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Tecumseh Mayor Eddy Parker accepts a $20,000 check from Oklahoma Municipal Power Authority Representative Palma Lowewith. Countywide & Sun/Ryan Ackerman

Tecumseh Mayor Eddy Parker accepts a $20,000 check from Oklahoma Municipal Power Authority Representative Palma Lowewith. Countywide & Sun/Ryan Ackerman

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Tecumseh Receives $20K From Oklahoma Municipal Power Authority

Ryan Ackerman
Thursday, October 6, 2022
Tecumseh Mayor Eddy Parker accepted a $20,000 check from the Oklahoma Municipal Power Authority at the Tecumseh City Hall Meeting on Oct. 3, 2022.
Shawnee fourth-grader Aurora Hall leads the Flag Salute next to Horace Mann Principal Jennifer Epperley during the Oct. 3 Shawnee Board of Education meeting. Countywide & Sun/Natasha Dunagan

Shawnee fourth-grader Aurora Hall leads the Flag Salute next to Horace Mann Principal Jennifer Epperley during the Oct. 3 Shawnee Board of Education meeting. Countywide & Sun/Natasha Dunagan

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Shawnee Presented Redistricting Changes, Drop-Out, ACT Numbers

Natasha Dunagan
Thursday, October 6, 2022
The Shawnee Board of Education wards have gone through redistricting, but you would have to look closely at the map to notice.
Principal Randy Dilbeck works to cut up and remove a branch from a century-old pecan tree on the high school grounds.

Principal Randy Dilbeck works to cut up and remove a branch from a century-old pecan tree on the high school grounds.

THS Losing Some Very Old Trees

Natasha Dunagan
Thursday, September 29, 2022
On Sept. 10, Tecumseh High School Principal Randy Dilbeck saws into sections a branch which fell from a pecan tree growing along the entrance road to the school.

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Voter Information

News Staff
Thursday, September 29, 2022
Oct. 14 is the last day to apply for voter registration in order to be eligible to vote in the Nov. 8 General Election, Pottawatomie County Election Board Secretary Patricia Carter said. Persons who are U.S. Citizens, residents of Oklahoma, and at least 17 ½ years can apply for voter registration.

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Get Tickets Now For The Honey Do Auction

News Staff
Thursday, September 29, 2022
October is National Domestic Violence Awareness Month, and in the US, 1 in 3 women and 1 in 4 men have experienced some form of physical violence by an intimate partner This includes a range of behaviors (e.g. slapping, shoving, pushing) and in some cases might not be considered “domestic violence”...
A group from Holiness Church sings "It Only Takes One" during the Frontier Days Gospel Sing at Broadway Chapel, in Tecumseh, Sept. 15. Four groups and two individuals from area churches participated in the Gospel Sing. Countywide & Sun/Natasha Dunagan

A group from Holiness Church sings "It Only Takes One" during the Frontier Days Gospel Sing at Broadway Chapel, in Tecumseh, Sept. 15. Four groups and two individuals from area churches participated in the Gospel Sing. Countywide & Sun/Natasha Dunagan

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Frontier Days Fun

Natasha Dunagan
Thursday, September 29, 2022
Frontier Days Fun
Recreating the first Pottawatomie County Free Fair picture taken with Board Chairman Randy Gilbert when she was much younger, Morley Griffith accepts a Beef Breed Champion bucket during the Fair Awards on Sept. 10. Countywide & Sun/Natasha Dunagan

Recreating the first Pottawatomie County Free Fair picture taken with Board Chairman Randy Gilbert when she was much younger, Morley Griffith accepts a Beef Breed Champion bucket during the Fair Awards on Sept. 10. Countywide & Sun/Natasha Dunagan

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Dale FFA President Morley Griffith Juggles Roles

Natasha Dunagan
Thursday, September 29, 2022
Morley Griffith, President of Dale FFA, is having a busy year. Now in her senior year, she has had an incredibly successful career in 4-H Clubs and Future Farmers of America.