Shawnee Parks and Recreation
Hello Shawnee! After that cold snap last weekend, I hope we will have more spring like weather. While we needed the rain, I could have done without the below freezing wind chills! Let springtime truly begin!
"Kim (The Shawnee News-Star)"
GCTC honors Pott. County commissioners at Partners in Progress Awards
OKLAHOMA CITY – Gordon Cooper Technology Center joined CareerTech technology centers from across the state to celebrate the partnerships that fuel local and statewide economic growth at the annual Partners in Progress event on Monday. This year, Gordon Cooper was proud to recognize Pottawatomie County Commissioners, Melissa Dennis, Greg Rush and Abby Thompson as exemplary partners in career and technology education (CTE).
Area high school teams compete in OBU Track and Field Meet
More than 20 teams competed in the Oklahoma Baptist University Bison Invitational track meet Tuesday. North Rock Creek boys placed fourth overall and Shawnee came in at 10th.
Editorial cartoons
Editorial cartoons
Shawnee Family YMCA welcomes Bob McNeil as new CEO
SHAWNEE - The Shawnee Family YMCA is proud to announce the appointment of Bob McNeil as its new Chief Executive Officer, effective March 3, 2025. McNeil was selected following an extensive national search in partnership with YMCA of the USA and was unanimously chosen by the Shawnee Family YMCA Board of Directors for his outstanding leadership, community dedication, and depth of experience.
Businesses recognized for collaboration with tech centers
OKLAHOMA CITY – Some of Oklahoma CareerTech’s most valued industry partners were recognized at the annual Partners in Progress celebration on Monday. The Oklahoma Association of Career and Technology Education (OkACTE) and Oklahoma Association of Technology Centers (OATC) presented awards to thirty businesses that were recognized for making outstanding contributions to the improvement, promotion, development and progress of career and technology centers in Oklahoma.
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SSC hosts community leaders breakfast
Seminole State College welcomed civic leaders from Stroud, Holdenville, Seminole, Konawa, Prague, Okemah, McLoud, Maud, Meeker, Wewoka and Cromwell on April 9 for a breakfast. The event was sponsored by SSC’s Rural Business and Resources Center.
Sequoyah's 5th grade wax museum offers trip through time
Sequoyah Elementary students in Shawnee recently hosted a 5th grade Wax Museum. From shaking hands with George Washington and chatting with John and Abigail Adams, to meeting Lord Baltimore, or listening to wisdom from Ben Franklin and hearing the midnight ride tale straight from Paul Revere, the event offered guests a trip through time.
Gardens of the Cross Timbers: So Much Orange
Gymnosporangium juniperi-virginianae is the culprit now actively reproducing on redcedar trees. You may know it as cedar apple rust.