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Attorney General Gentner Drummond and 42 other attorneys general have reached a $700 million nationwide settlement to resolve allegations related to the marketing of Johnson & Johnson’s baby powder and body powder products that contained talc.
Read moreThe Konawa City Council will meet in regular session tonight (Thursday, June 13) at City Hall, 122 N. Broadway, starting at 6:30 p.m.
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SSC Talent Search/FOCUS federal grant program hosted an engineering “Coaster Camp” for eighth-grade students on June 5 and 6. As students worked together and problem solved to build their own roller coasters, Mrs. Jenny Davidson, Wewoka High School Geometry and Trigonometry teacher, taught hands-on lessons related to force, motion, and energy (left photo). Above, “Coaster Camp” participants were then able to see those lessons on a larger scale with a visit to Frontier City theme park. The Talent Search Central and West Projects are 100% federally funded in the amounts of $388,326 and $277,375 annually. For more information about the Talent Search Program, visit sscok.edu/sponsored-grant-programs/talent-search or call 405-382-9709. (Photos provided)
Read moreWashington (June 12, 2024) -- Thirty-eight percent of public school leaders reported they moderately or strongly agreed that traffic patterns around their schools pose a threat to students’ physical safety while commuting to school, according to data released today from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), the statistical center within the U.S. Department of Education’s Institute of Education Sciences. The new data also shed light on public school emergency preparedness and safety procedures. Eighty-five percent of public schools have a behavioral threat assessment team or other formal group to identify students who might be a potential risk for violent or harmful behavior toward themselves or others, an increase from 82 percent in the 2022–23 school year.
Read moreThe Oklahoma Travel Industry Association (OTIA) and the Oklahoma Tourism and Recreation Department this week announced the results of the 2024 Oklahoma Conference on Tourism and RedBud Awards. Held at the Hilton Garden Inn Conference Center in Edmond, OK, the event brought together travel professionals from all over the state for a day full of networking, learning, and celebrating the industry.
Read moreThe Seminole Chamber of Commerce honored Elisa Moran, Outstanding Teenager of Oklahoma for 1974, Tuesday at its monthly Forum Luncheon which included a talk by State Senator Gene C. Howard of District 36.
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THURSDAY, JUNE 13, 2024
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