During this week’s Shawnee City Commission meeting, Shawnee Emergency Management Director Rachelle Erickson presented some tips for residents just in time for storm season. She said she wanted to share some information that could help area residents better understand the city’s sirens and warning zones, as well as offer severe weather tips.
As the Spring semester comes to a close, schools throughout the Pottawatomie County area are releasing details of their upcoming graduation ceremonies for the Class of 2022. The list of graduation times and locations include the following: Macomb High School graduation will be May 7 at 10 a.m.
Horace Mann and Jefferson Elementary Schools in Shawnee have built on the successes of the SPS Kids Club After-School Program in their first year of their new five-year Nita M. Lowey 21st Century Community Learning Center federal grant.
The following are locations of single-copy newspaper sales of The Shawnee News- Star. Editions are available every Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, and then the combined Weekender edition for Saturday/ Sunday is on stands every Sunday.
Ballerina statue cut down in Tulsa, sold for scrap metal TULSA, Okla. (AP) — A bronze statue depicting one of Oklahoma’s most famous Native American ballerinas was cut from its base outside a Tulsa museum and sold for scrap to a recycling company, authorities said Monday.
Shawnee High School’s writing club, the Writer’s Block, is inviting the entire Shawnee community and all schools and students to attend “A Day of the Spoken Word” at 6:30 p.m. May 6 in the SHS library.
It’s Way-Back Wednesday. This week’s group of photos show some pictures of Shawnee’s earliest post office years.
McLoud band students performed their Spring Concert recently. .
The Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food and Forestry and the Oklahoma Farm Bureau Women’s Leadership Team are excited to announce the launch of the first annual school garden contest for Oklahoma. Applications opened on May 1st for any public or private PK-12 school, early childhood education facility, and alternative learning environment to participate. The deadline to enter is Sunday, June 15, 2022 at 11:50 p.m.
National Children’s Mental Health Awareness Day, held May 7, will shine a spotlight on the importance of caring for every child’s mental health and reinforce that positive mental health is essential to a child’s healthy development.