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Oklahoma Broadband Office Launches Interactive Internet Service Map OKLAHOMA CITY – The Oklahoma Broadband Office (OBO) has launched an interactive online map detailing availability of high-speed internet service throughout the state, Executive Director Mike Sanders announced. The Oklahoma Broadband Map, available at map.broadband.ok.gov, offers Oklahomans a way to track improvements in broadband infrastructure as federal…

OKLAHOMA CITY MAN SENTENCED TO SERVE MORE THAN A DECADE IN FEDERAL PRISON FOR IMPERSONATING AN FBI SPECIAL AGENT AND ILLEGALLY POSSESSING A FIREARM OKLAHOMA CITY – Yesterday, Seth Daniel Grant, 38, of Oklahoma City, was sentenced to serve 11 years in federal prison for impersonating a special agent with the FBI and for illegally…

Hicks’ study to examine Oklahoma’s Afghan Resettlement Program Tuesday The Senate Veterans and Military Affairs Committee will hold an interim study Tuesday, Aug. 15, examining the state’s Afghan placement and assistance program. The study was requested by Sen. Carri Hicks, D-OKC, and will be held in Room 4S.9 at the State Capitol beginning at 9…

Okemah Public Schools will hold a public hearing Okemah Public Schools will hold a public hearing on the district’s Native American student policies and procedures on Monday, August 14, 2023, @6:30 pm at the Board of Education room located at 107 W. Date . Parents and guardians of Native American students attending Okemah Schools are…

BARKING WATER MUSIC FESTIVAL SET FOR SEPTEMBER 9 IN WEWOKA! The annual “Barking Water Music Festival” will take place in downtown Wewoka, OK Saturday night September, 9 2023 at 6:30 pm. In it’s 4th year, the event will bring talented Oklahoma artists to the stage at 2nd and Wewoka in front of the Seminole County…

Woody Guthrie Center to host exhibition showing rarely seen photos of Billie Holiday’s private and public works   TULSA, Okla. (July 26, 2023) — In April 1957, photographer Jerry Dantzic had an assignment from Decca Records to photograph Billie Holiday during a weeklong run of performances at the Newark, N.J., nightclub, Sugar Hill. What unfolded…

North 3740 Road will be closed in Okfuskee County beginning August 7th through the end of October   North 3740 Road in Okemah is expected to be closed for 90 days. The closure is necessary to place a new bridge that carries traffic over the creek by Greenleaf Baptist Church.  The road will be closed…

OSU to commemorate 100 years of Pistol Pete with ‘The Year of the Cowboy’ celebration (STILLWATER, Okla., Aug. 10, 2023) — When Frank Eaton joined Stillwater’s Armistice Day parade in 1923, it marked the beginning of a storied tradition that would later see Oklahoma State University redefine itself through Eaton’s image in the form of a mascot…

Tulsa beekeeping workshop available in September By Gail Ellis STILLWATER, Okla. – Oklahoma State University Extension will host a Beekeeping Basics Workshop on September 7 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Tulsa County OSU Extension Center, 4116 E. 15th in Tulsa. The event will provide basic information on honey production as well as…