EDITOR’S NOTE: This story is part of an ongoing series answering some of the most fundamental questions around climate change, the science behind it, the effects of a warming planet and how the world is addressing it.
The Shawnee Board of Education held its monthly meeting Monday. Two fourth-grade students from Jefferson Elementary, Kambrie Mwangi and Cambria Belvin, led the Pledge of Allegiance, while Jefferson Music Teacher, Teresa Swadley, led the Moment of Silence and Invocation.
SACRAMENTO, Calif. – Director Tanya N. Garfield of the U.S. Small Business Administration’s Disaster Field Operations Center-West reminds small nonfarm businesses in 76 Oklahoma counties and neighboring counties in Arkansas, Colorado, Kansas, New Mexico and Texas of the Dec. 8, 2022, deadline to apply for an SBA federal disaster loan for economic injury. These low-interest loans are to offset economic losses because of reduced revenues caused by drought in the following primary counties that began Nov. 1, 2021.
SHAWNEE Marketing students from Oklahoma Baptist University were able to help Armor Caskets and Sales, a wholesale casket business in Augusta, Georgia, through a recent micro-internship. Two students, Dakota Jones and Kade Self, were part of a Marketing Analytics and Intell class taught by Dr.
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Republican Ryan Walters, Gov. Stitt’s secretary of education, easily dispatched fellow teacher and Democrat Jena Nelson on Tuesday in the race for Oklahoma’s superintendent of public schools.
Stephanie Bice re-elected to another term OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Republicans in Oklahoma easily retained all five of the state’s U.S. House seats on Election Day, and the GOP will welcome a new face to the delegation after U.S.
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Republicans U.S. Sen. James Lankford and U.S. Rep. Markwayne Mullin both coasted to election victory on Tuesday, with Mullin poised to become the first Native American in the U.S. Senate in nearly 20 years.
Then and Now: Though many things come and go, much of what remains in Shawnee displays hints of days gone by. While some buildings still look very similar to their early days, some areas have changed quite a bit.
Once again, I’m going to attempt to condense a subject that entire books are written about to a minimum number of words. Fall is a good time to make compost because leaves are abundant now, and they are a great addition to a compost pile. This is also the time of year when people rake, burn, and bag leaves to go to landfills, and that is a terrible waste. If you don’t want to save leaves for compost, just mow them to add nutrients to the lawn instead of putting expensive synthetic fertilizer on your grass.
Scams, drought and other factors affecting hay sales this year STILLWATER, Okla. – Livestock owners who plan to purchase hay over the next few months need to make careful, informed decisions to protect their animals, especially when purchasing hay from out of state.