Sen. Grant Green, whose district includes Seminole County, has successfully advanced a statewide ban on the use of sewage sludge and biosolid materials as fertilizer through the state Senate.
Read moreBy Ken Childers Editor Polls will be open today in several elections across Seminole County. Following is a rundown of the elections: Patrons of the Butner Public School District will decide on a $440,000 proposal to fund school renovations, transportation and other needs. The ballot reads as follows: “Shall Independent School District Number 15 of Seminole County, Oklahoma, incur an indebtedness by issuing its bonds in the sum of Four Hundred Forty Thousand Dollars ($440,000) to be issued in one or more series to provide funds for the purpose of constructing, equipping, repairing and remodeling school buildings, acquiring school furniture, fixtures and equipment and acquiring and improving school sites, and levy and collect an annual tax, in addition to all other taxes, upon all the taxable property in such District sufficient to pay the interest on such bonds as it falls due and also to constitute a sinking fund for the payment of the principal thereof when due, said bonds to bear interest not to exceed the rate of ten (10%) percentum per annum, payable semi-annually and to become due serially within ten (10) years from their date?”
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Former State Forester Mark Goeller has fired back at Governor Kevin Stitt over allegations that he didn’t do his job when wildfires ravaged the state last month.
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Left, Student leaders from Seminole State College and Seminole High School were special guests at a Seminole Chamber of Commerce breakfast with Oklahoma Governor Kevin Stitt on March 27 in the Utterback Ballroom on SSC’s campus. Below left: Following his presentation, SSC Student Government PresidentAdisen Williamson and SHS Superintendent’s Advisory Council President Kassidy Baker presented the Governor with a gift basket filled with items from the Seminole community. Below: During Gov. Stitt’s visit, he spoke with SSC Nursing and Health Sciences Division Chair Dr. Misty Gray and helped test vitals on an infant mannequin in the nursing department’s new simulation lab. (SSC photos)
Read moreTylor L. Vanbrunt, expired tag, plea of guilty, $200.
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