A worsening drought pushed its way east across most of Oklahoma as 2021 wound down, and pandemiccaused fertilizer and weed control chemical shortages drove up prices for both products. Those realities made farmers and ranchers like Stacy Simunek reconsider their plans for this year.
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The Shawnee Educational Foundation announces the recipients of the Hall of Fame Award and the Max Brattin Award, which will be presented the Educational Foundation Banquet at 6 p.m. Tuesday, April 5 at the Grand Hotel and Casino.
Judge OKs $83M for property loss in Florida condo collapse People who owned units in a Florida oceanfront condominium building that collapsed last year will divide $83 million for property losses, with the compensation for families over the 98 deaths still to be determined, a judge ruled Wednesday. The money for owners of the 136-unit Champlain Towers South building will come from sale of the now-vacant beachfront land as well as insurance policies, officials said.
Students in Media Productions class at North Rock Creek High School have been hired by Shawnee’s new professional basketball team “The Potawatomi Fire”. Gavin Cooper, Jayden Brown, and Skylar Wind all participate in Media Productions II under the tutelage of instructor, Tim Russell.
Check out Redeemer Lutheran Church, 39307 W. Mac- Arthur, Shawnee Friday, April 1 at 7 p.m. for a fun night of fellowship, movie, popcorn and pop; all free. Join us for your choice of two movies: “The Passion of the Christ” to experience the last 12 hours of Jesus’ life or watch, “The Voyage of the Dawn Treader” as the courageous voyagers travel to mysterious islands on a mission to save Narnia. Everyone is invited. For more information, call 405-273-6286. Jon the Pottawatomie County Emergency Management Office, CPN and other agencies for the Touch a Truck and Beyond event Saturday, April 2, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at 1702 Gordon Cooper Drive in Shawnee.
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Brooke Clark, vice president, relationship manager at BOK Financial, will deliver the lecture at the next Business Forum April 1 at Oklahoma Baptist University. The event is hosted by the Dickinson School of Business and will take place at 10 a.m. in Tulsa Royalties Auditorium inside Bailey Business Center. All members of the campus community and the public are invited to attend.
Retired County Treasurer Janell Cullison, 81, and her husband, Johnny Cullison, 82, both work as precinct officials in Pottawatomie County. For the last 33 years, they have lived northeast of Shawnee.
Norman residents got their first opportunity Tuesday to confront the Oklahoma Turnpike Authority over plans to destroy hundreds of homes to make way for new toll roads. About a dozen protesters, led by civil engineer Amy Cerato, showed up at the meeting to argue the expansion plan approved in January.