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The Awesome Compass Plant
By Becky Emerson Carlberg Special to the Shawnee-News Star One year, Ms. Linda, carrying a sharpshooter shovel, and I, lugging a bucket, waded along the highway as trucks and cars whizzed by.
Konawa clinic among recipients of HHS grants
HHS awards over $1.3M to Oklahoma Community Health Centers to advance health equity U.S. Dept.
Hort Q&A: How should I water my trees?
Carla Smith Horticulture Educator, Pottawatomie County Extension Service If you were blessed to get a little rain in early August, know that we still may need to deep water trees. In this heat, most at risk are newly planted trees, trees marginal to our area, and trees that may be stressed due to heavy pruning, or other issues.
Trump says FBI conducted search at his Mar-a-Lago estate
The Associated Press Trump says FBI conducted search at his Mar-a-Lago estate WASHINGTON (AP) — The FBI searched Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate as part of an investigation into whether he took classified records from the White House to his Florida residence, people familiar with the matter said Monday, a move that represents a dramatic and unprecedented escalation of law enforcement scrutiny of the former president. Trump, disclosing the search in a lengthy statement, asserted that agents had opened up a safe at his home and described their work as an “unannounced raid” that he likened to “prosecutorial misconduct.” The search intensifies the months-long probe into how classified documents ended up in more than a dozen boxes located at Mar-a-Lago earlier this year.
Oklahoma to host National Governor’s Association Summer Workforce Symposium
OESC OKLAHOMA CITY – The Oklahoma Employment Security Commission (OESC) announces that in a partnership with Governor Kevin Stitt and the National Governor’s Association (NGA), Oklahoma City will host the NGA Summer 2022 Workforce Symposium. “Time and time again, Oklahomans have proven that our state’s workforce is one of the strongest in the nation,” said Oklahoma Governor Kevin Stitt.
FEMA’s Disaster Recovery Center moves to new building in Seminole
FEMA The FEMA Disaster Recovery Center (DRC) in Seminole County is now being housed in a new building on the Seminole State College campus. The DRC will now be in the David L.
Drivers are reminded to watch school speed zones, bus loading areas
News-Star staff It’s a new school year so motorists are reminded to watch those school speed zones and crosswalks, and also are reminded to follow the law and stop for school buses that are loading or unloading students. Keep the following tips in mind from Potawatomie County Emergency Management: • If you’re driving behind a bus, allow a greater following distance than if you were driving behind a car.
Oklahoma prisons director who oversaw executions retiring
The Associated Press OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Oklahoma Department of Corrections Director Scott Crow, who helped oversee the state’s return to carrying out the death penalty after a nearly seven- year hiatus, announced Monday he’s stepping down. In a statement announcing his resignation, Crow did not cite a reason for stepping down, but called it “one of the most difficult decisions I’ve ever encountered.” Crow, who was appointed director by Gov.