A local dentist is holding a Halloween candy buyback event Monday to reduce the amount of sugary candy area children eat and to provide sweet treats to Operation Gratitude for shipment to U.S. troops.
Each day, three of Shawnee’s police officers put on a uniform and serve the people of Shawnee. In their off time, they’re musicians, and their bands are among those performing Friday night as a fundraiser for the Shawnee Police Foundation.
A concert coined “Jam Fest” begins at 7 p.m. at the Heart of Oklahoma Exposition Center.
The Mabee Aerobic Center on the campus of St. Gregory’s University will hold swim lessons beginning June 14.
Lessons will take place Monday, Tuesday and Thursday for two weeks. The cost is $50. Leading the lessons will be SGU alumnus Landin Boler, who is certified with the American Red Cross.
ASHER ELEMENTARY
Early Childhood
Kindergarten
First Grade
Second Grade
Third Grade
Fourth Grade
FIFTH-EIGHTH GRADE
Fifth Grade
Mrs. Milburn's List
Mrs Beauchamp's List (Fifth-Eighth Grade Math)
Mrs. Skagg's List
Mrs. Holly's List (Fifth-Sixth Grade Reading)
Mrs. Magby's List (Eighth Grade English)
Pre-enrollment for all grades will be 1-6 p.m. August 18.
Please bring updated shot records. New students must bring Birth Certificate and shot records to enroll.
As many communities deal with downward trends in sales tax collections, Pottawatomie County is no exception with its one-cent tax, which has taken a hit of about $100,000 a month recently.
Over the past several months, Pottawatomie County sales tax collections, on average, have been anywhere from $95,000 to $105,000 less per month over the same time frames last year.
Shawnee police served their first search warrant of the New Year Jan. 1, which lead to the arrest of one man on complaints of marijuana possession and possession of drug paraphernalia.
Police arrested Jerry William Brashears, 21, at the home, located at 145 N. Rich.
St. Gregory’s University will celebrate its fall commencement at 11 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 19, inside W.P. Wood Field House.
Four Shawnee educators journeyed to Quartz Mountain for an arts immersion workshop.
Seminole State College’s band, Permanent Issue, entertained the public with a free concert on, Tuesday, Dec. 8.
Western civilization is part of the core curriculum required for all students at Oklahoma Baptist University.
A child who was accidentally struck by a vehicle as he walked home from Jefferson School Thursday was treated for a broken leg and then released from the hospital that night.
A manhunt initiated south of Chandler Saturday evening after a suspect ditched a vehicle following a high-speed pursuit from Shawnee was called off early Sunday morning, but the investigation is far from over.
During the first day of a three-day filing period for open school board seats in Pottawatomie County school districts, races have developed in Grove, Earlsboro and Tecumseh.
Shawnee Honor Choir, an auditioned choir of 53 fourth through seventh graders representing 17 different schools in Shawnee and the surrounding area, will perform a concert at 3 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 13, at Raley Chapel’s Yarborough Auditorium on the Oklahoma Baptist University campus.
Former Gov. George Nigh, who was elected to the Oklahoma House of Representatives when he was a senior at East Central University, will deliver the Centennial Commencement address Saturday, Dec. 12, for ECU’s December 2009 graduates.
A Shawnee native received an award from her college and degree from the University of Science and Arts of Oklahoma during commencement ceremonies Dec. 4.
The St. Gregory’s University Spirit and Sole Dance Ensemble will present its fall concert Friday and Saturday at 7:30 p.m. inside Sarkeys Performing Arts Center. The concert will include students of the SGU Dance Academy, an instructional program for children ages three and up.
Approximately 300 students from Southwestern Oklahoma State University at Weatherford will complete requirements for either bachelor’s, master’s or doctoral degrees after the current Fall 2009 semester.
Seminole State College received a $300,000 federal grant to implement a new textbook rental program that will kickoff in 2010.