Earlier this year, Citizen Potawatomi Nation District 12 Legislator Paul Schmidlkofer spent several weeks working on the set of the Peabody Awards-winning show Reservation Dogs as they filmed season two. The comedy-drama created by Seminole Nation citizen Sterlin Harjo tells the story of four Indigenous teenagers growing up in rural Oklahoma and their efforts to determine their futures.
About 200 educators participated in the ‘Keeping Our Children Safe’ simulated training event By Elisabeth Slay The Shawnee News-Star eslay@news-star.com The Pottawatomie County Sheriff’s Office and other agencies participated in a training simulation called “Keeping Our Children Safe” with about 200 Seminole Public Schools employees at Gordon Cooper Technology Center on Wednesday. According to Sheriff’s Detective Steven Sample, the training was held to teach educators and other staff members techniques in keeping themselves and students safe in case of an active shooting situation.
Many cities across the United States have never recorded levels of heat and drought like those of this summer. Large areas of the country experienced above-average temperatures, and in some cases, the extreme heat has been unusually sustained. Now, midway through the season, here are some of the places where summer has had Americans sweltering the most, according to an AccuWeather analysis.
McLoud students enjoy first day back in school By Elisabeth Slay The Shawnee News-Star eslay@news-star.com Students of McLoud Public Schools returned to class Aug. 9 and enjoyed their first day of a new school year.
City of Shawnee Thanks to the efforts of multiple community groups and numerous volunteers, the Homeless Resource Center, operated by the City of Shawnee, is open for the homeless, but more volunteers are needed at the facility. The resource center is housed at the Shawnee Rescue Mission located at 506 S Beard Street.
Oklahomans paying fourth lowest average prices at the pump in the U.S. AAA After all-time high prices for gas across the country earlier this spring -- sending national and state averages above the $5 per gallon mark for the first time in history -the national average dropped below $4 Thursday.
OKLAHOMA CITY – The Oklahoma State Department of Health (OSDH), Oklahoma City-County Health Department (OCCHD) and the Tulsa Health Department (THD) have partnered with researchers at the University of Oklahoma and the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center to monitor for several pathogens through wastewater surveillance. “With the onset of COVID-19 we saw how wastewater surveillance was able to help predict potential surges or outbreaks of the virus in communities,” said Jolianne Stone, the State Epidemiologist.
Did you know about 62% of the U.S. population is eligible to give blood? But, only about 3% does. By making an appointment to help save lives with the American Red Cross in August, donors can pump up the blood supply and keep it from falling to shortage levels.
Area students are going back to school and the first day of a new school year is always a momentous occasion that many capture in photos. Students may be sporting new haircuts, clothes or shoes, or maybe a new lunchbox or backpacks holding all those school supplies.
By Elisabeth Slay The Shawnee News-Star eslay@news-star.com Please send items for the calendar to Elisabeth Slay, eslay@news-star.com and/or newsroom@newsstar. com.