Metro Please send items for the calendar to Elisabeth Slay, eslay@news-star.com and/or newsroom@news-star.com. April 21 The Third Thursday Poetry Reading will feature OBU Professor Brent Newsom whose collection, “Love’s Labors,” was a finalist for the Oklahoma Book Award in 2015.
SHAWNEE - Marketing students from Oklahoma Baptist University were able to help ANZ Juices, a juice business in Atlanta, Georgia, through a micro-internship. Two students, Dakota Jones, and Trevor Evans were part of a Small Business Marketing class taught by Dr. Daryl Green. Students worked with ANZ Juices, which is a health and wellness juice business that provides delicious juices for all needs.
Lawyers across Oklahoma will provide free legal advice on Thursday, April 28, during the annual statewide celebration of Law Day. Oklahoma residents may call 405-493-9131 or 918-551-6022 to speak to a licensed attorney at no charge. Those with legal questions also have the option to email AskALawyer@okbar.org to access the service.
OKLAHOMA CITY – Legislation ensuring Oklahoma consumers have access to energy of their choice has moved to the Governor’s desk after passing the Oklahoma House of Representatives 77-5. Senate Bill 1352 creates the Consumer Energy Choice Act, which prohibits cities, towns, and counties from adopting rules that limit consumer access to energy sources.
Russia hits Ukrainian cities, pours more troops into war KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia hurled its military might against Ukrainian cities and towns and poured more troops into the war, seeking to slice the country in two in a potentially pivotal battle for control of the eastern industrial heartland of coal mines and factories. The fighting unfolded along a boomerang-shaped front hundreds of miles long in what is known as the Donbas.
SHAWNEE, Okla. – Members of Gordon Cooper Technology Center’s SkillsUSA American Spirit team from the Pre-Engineering Academy presented GCTC instructor Becky Brinlee with the proceeds of their fundraiser for Project Eye Can Help on Monday.
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.
Community Renewal representatives recently spoke with third, fourth and fifth graders at Will Rogers Elementary School to help get them “fired up” about state testing. In addition to Community Renewal, Tevin Foster, Drelan Tripplett and Assistant Coach Dr.
Oklahoma Attorney General John O’Connor and 15 other state attorneys, as part of a coalition, are asking President Joe Biden stop federal attempts to impose regulations that increase Americans’ energy costs.
Shape Your Future, a program of the Oklahoma Tobacco Settlement Endowment Trust (TSET), is encouraging Oklahoma schools to celebrate their healthy accomplishments during the ninth annual Every Kid Healthy Week, April 25-29.