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Jury selection began Monday in the trial of Byron Shepard, accused of first degree murder in the...

The Bethel Acres Town Board denied two medical marijuana growers business licenses and increased...

The Shawnee City Commission got its first look at designs for the new Shawnee Police Department...

These Grove students earned chairs in the Oklahoma Baptist University Honor Band. Left to right are...

First United Bank has announced Dan Boren as its new Chief Banking Officer and President of...

Shawnee Board of Education members were happy to hear some good news about grants Monday night, but...

Oklahoma received a great deal of unquestionably positive, unusually rare and hopefully very...

I don't Trick-or-Treat any more - after all, I'm a grownup - but that doesn't stave my craving for...

It began with an invitation from a customer. Blink and you would’ve missed it. But his passion...

EDITOR Countywide & Sun: It was good to learn Greg Trotter was persistent with ODOT to get the...

It was a hot summer in 1968 and my dad and I went to his friend's shop in Tecumseh. His friend, a U....

State Rep. Danny Sterling (R-Tecumseh) held an interim study recently before the House Health...

The bill request deadline is a little over a month away. So far, only eight bills have been filed i...

Have you adjusted to the time change yet? Just two months left until 2020! I want to salute our...

Carol Anne Freeman, age 11, of South Rock Creek died Monday, Oct. 28, 2019. She was born on May 18,...

Peggy Hays, 81, of Tecumseh, Oklahoma, died Wednesday, Oct. 30, 2019, in Shawnee, Oklahoma.. She...

Richard Arnold Whitten died Nov. 1, 2019. He was born Sept. 21, 1942, to William Edgar Whitten and...

Shawnee resident Richard Norton, 73, died Sunday, Nov. 3, 2019, at his home. Memorial services will...

U.S. Air Force Airman Kyle T. Montgomery graduated from basic military training at Joint Base San...

Friday was a solemn day for the Bethel Wildcats. After the cheers for the seniors at senior night,...

Shawnee's swim team started off the season with major wins. Both girls' and boys' teams placed...

A big District 4A-2 win over McLoud last Friday night sealed a playoff berth for the Savages and...

Auburn Sims didn't have to go to war. He did anyway. The Shawnee resident, a centenarian this year,...

Alpacas of Oklahoma’s Alpaca Blastoff, which draws hundreds of alpaca enthusiasts and fiber...

Rep. Jon Echols (R-Oklahoma City) and Sen. Kim David (R-Porter) commented last week implementation...