US gasoline skyrockets to $4.17 per gallon
The average price of gasoline in the U.S. hit a record $4.17 per gallon Tuesday as the country prepares to ban Russian oil imports after its invasion of Ukraine.
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Majority of commission seats in Shawnee up for election
An election date is officially set to fill a majority of seats on the sevenmember Shawnee City Commission board. The four-year positions of Wards 1, 5 and 6 are wrapping up the first terms of Daniel Matthews and Mark Sehorn, and the second term for Ben Salter, respectively.
6 arrested in Iowa school shooting
DES MOINES, Iowa – Authorities arrested six teenagers, including a 14- year-old, in a shooting outside a school that killed a 15-year-old boy and seriously wounded two teenage girls, Des Moines police said Tuesday.
Eighth grader reads award winning essay
Shawnee Middle School eighth grader Eliana Rao read her second place essay in the “If I Were Mayor” essay contest on the floor of the Oklahoma House of Representatives during the 2022 Congress of Mayors.
Senates gives final OK to lynching bill
WASHINGTON – Congress gave final approval Monday to legislation that for the first time would make lynching a federal hate crime in the U.S., sending the bill to President Joe Biden to sign into law.
Grove Band earns First Division at District Band Contest
Grove Band earned First Division at District Contest at Santa Fe High School in Edmond Thursday, March 3. The band received Superior in performance and sight read, earning them the Outstanding Achievement Award.
NATION & WORLD WATCH
Explosion, fire at Maryland apartment complex ruled accident SILVER SPRING, Md. – An explosion and fire that destroyed a Maryland apartment building last week was accidental and caused by a maintenance worker who cut a gas line instead of a waste pipe, an official said Monday.
2022 Livestock Show, auction benefits local students
The 2022 Pottawatomie County Junior Livestock show was a success, with the Premium Sale bringing in just over $225,000 from area businesses supporting local students. Suzanne Gilbert said the PCJLS also awarded four $2,000 scholarships and every exhibitor was set to get get at least $1,100, Gilbert said, but each left with no less than $1,200 thanks to additional add-on funds from BancFirst, First United Bank and the Citizen Potawatomi Nation.
Biden seeks funds to promote global gender equity
WASHINGTON – President Joe Biden said Tuesday that he will ask Congress for $2.6 billion for foreign aid programs that promote gender equality worldwide, more than double the size of last year’s request.
CALENDAR OF EVENTS
Please send items for the calendar to Elisabeth Slay, eslay@news-star.com and/or newsroom@newsstar.com. March 9 The Tecumseh Cemetery will start spring clean-up on Thursday, March 10 at 8 a.m.