Opportunity Finance Network (OFN) announces $15.5 million in loans to five CDFIs and $750,000 in grants to six CDFIs serving minority and women-owned businesses in rural, urban, and Native communities hardest hit by COVID-19
Read moreFunded by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, the two-year project will seek to understand the immune system’s response to the virus and how that immune response varies in different ethnic groups. Additionally, the study aims to understand if the immune response is protective against future infections -- or if it might worsen them.
Read moreMUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA – The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that Jacob Thomas Decker, age 28, of Dallas, Texas was sentenced to 150 months’ imprisonment, and 3 years of supervised release for Possession With Intent To Distribute Methamphetamine, in violation of Title 21, United States Code, Sections 841(a)(1) and 841(b)(1)(C). The charges arose from an investigation by the Durant Police Department, the Johnston County Sheriff’s Office, the Oklahoma Highway Patrol, the District 22 District Attorneys Task Force, and the Drug Enforcement Administration. The Indictment alleged that on January 16, 2019 the defendant knowingly and intentionally possessed with intent to distribute a mixture or substance containing a detectable amount of methamphetamine, a Schedule II controlled substance.
Read moreIn order to improve Oklahoma’s health outcomes, increase access to health care and foster a more accountable system, the Oklahoma Health Care Authority (OHCA) will seek proposals from qualified managed care organizations to facilitate health care services to eligible and enrolled members of Oklahoma’s Medicaid program, commonly known as SoonerCare. The managed care organizations’ contracts will require them to share the financial risk associated with providing care to members. The request for proposals is expected to be released this fall.
Read moreSeminole’s Strother Cinema will be having its long-awaited reopening this Friday, June 19! The longstanding establishment, owned by Seminole residents Steve and Lisa Schopes, has been closed for months due to the Covid- 19 pandemic. While concerns have not been entirely abated, through added safety precautions they now feel comfortable opening their doors to the public.
Read moreGovernor Kevin Stitt was joined today by city and county leaders to announce the State has begun fulfilling reimbursement requests for Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act Relief Funds, fulfilling 30 percent of city and county requests in the first seven days of receiving applications.
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Seminole High School is set to have a traditional graduation today, June 18, at 8 p.m. at Chieftain Stadium. Graduating seniors have the option to choose to participate or not to participate.The school has issued a list of rules that everyone in attendance must follow in order to comply with guidelines issued by the school. Those rules are as follows:
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