Along the 500 block of Main Street there lays a pile of rubble from a demolition seven months ago. A long-standing two-story building on that site caught fire Dec. 2 – the same day as Shawnee’s annual Christmas Parade. With thousands of residents making their way downtown that evening, the city chose a fast-track on tearing down the unstable structure the same day, due to safety concerns.
Shawnee’s city sales tax collection report for July has been released; revenue increased compared to last year. Jacob Bussell, assistant finance director, reports sales tax and use tax collections totaled $2,560,601.32 for the month — about $7,063.28 above last month’s figures.
Miss Lincoln County Organization officials have announced the second annual Miss Lincoln County and Miss Lincoln County’s Outstanding Teen Competitions will be held on January 7, 2023. The Miss Lincoln County and Miss Lincoln County’s Outstanding Teen Organization is proud to welcome contestants from a 65-mile radius of Stroud to the competition, which will take place at the Stroud High School Auditorium.
There are no signs of Mother Nature throttling back on the heat anytime soon across the interior West and High Plains. In fact, AccuWeather meteorologists warn that the most sizzling conditions yet this summer season are expected to build even more this week, putting dozens of record highs in jeopardy as temperatures soar past the century mark.
The city of Shawnee reports the Boy Scout Park Splash Pad is now reopen. The hours of operation are 7 a.m.
On Wednesday, May 4, 2022, severe thunderstorms moved through southeastern Oklahoma for the second time in just over two days, causing flooding and minor damages to Citizen Potawatomi Nation properties and severe damages to the nearby communities of Seminole, Earlsboro and Strother, Oklahoma.
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STILLWATER, Okla. – Summertime equals aphid season for Oklahoma producers, but Oklahoma State University Ag Research and Extension specialists are here to help.
North Rock Creek educator Brandi Abbott was selected as the Shawnee News-Star Teacher of the Month for June, an award that is sponsored by Patriot Auto Group in Chandler. Abbott began teaching special education in 2001.
Residents of Gordon Cooper Technology Center take an early morning stroll on a quiet campus this week as summer break halts the attendance of most students. .