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Shawnee Awarded Grant For The Fight Against Opioids

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Thursday, August 8, 2024
Shawnee, Oklahoma, August 1, 2024 – The City of Shawnee is grateful for the recently awarded Oklahoma Opioid Abatement Board grant that will fund a City initiative aimed at addressing the opioid crisis within our community.
Wanette Public Schools new Superintendent Scott Douthit addresses the Pottawatomie County Commission meeting Tuesday, Aug. 6. Countywide & Sun/Suzie Campbell

Wanette Public Schools new Superintendent Scott Douthit addresses the Pottawatomie County Commission meeting Tuesday, Aug. 6. Countywide & Sun/Suzie Campbell

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County Approves Purchase Of New Buses For Wanette

Suzie Campbell
Thursday, August 8, 2024
Wanette Schools is getting two new— used, but new to them—school buses. The new Superintendent, Scott Douthit, presented the request to the Pottawatomie County Board of County Commissioners on Tuesday.Douthit said the school has not had a school bus for at least three years, maybe four.
NIcholas Kosemund is shown here using a boom mic to slide his cinema camera in this action shot for his Oklahoma Art Institute film short over the summer. Photo Provided.

NIcholas Kosemund is shown here using a boom mic to slide his cinema camera in this action shot for his Oklahoma Art Institute film short over the summer. Photo Provided.

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Quartz Mountain Offers Unique Opportunity To NRC Student

Julie Talton
Thursday, August 8, 2024
Over the summer, North Rock Creek Senior, Nicholas Kosemund was able to attend the prestigious Oklahoma Arts Institute at Quartz Mountain in Lone Wolf, Ok.
Shawnee Public Schools Executive Director of Operations Ron Stearns gives a presentation on the progress of tornado recovery projects to the Shawnee Board of Education on Aug. 5. He said they will have the new digital scoreboard installed at Jim Thorpe Stadium on Aug. 22, and they will have as much done on the stadium as possible before the first football game on Sept. 13. The press box may not be done by then, but there will be a rendering of it on display. Countywide & Sun/ Natasha Dunagan

Shawnee Public Schools Executive Director of Operations Ron Stearns gives a presentation on the progress of tornado recovery projects to the Shawnee Board of Education on Aug. 5. He said they will have the new digital scoreboard installed at Jim Thorpe Stadium on Aug. 22, and they will have as much done on the stadium as possible before the first football game on Sept. 13. The press box may not be done by then, but there will be a rendering of it on display. Countywide & Sun/ Natasha Dunagan

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Shawnee Football to Play at Jim Thorpe Stadium

Natasha Dunagan
Thursday, August 8, 2024
The first Shawnee Board of Education meeting of the new school year had much to cover on Aug. 5, including presentations from three people.But first, Dr. Aaron Espolt gave his Superintendent’s Report.Espolt acknowledged that they were back in their board room on the second floor of the...
Families and students fill the WP Wood/THS Alumni Center waiting in line at eight stations for school supplies and backpacks on July 27 during the 10th Annual Mission Tecumseh Back to School Bash. Mission Tecumseh Board Member Anthony LaGrange said they gave away the 549 backpacks they had available in the first hour and continued to hand out school supplies until those ran out. Countywide & Sun/ Natasha Dunagan

Families and students fill the WP Wood/THS Alumni Center waiting in line at eight stations for school supplies and backpacks on July 27 during the 10th Annual Mission Tecumseh Back to School Bash. Mission Tecumseh Board Member Anthony LaGrange said they gave away the 549 backpacks they had available in the first hour and continued to hand out school supplies until those ran out. Countywide & Sun/ Natasha Dunagan

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Mission Tecumseh Hosts 10th Annual Back To School Bash

Natasha Dunagan
Wednesday, July 31, 2024
On July 27, from 10 am to 1 pm, the W.P. Wood/THS Alumni Center in Tecumseh was filled to capacity with families and students for the 10th Annual Mission Tecumseh Back to School Bash.Inside the Alumni, at eight stations, they filled backpacks with school supplies, and outside in the parking lot,...

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Countyline

News Staff
Wednesday, July 31, 2024
: Thursday, 1stSHAWNEE LIONS CLUB - every Thursday (noon) at Santa Fe Cattle Company (Shawnee Mall) EASTERN STAR — 7:30 pm, Tecumseh Masonic Lodge.SPINNING SPOOLS QUILT GUILD - 7 pm, Senior Center at 400 N. Bell.Friday, 2ndVFW FUNDRAISER - 8 am - 4 pm, 811 E. MacArthur, Shawnee.
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BancFirst Offers 1,008 Backpacks at Three Events

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Wednesday, July 31, 2024
Shawnee BancFirst Vice President Brooke Allen hands hotdogs to twins Corie and Junior Kostic, 4, of McLoud, as their grandmother Gayla Kostic looks on during the BancFirst Back to School Bash in McLoud, held at the lot just west of the bank on July 25.