To improve public safety, the Pottawatomie Board of County Commissioners on Thursday approved the purchase of 19 new tornado sirens at a cost of nearly $491,000. According to Chad Larman, Pottawatomie County Emergency Management Director, the county will purchase seven sirens for District 1, six for District 2 and six for District 3.
A pursuit that began in Shawnee Thursday ended in Macomb with an armed robbery suspect in custody, police reported. Shawnee Police Cpl.
SSM Health Oklahoma and affiliates of Community Health Systems, Inc. (CHS) have reached an agreement for SSM Health to assume operations of the medical facility known as Alliance-Health Seminole, at 2401 Wrangler Blvd. in Seminole. A definitive agreement was recently finalized.
The Salvation Army of Shawnee, serving Lincoln, Pottawatomie and Seminole counties, was recently awarded a grant from the Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief fund (ESSER) by the Oklahoma State Department of Education (OSDE).
New survey data from AAA finds that two-thirds of Americans felt gas prices were too expensive just a few weeks ago at $3.53 per gallon. Now with the national average at an all-time high of more than $4, Americans may have reached a tipping point. More than half (59 percent) said they would make changes to their driving habits or lifestyle if the cost of gas rose to $4 per gallon. If gas were to reach $5, which it has in the Western part of the country, three-quarters said they would need to adjust their lifestyle to offset the spike at the pump.
Please send items for the calendar to Elisabeth Slay, eslay@newsstar.com and/or newsroom@news-star.com. March 17 'The Shawnee Ministerial Association (SMA) bringing back the Community Ecumenical Lenten Worship Series.
The deadline to request absentee ballots by mail is approaching. Applications must be received by the County Election Board no later than 5 p.m.
Seminole State College hosted area colleges at the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education’s Southeast Oklahoma Legislative Briefing at Pete’s Place in Krebs on March 4. SSC attended the event with a delegation of state representatives.
GRAND PORTAGE, Minn. – The two-dozen schoolchildren sat in a circle for about an hour, enthralled, as Gordon Jourdain regaled them with tales of the Creator and the origins of their Ojibwe people. As the session wound down, one boy raised his hand and asked, to a chorus of giggles, “How did girls come to be on the planet?”
Oklahomans who want to change party affiliation, must submit their change no later than March 31, 2022 Pottawatomie County Election Board Secretary Patricia Carter said. Voters may change their party affiliation online using the OK Voter Portal at oklahoma.gov/elections/ovp or by completing a new Voter Registration Application.