People and Places

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?
David Thompson, left, picks up the Dale Post Office box doors he bought from Ranay Churchwell on Sept. 23. Churchwell recently bought the bank of 104 post office boxes in an online auction, and is now reselling them to those who want of piece of their family’s and Dale’s history. Countywide & Sun/Natasha Dunagan

David Thompson, left, picks up the Dale Post Office box doors he bought from Ranay Churchwell on Sept. 23. Churchwell recently bought the bank of 104 post office boxes in an online auction, and is now reselling them to those who want of piece of their family’s and Dale’s history. Countywide & Sun/Natasha Dunagan

Churchwell Sells Pieces Of Dale’s, Her History

Natasha Dunagan
Thursday, October 7, 2021
Ranay Churchwell, of Dale, recently made a decision to share part of her family’s history with the people in her hometown.