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SPS Child Nutrition Partners With Cooking For Kids

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Thursday, September 29, 2022
Shawnee Public Schools Child Nutrition Department partners with Cooking for Kids to change the landscape surrounding school nutrition. [Shawnee, OK] Shawnee Public Schools nutrition professionals have teamed up with Cooking for Kids to provide fresher, tastier, and healthier cafeteria options and...
Deputy Haven poses outside the courthouse for a photo with Pottawatomie County Sheriff’s Lieutenant Dakota Black.

Deputy Haven poses outside the courthouse for a photo with Pottawatomie County Sheriff’s Lieutenant Dakota Black.

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There’s A New Deputy In The County

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Thursday, September 29, 2022
There is a new Deputy in the Sheriff ’s office. She is kind, loving, and a great listener. She is very petite with beautiful hair, soft, caring eyes, and never meets a stranger.
Jacob Warner, also known to his YouTube fans as ‘Puddin,’ enjoys a Tecumseh football game on Sept. 9, 2022 with his three daughters Hailee, Kayley, and Ella and his wife, Ashley. Tecumseh beat the Seminole Chieftains 34-8. Countywide & Sun/Adriana Fincher

Jacob Warner, also known to his YouTube fans as ‘Puddin,’ enjoys a Tecumseh football game on Sept. 9, 2022 with his three daughters Hailee, Kayley, and Ella and his wife, Ashley. Tecumseh beat the Seminole Chieftains 34-8. Countywide & Sun/Adriana Fincher

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Pottawatomie Profiles: With Over 180K Followers, This YouTuber Calls Tecumseh Home

Adriana Fincher
Thursday, September 29, 2022
Tecumseh is home to many interesting people, including a local YouTuber that is known and loved by many. Jacob Warner, born in Shawnee, OK, lived on Rattlesnake Hill in Tecumseh, OK, with his four siblings since he was in 9th grade(2005).

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Funds Approved For Projects At SPS

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Thursday, September 29, 2022
The Pottawatomie County Board of County Commissioners approved a resolution for ‘full depth reconstruct of Moccasin Trail Road (EW109) beginning at the intersection of NS349 and extending east four miles to NS 353.’

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United Way Seeks To Improve Lives

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Thursday, September 29, 2022
According to unitedway. org, “United Way seeks to improve lives by mobilizing the caring power of communities around the world to advance the common good.”
Marena Wilson and Keelie Utter show their Small Ponies in the Pottawatomie County Horse Show at the Free Fair on Sept. 10. Wilson placed first, and Utter placed second in the class. Countywide & Sun/Natasha Dunagan

Marena Wilson and Keelie Utter show their Small Ponies in the Pottawatomie County Horse Show at the Free Fair on Sept. 10. Wilson placed first, and Utter placed second in the class. Countywide & Sun/Natasha Dunagan

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Pottawatomie County Free Fair Winners

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Friday, September 23, 2022
It was a great week at the Pottawatomie County Free Fair Sep. 7-10. This year’s special award, presented by Chairman Randy Gilbert, recognized longtime fair board member and volunteer Harold Walden. Before moving to the awards portion of the night, the Free Fair board members were recognized.

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BluePeak Internet Now Available In Shawnee

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Friday, September 23, 2022
Bluepeak’s $12 million expansion will bring high-speed fiber network to more than 12,000 homes and businesses in the community. Bluepeak has begun connecting its first customers in Shawnee to officially launch its internet service in the Oklahoma community.
Imagination Library Now Available At Pioneer Library

Imagination Library Now Available At Pioneer Library

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Imagination Library Now Available At Pioneer Library

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Friday, September 23, 2022
Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library Lands at Pioneer Library System Cleveland, McClain, Pottawatomie Counties, OK. September 8, 2022 – Free books by mail are coming soon, delivered straight to the homes of young children living in the Pioneer Library System service area.

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County Close To Moving Into New Building

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Friday, September 23, 2022
Pottawatomie County is closer to the move in day to the new administration building, hopefully. As of the meeting Monday, the board announced a punch list would soon be done, but the front door ordered a year ago had not yet arrived.

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Voters Encouraged To Update Registration

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Friday, September 23, 2022
With the General Election right around the corner, Pottawatomie County Election Board Secretary Patricia Carter is encouraging all registered voters to verify their voting information using the State Election Board’s OK Voter Portal.