay was “I Am First-Gen and I Am Exceptional.” SSC Student Tema Yargee, of Okemah, won the contest and a $50 prize. Yargee is a sophomore at SSC and is majoring in Criminal Justice. Her essay is included below:
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SSC Student Tema Yargee (left) is named the winner of the “I Am First-Gen and I Am Exceptional” essay contest. She receives her prize from her Student Support Services Advisor Laura Votaw.
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The dirt-work is being done as continuing work on a new apron and taxi-lane for a new bank of hangars at the Seminole Airport in the near future. Federal Aviation Administration has awarded Seminole more than $430,000 for this phase of the project. The next phase will be the construction of 12 t-hangars at the site, through at multi-phase grant from FAA totaling more than $830,000.
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