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Rep. Danny Williams, R-Seminole, will participate in interim studies that include ad valorem tax and parole board reform in the Oklahoma House beginning next week.
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Seminole State College’s Director of Community Relations Kim Pringle was recently elected President of the Oklahoma College Public Relations Association (OCPRA) during the organization’s monthly board meeting on July 15.
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Throughout the month of August, Seminole Public Library is offering patrons a meaningful way to settle overdue book fines: by donating school supplies. In the spirit of community and support for local students, library visitors may bring in new school supplies, which will be accepted in place of traditional monetary fines.
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A proposed new sales tax to bolster education in Seminole County is modeled after Pottawatomie County’s education tax, those behind the effort say.
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The Muscogee Nation Supreme Court affirmed a district court’s ruling that Muscogee Freedmen are entitled to citizenship within the tribal nation and held that references to a “by blood” requirement in the nation’s laws have been unlawful since their inception. Muscogee Freedmen — people of African descent held in slavery by some Muscogee citizens prior to the U.S. Civil War — were granted citizenship by the nation’s Treaty of 1866 with the United States. Freedmen and their descendants held citizenship in the Muscogee Nation until a new constitution was written in 1979.
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It may seem like the summer vacation just got underway, but the reality is, back to school time is just around the corner. In fact, most Seminole County students will return to the classroom in just two weeks.
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