Articles from the January 16, 2020 edition
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Design Begins For New Shawnee Elementary
Shawnee Board of Education members Monday night awarded Shawnee schools Supt. Dr. April Grace a new...
County Honors World War II Veteran William Rapp
World War II Army Veteran William T. Rapp is the first recipient of the Veteran of the Month certifi...
Shawnee Voters Currently Have One Candidate For Mayor
At the moment, Ed stands alone in the Shawnee mayor’s race. That’s Ed Bolt, the city...
David Irby Resigns As Bethel Band Director
Bethel School Board accepted the resignation of longtime band director David Irby during the...
TPS Track And Tennis Courts To Get Facelift
Tecumseh Public Schools' track and tennis courts will be getting a facelift soon. The TPS Board of...
County Sets Fees For OMM Businesses
New policies, new fees, and new resolutions were approved at the Pottawatomie County Board of...
Does Stitt Fit?
This and that about that and this ... beginning with a simple question: Now that he’s been at...
Creature From The Mojave Lagoon
The last thing I expected to see was a creature surfacing from a lake in the Nevada desert. Oh, was...
New Bill On Bullying Clarifies Rules
The bill filing deadline is today. This year, I’ve requested 25 bills. As of last Friday, 14...
Up In Smoke
Oklahoma got a close-up, personal lesson on LSU football a week or so ago. It was Clemson’s turn...
Gay Gower
Gay Gower, 86, of Tecumseh, Oklahoma, died Sunday, January 12, 2020, in Shawnee. Visitation will be...
Michael Glenn Orso
Michael Glenn Orso, 45, of Wanette, Oklahoma, died Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2020, at his home. Mr. Orso...
Mark Allen Tramble Sr.
Mark Allen Tramble Sr., 62, lifelong resident of Shawnee, Oklahoma, died Saturday, Jan. 11, 2020, at...
Kate Hembree
Shawnee resident Kate Hembree, 98, died Monday, Jan. 13, 2020, in Shawnee. Memorial services are...
Doyle F. Wasson
Doyle F. Wasson of Shawnee died Jan. 4, 2020. Doyle was born Sept. 21, 1936, in Chandler, Oklahoma,...
Arthur Ray Wapskineh
Arthur Ray Wapskineh (“King Arthur”) was born on June 26, 1967, in Pawnee, Oklahoma, to the...
Tecumseh Golden Age Center
Wow! Sixteen days into the new year, and I am still having trouble remembering to put 2020 on my...
Gardening With Experts Set For Jan. 25 At GCTC
The 22nd annual Gardening with the Experts program is scheduled for Saturday, Jan. 25, at Gordon...
Choir Auditions Set Jan. 21
The OBU Music Preparatory Department is holding auditions for Shawnee Honor Choir (grades 3-7) and...
60th Anniversary
Sam and Joi Grissom will celebrate their 60th wedding anniversary on Jan. 25 with friends and...
Savages Soar into Route 66 Championship Battle
The 15th-ranked Tecumseh Savages made it to the championship game of the Route 66 Tournament in Stro...
THS Girls Win Title in Route 66 Tournament
Fresh off Christmas break, the young Lady Savage basketball team accomplished something that...
Shawnee Surges To Victory
The Wolves were on fire Tuesday at home against the Western Heights Jets. The Lady Wolves scored...
Bethel Gets Big Win At Home
After a ten-year trophy drought, the Bethel wrestling team brought home a big one winning the Battle...
BHS Beats Moore JV 61-24
The Lady Wildcats had their ups and downs last week: beating Mount St. Mary 55-37 Tuesday, losing...