August 21, 2026
Morgan and Gage Bullard, of Edmond, swing and toss two of their three children, ages 1, 3 and 4, as Oklahoma Line performs "Before I Met You" on Friday night, Aug. 7, during the FireLake Fireflight Balloon Festival. Kaleb Austin and Austin Snell also performed at the festival on Aug. 8 at the CPN Festival Grounds in Shawnee. Photos by Natasha Dunagan, Countywide & Sun
Shawnee Student Council member, senior Michale Young, speaks to the Shawnee Public Schools Board of Education about plans for one homecoming for the school year, which will include a dance and a parade, during the Aug. 10 meeting, as fellow senior and Stuco member, Kadence Jenkins, and Stuco Sponsor Ryan Boren look on. Photos by Natasha Dunagan, Countywide & Sun
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Daniel Bowlan has performed at the Oklahoma Opry about every three months for the last year. Photo by Stefani Stuemky of the Oklahoma Opry
Tecumseh BancFirst Operations Specialist Ashlee Doss hands out backpacks full of school supplies during the Fifth Annual Tecumseh BancFirst Back to School Bash on July 30. Free hotdogs from BancFirst and snow cones from The Snow Shak were also available. The next BancFirst Back to School Bash will be at the Shawnee branch on Harrison today (Aug. 6), 6:15-7:30 pm. Photos by Natasha Dunagan, Countywide & Sun
Science Museum Oklahoma Educator Riley Flynn helps Lincoln Nickell, 5, of McLoud, pull back a "Stegosaurus tail" that will strike Simon the test dummy, who is wearing Nickell's specially-designed protective breast plate, during the "Impact Engineering: Outstanding Dinosaurs" McLoud Public Library program, held at the American Legion Ray Large Post 244 on July 30. A successful test was one where no holes were made in the cardboard. Photos by Natasha Dunagan, Countywide & Sun
