OKLAHOMA CITY – Shawnee High School junior Scottland Meier has completed a week of service as a page for Sen. Shane Jett, R-Shawnee. Meier served at the Capitol during the seventh week of session from March 21-24.
The Mabee-Gerrer Museum of Art in Shawnee has a new program, Art & Nature in Health and Wellness, that consists of hands-on training with 56 instructional hours. The Art & Nature in Health & Wellness program is led by Madeline Rugh, PhD., ATR-BC and consists of three parts. Two full Saturday training sessions at the Mabee-Gerrer Museum of Art and one week of intensive hands-on workshops at the Pecos Monastery in Pecos, New Mexico. The two Saturday training sessions are available via zoom, but the week of intensive work is in-person only. The first session begins March 26 at the MGMoA.
The Oklahoma Supreme Court has decided it is not the proper venue to hear a lawsuit challenging the timing of a special election to fill retiring U.S. Sen.
A polarizing Oklahoma bill that would dedicate $128.5 million in taxpayer dollars for private school costs failed in a late-night vote on the Senate floor Wednesday. In a 24-22 vote, a majority of senators nixed Senate Bill 1647, called the Oklahoma Empowerment Act, effectively defeating the bill for this legislative session.
The Avedis Foundation just awarded an $82,788.73 grant to the Central Oklahoma Community Action Agency (COCAA) to help nonprofits with their grant-writing efforts. Assistance includes research, preparation and submission of grant applications.
PORTLAND, Maine – With inflation raging and state coffers flush with cash, governors and lawmakers across the U.S. are considering a relatively simple solution to help ease the pain people are feeling at the gas pump and grocery store – sending money.
Roll to Wreaths 4 Vets is hosting the sixth annual Ruben Rivers Medal of Honor Ride on Saturday, March 26. According to Rowdy Butler, president and founder of Roll to Wreaths 4 Vets, the event is set to begin Saturday morning around 9 a.m.
BRUSSELS – The European Union and United States made a breakthrough in a yearslong battle over the privacy of data that flows across the Atlantic with a preliminary agreement Friday that paves the way for Europeans’ personal information to be stored in the U.S.
The Pottawatomie County Historical Society has just announced that Percy Townsend, formerly of Asher and Shawnee, has purchased the naming rights to the exterior exhibit grounds of the new Paul & Ann Milburn museum.
WASHINGTON – Virginia Thomas, a conservative activist and the wife of Supreme Court Associate Justice Clarence Thomas, repeatedly pressed a top White House official in President Donald Trump’s administration to overturn the 2020 election, according to copies of the messages reviewed by several news organizations.