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Before any business was conducted, Jefferson Elementary fifth grade student Blu Fox called the Jan....

State Senator Jason Smalley announced Tuesday he would resign his office effective Jan. 31. "It has...

Oklahoma Baptist University has appointed Dr. Robbie Henson as dean of the University’s College...

Three seats are up for re-election to the Pottawatomie County Free Fair Board early next month. The...

SSM Health Oklahoma has selected Angi Mohr to be the next president of SSM Health St. Anthony...

Shawnee High School Junior Hanaa Saidi has been selected to attend the High School Leadership...

The Bethel Wildcats got a little taste of playing professional basketball last week when they...

Friday was a night of ups and downs for Shawnee. The Lady Wolves couldn't handle the pressure of...

Savage wrestling is starting to come on strong with another home match win and wrestlers placing in...

The 15th-ranked Savage round ballers continued to win last week with two more victories, one at...

EDITOR: The Countywide & Sun “In America we have this obsession with freedom and in order to be...

EDITOR The Countywide & Sun: Shawnee holds such a special place in my heart. I have been blessed...

Oklahomans may not live, work and function under the most stringent Open Information laws in the...

Gene “Pete” Ellis Stanley, 82, died on Jan. 17, 2020, in Shawnee, Okla., with family in his...

Bevlyn June Taron died on her 76th birthday, Saturday, Jan. 18, 2020. She was born in Tulsa, Okla.,...

Gay Gower, 86, of Tecumseh, Oklahoma, died Sunday, Jan. 12, 2020, in Shawnee, Oklahoma. She was...

Jack L. Coffey, Pharm D., died on Jan. 15, 2020. Jack was born in Vanoss, Oklahoma, on May 20,...

George A. Menz died Friday, Jan. 17, 2020. George was born in Vallejo, Calif., on June 23, 1943, to...

Sylvester Leon Rigney, 86, of Shawnee, Okla., died Jan. 14, 2020. He was born May 25, 1933, in...

Earlsboro resident, William Boyd Ross, 95, died Jan. 15, 2020, at his home. Boyd was born Dec. 23,...

Richard Lee Martin II, 59, of Eufaula, Oklahoma, on Jan. 12, 2020, at his home. Richard was born on...

Karen H. Sturgis, 72, of Tecumseh, Oklahoma, died Saturday, Jan. 18, 2020, in Oklahoma City. She...

Shawnee resident Larry Neal Schmitt Sr., 76, died on Saturday, Jan. 18, 2020, at his home. Larry...