The Oklahoma Office of Juvenile Affairs (OJA) is celebrating expansion of its successful music therapy program beyond the campus of Central Oklahoma Juvenile Center (COJC) in Tecumseh. Since the music therapy program’s inception in February 2013, approximately 450 youth have experienced this unique avenue for treatment, growth, and self-expression.
Crews were seen Tuesday atop Jefferson Elementary School, 405 W. Dill, as work continues on the building.
It’s midsummer, and with the start of August comes Oklahoma’s sales tax holiday, which falls on the first weekend; this year it’s Aug. 2, 3 and 4.
The Pottawatomie County Board of County Commissioners held its weekly meeting Tuesday at the County Admin Building.
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It’s midsummer, and with the start of August comes Oklahoma’s sales tax holiday, which falls on the first weekend; this year it’s Aug. 2, 3 and 4.
Right between Woodland Veterans Park and the Pottawatomie County courthouse sits a building that holds decades of Shawnee history.
The investigation into recent cattle death at the St. Gregory's Abbey are ongoing, but Shawnee police made one arrest late last week in the case. Monday, that 18-year-old suspect remained jailed and reports involving a second suspect, a juvenile, were being forwarded to Juvenile Services. No charges have yet been filed.