Amy Loftis Walton speaks to the Pottawatomie County Board of County Commissions about economic development opportunities within the county. Countywide & Sun/Suzie Campbell

Health Week ’24 Steering Committee members (l-r): Mike Jobe (Shawnee YMCA), Sue Ellen Frerichs (Shawnee Recreation) Travis Flood (Community Renewal), Audrey Seeliger (Avedis Foundation), Amy Riggins (Shawnee Recreation) Kerri Foster (Shawnee Recreation) Andrea Beck Laser (Focus Health and Wellness), Korie Perez (Pogo), Lindsay Goodson (Pogo), and Taylor Riggins (Gateway to Prevention and Recovery). (Not pictured: Suhaila Nease from Pogo). Photo provided

Relay for Life Guest Speaker Cindy Hale talks about skin cancer during the “Re-Lei for a Cure” event on April 26. Hale said her skin cancer started with a spot on her nose.

Oklahoma State Representative Danny Sterling, right, presents a citation of recognition on behalf of the Oklahoma House of Representatives to Mary Carter, of Tecumseh, during a reception at SpOKeLAHOMA on May 3. Carter was inducted into the Oklahoma Journalism Hall of Fame on May 2 at the University of Central Oklahoma. Sterling read the citation aloud before presenting it. He said Carter began working for the Countywide News at age 15, performing various jobs in the office.

Citizen Potawatomi Nation’s donated bales are loaded on to trucks. Photo courtesy of CPN