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Troop 477 Eagle Scout Lucas Schafer, 16, salutes the U.S. flag after posting the colors, as Bill Ford, Jerry Shiles, State Senator Shane Jett and Former State Rep. Justin Wood and others do the same, during the Shawnee Memorial Day ceremony at Woodland Veterans Park on May 25. Jett and Wood spoke at the event. Photos by Natasha Dunagan, Countywide & Sun

Troop 477 Eagle Scout Lucas Schafer, 16, salutes the U.S. flag after posting the colors, as Bill Ford, Jerry Shiles, State Senator Shane Jett and Former State Rep. Justin Wood and others do the same, during the Shawnee Memorial Day ceremony at Woodland Veterans Park on May 25. Jett and Wood spoke at the event. Photos by Natasha Dunagan, Countywide & Sun

Fallen heroes remembered

Thursday, May 28, 2026

The local Memorial Day ceremonies began at the Pottawatomie County Educational Veterans Museum, at 331 N. Broadway in Shawnee, for a Gold Star Families Event.During the event on May 25, Shawnee Veterans Memorial Committee Chairman Bill Ford gave an update on the museum.

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Robot Team in Shawnee: Dr. Amanda Schovanec and Dr. Danielle Manship (at right in lab coats) and the robotic surgical team at SSM Health St. Anthony Hospital – Shawnee. Photo provided by SSM

Robot Team in Shawnee: Dr. Amanda Schovanec and Dr. Danielle Manship (at right in lab coats) and the robotic surgical team at SSM Health St. Anthony Hospital – Shawnee. Photo provided by SSM

SSM Adds da Vinci Surgical System

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SHAWNEE, Okla. — SSM Health St. Anthony Hospital - Shawnee is proud to announce the addition of the da Vinci Xi surgical system, bringing advanced robotic-…
Paul Potts, a senior at Dale High School, was the winner of the Jim Spurr Student Poetry Contest.

Paul Potts, a senior at Dale High School, was the winner of the Jim Spurr Student Poetry Contest.

Poetry Contest Winner

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Twelve area students were honored at the awards ceremony Sunday for the Jim Spurr Student Poetry Contest. They were chosen from almost 100 entries, sorted into…
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Dell Kerbs

Dist. 3 Candidate Forum for County Commissioner

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On the evening of May 21, the Pottawatomie Advocates for Voter Education (PAVE) hosted a candidate forum for the Dist. 3 County Commissioner race. All four…
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Sports 

Summer Sports Underway at THS

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School is over and sports have come to an end for the year. But most Tecumseh teams are already ramping up their summer schedules to get ready for the upcoming…
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Seminole State Baseball competes at Worlds

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Tecumseh sophomore Jaxon McCullough, left, serves, as freshman Noah Mason stands ready, during the Boys State Tennis Tournament, held at the OKC Tennis Center on May 15. See full cutline below.

Tecumseh sophomore Jaxon McCullough, left, serves, as freshman Noah Mason stands ready, during the Boys State Tennis Tournament, held at the OKC Tennis Center on May 15. See full cutline below.

THS Boys Tennis competes at State

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Tecumseh sophomore Jaxon McCullough, left, serves, as freshman Noah Mason stands ready, during the Boys State Tennis Tournament, held at the OKC Tennis Center…
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