People and Places

Shawnee Assistant City Manager Jacob Foos stands in his office by a shelf of mementos from other cities where he’s worked. Foos moved to Shawnee and started his current job in Sept. 2021. Countywide & Sun/Natasha Dunagan

Shawnee Assistant City Manager Jacob Foos stands in his office by a shelf of mementos from other cities where he’s worked. Foos moved to Shawnee and started his current job in Sept. 2021. Countywide & Sun/Natasha Dunagan

Jacob Foos Puts Down Roots, Enjoys Making A Difference

Natasha Dunagan
Wednesday, January 5, 2022
Shawnee Assistant City Manager Jacob Foos accepted his job in Sept. 2021, and he is “putting down roots.” Last year, Foos bought a house and moved from Eufaula where he was City Manager for three years.
Radio station trio Annika Stevens, Alicja Carter and Madison Auld are the singing trademark of station KAWL in SLT’s “It’s A Wonderful Life: A KAWL Radio Play”. Photo provided

Radio station trio Annika Stevens, Alicja Carter and Madison Auld are the singing trademark of station KAWL in SLT’s “It’s A Wonderful Life: A KAWL Radio Play”. Photo provided

SLT’s Dec. 11

News Staff
Thursday, December 9, 2021
Shawnee Little Theatre’s holiday stage offering takes audiences back to the simpler days of 1947. A struggling Los Angeles radio station, KAWL, is putting on a live radio version of the Christmasthemed movie “It’s A Wonderful Life”.
owners photo

owners photo

The Corner

News Staff
Saturday, November 20, 2021
The Corner, at 124 N. Broadway in Tecumseh, is shown from above during their Grand Open-ing on Nov. 15. Toys, baby items, and flip-flop shoes are offered upstairs at The Corner, now open at 124 N. Broadway in Tecumseh.
Boo On Bell

Boo On Bell

Boo On Bell

News Staff
Thursday, November 4, 2021
Photos by Countywide & Sun/Natasha Dunagan Cohen Klupenger, 19 months, of Shawnee, waves from his garden wagon during the Boo on Bell Costume Contest, 0-3 age category, on Oct. 30. With the help of his mother, Charleen Klupenger, he won first place.
Tecumseh Trick Or Treat

Tecumseh Trick Or Treat

Tecumseh Trick Or Treat

News Staff
Thursday, November 4, 2021
Photos by Countywide & Sun/Natasha Dunagan A long line of trick-or-treaters, including Madison Collins, 10, in the chicken costume, file past the Tecumseh firefighters during the Tecumseh Business Trick-or-Treating on Oct. 29.
FNB Welcomes Shawn Childress

FNB Welcomes Shawn Childress

FNB Welcomes Shawn Childress

Payton Moody
Friday, October 29, 2021
Shawn Childress has recently joined the First National Bank & Trust Co. as an internal auditor. Graduating from East Central University in Ada, OK, with a degree in accounting, Childress has years of experience in banking.
Rebecca “Becky” Cody has served Tecumseh Police Department for 18 years, first as a dispatcher and then most recently as Tecumseh PD’s Office Manager. Countywide & Sun/Kendra Johnson

Rebecca “Becky” Cody has served Tecumseh Police Department for 18 years, first as a dispatcher and then most recently as Tecumseh PD’s Office Manager. Countywide & Sun/Kendra Johnson

Rebecca Cody Leaves Tecumseh PD After 18 Years Of Service

Kendra Johnson
Thursday, October 14, 2021
Rebecca “Becky” Cody is easy to accidentally miss at first glance through the front desk window of Tecumseh Police Department, due to the window’s height. The responsibilities Cody has carried are harder to miss.
Kayla Townsend

Kayla Townsend

Kayla Townsend

News Staff
Thursday, October 14, 2021
Kayla Townsend, back to camera, and her daughter Hailee Townsend, 9, check out pumpkins at the Tecumseh Ag Boosters Pumpkin Patch on Oct. 9. Shown, from left, are Annleigh Cagle, 7, Casey Beesley, and Owen Beesley, 8, all of Shawnee, Cole Porter, 8, and Kim Porter, both of Tecumseh.
“Out of Exile” producer Kelley Gann; writer, director and producer Kyle Kauwika Harris; actor Ryan Merriman (Agent Brett Solomon); and actor Kyle Jacob Henry (Wesley Russell) take audience questions following a private screening of an unfinished edit of the film, Oct. 1. Countywide & Sun/Kendra Johnson

“Out of Exile” producer Kelley Gann; writer, director and producer Kyle Kauwika Harris; actor Ryan Merriman (Agent Brett Solomon); and actor Kyle Jacob Henry (Wesley Russell) take audience questions following a private screening of an unfinished edit of the film, Oct. 1. Countywide & Sun/Kendra Johnson

Locally Filmed Movie ‘Out of Exile’ Stars Local Actor

Kendra Johnson
Thursday, October 7, 2021
Masked, armed men piled out of a vehicle across the street from the courthouse in downtown Shawnee. And yet, most of Shawnee continued to go about its normal activities as if nothing particularly out of the ordinary was happening that day in 2020. The group of men?