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Sports

May 14, 2026

Potawatomi Fire to face in-state rival Enid Outlaws in home finale Thursday

The unbeaten Potawatomi Fire, who have already clinched The Basketball League’s Central Conference title, now hit the home stretch with three remaining regular season games.

Conversations

May 10, 2026

Thinking Out Loud: To honor, celebrate and remember your precious mother

How do you plan to remember your Mother on Mother’s Day? This is the one most celebrated days of the year, and one of the saddest days for those whose…

Lifestyle

May 13, 2026

Ombudsman volunteers needed

Would you like to enrich the lives of residents living in nursing homes and assisted livings, and have two spare hours a week to volunteer? If you said yes, we…

[EDITOR’S NOTE: Two students are being honored for each month from September to April of the 2025-26 school year, named as nominees for the Best of Tri-County Area Preps Student of the Year award, which will be announced at the News-Star’s Preps gala on June 2.] Addison Taron and Wrigley Rendleman have been named The Shawnee News-Star…

Community

May 14, 2026

Lighting the way for service

Seminole State College held a pinning ceremony at the Enoch Kelly Haney Center on May 10, following the college’s Commencement exercises for nursing students expected meet degree requirements this semester. The pinning ceremony included candle lighting, signifying the transition from student to one of service.

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Opinion

May 11, 2026

Prayer when it matters most

As we close out the Second Session of the 60th Oklahoma Legislature, the House officially adopted a resolution to Sine Die on Thursday, May 14. We adjourned to the call of the chair on May 7 after completing action on all remaining legislation before the constitutional deadline.