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Healthy Picks are available at both FireLake Express stores and at the FireLake Discount Foods. Look for the signs. Photos provided

Healthy Picks are available at both FireLake Express stores and at the FireLake Discount Foods. Look for the signs. Photos provided

TSET Healthy Living Program Highlights Healthy Picks

News Staff
Wednesday, November 8, 2023
SHAWNEE – Pottawatomie County’s Healthy Living Prog ram is working to make selecting a healthy snack option quick and easy. Certain local retailers are opting into Healthy Picks signage to guide patrons in making healthier choices.

Opioid Abatement Grant Application Deadline This Week

Julie Talton
Wednesday, November 8, 2023
On Tuesday, Nov 7, 2023 The Tecumseh Board of Education held a Special Meeting to discuss and possibly vote to approve a Letter of Intent to submit a grant application for an Opioid Abatement Grant Award. Todd Kennedy was the only absent member.

BHS Approves Grant Application

Suzie Campbell
Wednesday, November 8, 2023
Bethel School Board members voted to approve the Letter of Intent to submit an Opioid Abatement Grant Award application during the special meeting held Tuesday evening. Superintendent Dr.
Maurice “Mo” Miller, Sharon Caldwell, Miguel Stewart and Dru Tischer have a conversation during the Oklahoma Employment Security Commission Veterans/Community Job Club on Nov. 2 at Gordon Cooper Technology Center. Countywide & Sun/Natasha Dunagan

Maurice “Mo” Miller, Sharon Caldwell, Miguel Stewart and Dru Tischer have a conversation during the Oklahoma Employment Security Commission Veterans/Community Job Club on Nov. 2 at Gordon Cooper Technology Center. Countywide & Sun/Natasha Dunagan

Veteran, Retired Fire Chief Helps Veterans Find Jobs

Natasha Dunagan
Wednesday, November 8, 2023
Dru Tischer, a Disabled Veterans Outreach Program (DVOP) Specialist for Pottawatomie and Seminole Counties, considers himself to be lucky. He served as an infantryman in the U.S. Army from 1991 to 1995, and when he saw an opportunity to join the Shawnee Fire Department, he took it.
Ghouls, goblins, superheroes, hippies, princesses, etc. visited Tecumseh businesses on Halloween, in search of all the candy they could carry. Countywide & Sun/Suzie Campbell

Ghouls, goblins, superheroes, hippies, princesses, etc. visited Tecumseh businesses on Halloween, in search of all the candy they could carry. Countywide & Sun/Suzie Campbell

Tecumseh Business Trick 'r Treating

News Staff
Thursday, November 2, 2023
Gordon Cooper Technology Center Installs 2023-2024 BPA Offcers

Gordon Cooper Technology Center Installs 2023-2024 BPA Offcers

Gordon Cooper Technology Center Installs 2023-2024 BPA Offcers

News Staff
Thursday, November 2, 2023
Pictured above from left: Macee Miller, Sadie Cousins, Michelle Higgerson, Shakoda Wright, and Hex Nichols. On Friday, Sept. 29, 2023 Gordon Cooper Technology Center Shawnee Campus installed the new 2023-2024 Business Professionals of America’s Officer Teams.

Countyline

News Staff
Thursday, November 2, 2023
Thursday, 2nd VETERANS JOB CLUB/COMMUNITY HIRING EVENT - Gordon Cooper Technology Center Skylab, 1 John C Bruton Blvd, Shawnee 10 am - 12 pm 1st hour is for Veterans. Open to Community at 11am. EASTERN STAR — 7:30 pm, Tecumseh Masonic Lodge.

County Approves New Health Insurance, Effective In 2024

Suzie Campbell
Thursday, November 2, 2023
Pottawatomie County employees will be moving to a new health insurance plan in 2024. The Board of County Commissioners voted Monday, Oct. 30, to move to the Oklahoma Public Employees Health and Welfare Plan (OPEH&W) but will decide which health plan when they are ready to approve the contract.