Mayor proclaims April Fair Housing Month
Shawnee Community Development Director Rian Harkins, left, stood by as Shawnee Mayor Ed Bolt read a proclamation Monday, naming April 2022 Fair Housing Month. .
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LOCAL AND AREA NEWS BRIEFS
Pieces of nostalgia: McLoud Public Schools selling wood from old gym floor The McLoud Public Schools district is selling wood from the flooring of the old McLoud Elementary School gym floor. According to Interim Superintendent Rhonda Hockenbury, the wood is maple and in good condition.
Shawnee student returns from Study Abroad program
ADA - Two East Central University students returned home this semester from studying abroad in France in the fall. Not long after their return, a fellow student from University of Limoges in Limoges, France, followed them to ECU to study this spring.
WHO: COVID cases and deaths continue to fall globally
GENEVA (AP) — The number of coronavirus cases reported globally has dropped for a second consecutive week and confirmed COVID-19 deaths also fell last week, according to a World Health Organization report issued Wednesday.
Spring in Oklahoma highlights morel mushroom hunting
STILLWATER, Okla. – Mushroom hunters will be out in full force during the next few weeks, and the most popular species on their radar is the morel. It’s the thrill of the chase for morel mushroom foragers, and locations are kept top secret.
Government watchdog faults Postal Service analysis of new trucks
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Postal Service relied on false assumptions as it evaluated purchases of a new generation of delivery vehicles, a government watchdog said Tuesday.
Ex-Trump officials urge Texas to declare border ‘invasion’
SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Former Trump administration officials are pressing Texas Gov. Greg Abbott to declare an “invasion” along the U.S.-Mexico border and give thousands of state troopers and National Guard members sweeping new authority to turn back migrants, essentially bestowing enforcement powers that have been a federal responsibility.
WORLD NEWS BRIEFS
West set to toughen sanctions on Russia; Ukraine urges more KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Western governments prepared Wednesday to toughen sanctions against Russia and send more weapons to Ukraine, after President Volodymyr Zelenskyy pointedly accused the world of failing to end Moscow’s invasion of his country and what he said was a campaign of murders, rapes and wanton destruction by Russian forces. In scarred and silent streets of ruined towns around Ukraine’s capital, investigators collected evidence documenting what appeared to be widespread killings of civilians.
Candidate filing begins April 13
Oklahoma City – Candidate filing is scheduled for April 13, 14, and 15, Oklahoma State Election Board Secretary Paul Ziriax announced today. Candidate filing hours are 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. during the three-day period. Candidates filing for federal, state, legislative, judicial, and district attorney offices will file with the Secretary of the State Election Board at the State Capitol, located at 2300 N. Lincoln Boulevard, Oklahoma City. Filing will take place on the ground floor, in the east hallway of the State Capitol. Candidates filing for county offices will file at their local County Election Board office and should contact their County Election Board for filing instructions.
SHS JUNIOR LEADS FLAG SALUTE AT BOARD OF EDUCATION MEETING
Shawnee High School junior DaCora Dye led the Flag Salute at the April Board of Education meeting. Photo by Elisabeth Slay.