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Started a few weeks ago, dirt work continues at the Marketplace, just south of Hobby Lobby. Walter Baker, economic development lead for Shawnee Forward, said though “the plans that leaked on Facebook (a few weeks ago) aren’t the up-to-date and filed site plans, the content is essentially accurate.” According to a rendering Baker provided to The Shawnee News-Star, the four businesses making plans to operate at the new location are Burlington, Five Below, Maurices and Boot Barn.

SHAWNEE -- The Mabee-Gerrer Museum of Art is hosting its annual Gala, themed “Enchanted Gardens,” on Friday, Dec. 2 at the Grand Casino Hotel & Resort, located at 777 Grand Casino Blvd. in Shawnee. The event will feature a cocktail reception with light hors d’ oeuvres and music beginning at 6 p.m. with dinner to follow at 7 p.m. Attire is black tie optional. Individual tickets can be purchased for $150 with all proceeds benefiting the Museum’s art education programming for children.

SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt (AP) — The world is getting hotter and more crowded and the two issues are connected, but not quite as much as people might think, experts say. On Tuesday somewhere a baby would be born that will be the globe’s 8 billionth person, according to a projection by the United Nations and other experts.

In May 2022, Citizen Potawatomi Nation Tribal member Brooke H. Desrochers took charge of Fleet Air Reconnaissance Squadron 4, stationed at Tinker Air Force Base in Oklahoma City.

It’s Way-Back Wednesday. This week’s photos share some of Shawnee’s history that likely few residents would remember.

SHAWNEE -- Smokers in Pottawatomie County and across Oklahoma are encouraged to quit tobacco for a day, or a lifetime, during the Great American Smokeout on Thursday, Nov. 17. The event symbolizes a new beginning for many tobacco users since the 1970s, and this year includes a limited-time offer providing added incentive to Oklahomans thinking about quitting tobacco.

On Friday morning area veterans, dignitaries and residents gathered for a special dedication during the annual Veterans Day event at Woodland Veterans Park. An unveiling of the Gold Star Families Monument took place, marking Shawnee as the first site in the state to have both an Oklahoma Veterans Wall and Gold Star Families Monument.

Students at Oklahoma Baptist University had the opportunity to partner with Ed Bolt, the mayor of Shawnee, in order to expose local events to students in effort that they may stay and invest in their community after graduation.