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Last week Shawnee Mayor Ed Bolt presented a proclamation to REACT EMS Director Willis Snowden announcing that May 15 through 21 would be recognized as Emergency Medical Services Week. .

Students at Oklahoma Baptist University had the opportunity to partner with Bquiltin Studio to improve the company’s marketing tactics. The students, Allison Lott and Jacob Moore, are both in an internet and digital marketing class taught by the Dickinson Chair of Business professor, Dr. Daryl Green.

It’s an election year with many local offices up for election, so The Shawnee News-Star is listing its usual candidate announcement guidelines for those who choose to submit them this election year.

Safety is always top of mind for Oklahoma Gas & Electric (OG&E). May, in addition to being the peak of storm season in Oklahoma and Arkansas, is National Electrical Safety Month.

Thomas Hill, chief executive officer of Kimray, will deliver the commencement address during Oklahoma Baptist University’s Spring Commencement May 21. The ceremony will take place at 2 p.m. inside Raley Chapel’s Potter Auditorium on the OBU campus in Shawnee.

With Oklahoma’s summer heat, The Red Cross offers tips on staying well and keeping everyone safe as temperatures rise. HEAT: PEOPLE AND PETS Excessive heat causes more deaths than all other weather events.

Native American tribes in Oklahoma had a nearly $15.6 billion impact on the state in 2019, according to a new study released in March. It found that the tribes directly employ more than 54,000 people and support a total of 113,442 jobs for tribal citizens and non-citizens, accounting for more than $5.4 billion in wages and benefits to Oklahoma workers in 2019.

The City of Shawnee would like to announce that the visioning process for the Santa Fe Depot has begun. Built in 1903, the Depot’s sandstone architecture is unique to Oklahoma, and the building was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1974.