Please send items for the calendar to Elisabeth Slay, eslay@news-star.com and/or newsroom@news-star.com. June 28 Life Recovery Shawnee, a Christ centered addiction recovery support group, meets every Tuesday night at 7 p.m.
A Seminole man died in a single-vehicle crash along SH 9 over the weekend in Pottawatomie County, the Oklahoma Highway Patrol reported. The crash, which remains under investigation, occurred about 2:42 a.m.
Shawnee Splash is open for the summer and offers various water activities including swimming, swim lessons, parties and much more. The park is open Tuesday to Sunday, noon to 7 p.m., until mid-August.
Please send items for the calendar to Elisabeth Slay, eslay@news-star.com and/or newsroom@news-star.com. June 28 Life Recovery Shawnee, a Christ centered addiction recovery support group, meets every Tuesday night at 7 p.m.
With summertime in full swing, many parents and caregivers find themselves often hearing, “I’m hungry, can I have a snack?” Parents of older children who are able to stay home alone for several hours each day are concerned about the types of healthy snacks their children can safely prepare on their own.
Don’t know why our gray fox was where I found it, but there it lay in a crumpled heap on the road. We pulled it gently to the side. Vultures had already found the carcass. In the wild a gray fox might survive 6 years. Not just motor vehicles, but coyotes, bobcats and great horned owls can take out a fox. I will miss the small fox that waited to raid the ground bird feeders after I had put out leftovers. Not the crows. The extended family of nine (a murder of crows) would sit in the trees and squawk, muttering unprintable bird talk as the fox helped itself before dashing away, leaving nothing. The crows know the fox is gone.
• Check out the Dive In Movie at Shawnee Splash Friday, June 24 at 1:30 p.m. This week Shawnee Splash is showing Luca.
Please send items for the calendar to Elisabeth Slay, eslay@news-star.com and/or newsroom@news-star.com. June 25 The Shawnee Public Library has partnered with the nonprofit group Churches Caring for Creation to provide free community recycling for styrofoam.
OKLAHOMA CITY - Attorney General John O’Connor has announced the application period for the 2023 Safe Oklahoma Grant is now open and is encouraging local law enforcement agencies and county sheriff’s departments to apply.
OKLAHOMA CITY – An Oklahoma state lawmaker has filed two interim study requests focused on addressing the housing needs of many Oklahomans. One of the studies requested by Rep.