Shawnee student named to Cedarville University’s Spring 2022 Dean’s Honor List CEDARVILLE, OH -- Cedarville University student Abigail Lilite of Shawnee, majoring in Music Performance, Keyboard Pedagogy, was named to the Dean’s Honor List for spring 2022. This recognition requires the student to obtain a 3.75 GPA or higher for the semester and carry a minimum of 12 credit hours.
What large green caterpillar with a bent short yellow tail sticking up from one end was chomping away on the pink evening primroses? A hornworm. Growing in a clay pot nestled within a pot sanctuary, the plants were obviously spotted by a hawkmoth. Not the five-spotted hawkmoth. Its gigantic larva, the tomato hornworm, has diagonal white stripes along its big green body. This enormous caterpillar had eye spots along its back. Who are you? Other than being partially denuded, the evening primrose seemed fine.
Oklahoma made history last month as the first state in 50 years to put a full ban on abortions. This stringency has not been seen in most states in more than 100 years.
Oklahoma Services for the Blind and Visually Impaired and friends will celebrate Deaf-Blind Awareness week, June 26 - July 2, in honor of Oklahomans who are deaf-blind and world-famous author, educator, lecturer and disability advocate Helen Keller.
Country music star Toby Keith announced Sunday that he has been undergoing treatment for stomach cancer since last fall. The multi-platinum-selling singer said on Twitter that he underwent surgery and received chemotherapy and radiation in the past six months.
DEAR ABBY: My husband died recently. I have been approached by a much younger man for a sexual relationship. I want to, but I feel he is too young. I’m 61, and he’s 37, the same age as my son. We have been friends for years, and I am unsure if I should change the relationship. I see no future in it except occasional sex. Should I drop it or consider the possibilities? -- THINKING ABOUT IT IN OHIO
While on patrol Sunday, at around 4 p.m., Earlsboro Police made a traffic stop that resulted in a sizable seizure o marijuana. EPD Officers Chris Harmon and Johnathon Perry allege a white SUV was clocked on radar at 82 miles per hour in a 55 mph zone.
Shawnee’s Juneteenth Festival will be Saturday, June 18 from 9:30 a.m. to 11 p.m., with a morning parade kicking off the day’s events.
Candidate filing for city of Tecumseh seats began Monday and the deadline for filing is 5 p.m. Wednesday, June 15.
Seminole State College hosted its 2022 Commencement Exercises Saturday as a standing-room-only crowd filled the Enoch Kelly Haney Center for a ceremony rescheduled from early May. Plans for the May 6 graduation ceremony were cancelled due to issues related to the tornadoes hit Seminole and the subsequent power outages throughout the community.