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"Kim (The Shawnee News-Star)"
Cooper Funeral Home to present 'A Christmas Keepsake' Dec. 8
For the 33rd consecutive year, Cooper Funeral Home in Tecumseh will present its special memorial program, A Christmas Keepsake. The program will be held 2 p.m. Sunday afternoon, December 8, in the Chapel of Cooper Funeral Home.
Editorial cartoons
Editorial cartoons
Local nonprofit, Shawnee Bridges, announces new interim executive director, three new board members
Shawnee Bridges Out of Poverty welcomes a new interim executive director and three new board members as the nonprofit continues to focus on providing programs dedicated to breaking the cycles of generational poverty. The new interim executive director, Emily Rothrock, joined Shawnee Bridges in November.
North Korea provocations underscore South Korea's success
North Korea’s contribution of combat troops to aid Russia in Ukraine has drawn global attention and headlines but is only one component of ongoing ominous moves. At the start of this year, Pyongyang fired artillery barrages near a maritime buffer zone.
Letter to the editor
'It takes willing hearts to love and give aid' Dear editor, Is it true that fully two-thirds of homeless people in Shawnee need mental health care? Maybe only half? Is it true that homeless people are being bussed into Shawnee? Maybe hitchhiking in? Or can it be that homelessness has climbed nationwide, more so than in decades, and that Shawnee is only one community among thousands experiencing that increase? I don't know. It's a shame that a few vacant buildings around town cannot be transformed into housing for all the homeless, at least for the winter.
In remembrance: Pearl Harbor, Dec. 7, 1941
Metro Creative Connection On the morning of December 7, 1941, just before 8 a.m., the United States naval base Pearl Harbor near Honolulu, Hawaii, was… Login to continue reading Login Sign up for complimentary access Sign Up Now Close
A Christmas Carol' now on stage at Shawnee Little Theatre
Shawnee Little Theatre Shawnee Little Theatre’s production of “A Christmas Carol: A Ghost Story of Christmas” runs through Dec. 14. This new spin on the… Login to continue reading Login Sign up for complimentary access Sign Up Now Close
Gardens of the Cross Timbers: The Week at Duck
By Becky Emerson Carlberg For The Shawnee News-Star Weekender The rental car was a roomy black Ford Expedition. Sunday, five of us left Maryland for… Login to continue reading Login Sign up for complimentary access Sign Up Now Close
Snowflakes, light display growing at downtown museum
The Christmas lights display is growing daily at the Pottawatomie County Museum and Historical Society located in downtown Shawnee. On Wednesday, museum staff reported via social media that 30 of the refurbished snowflake lights many are familiar with around Christmastime are now displayed and working.