The Avedis Foundation, based in Shawnee, has just awarded Shawnee Salvation Army Boys and Girls Club a $50,000 grant. The program impacts youth through promoting academic success, developing healthy lifestyles and increasing good character and leadership.
Biden to host ASEAN leaders for Washington summit in March WASHINGTON – President Joe Biden will host the leaders of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations for a special summit in Washington on March 28-29, the White House announced Monday. The ASEAN nations are Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam.
This week, hundreds of students and their livestock will participate in the 2022 Pottawatomie County Junior Livestock Show at the Heart of Oklahoma Exposition Center. Events are scheduled Tuesday through Friday, March 1-4.
Life in some locations on the planet is rapidly reaching the point where it will be too hot for the species that live there to survive, international climate experts said in a report Monday. “With climate change, some parts of the planet will become uninhabitable,” said German scientist Hans-Otto Pörtner, co-chair of Working Group II for the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, which produced the report released in Berlin.
Shawnee police officers responded to a housing complex at 10th and Beard Street around 8:15 p.m Sunday for a call involving a barricaded person. According to Shawnee Police Cpl.
Editor's Note: The list of Teacher of the Year finalists that appeared in the Weekender edition of the News-Star was incorrect. This story was updated to reflect the correct 2022 site Teachers of the Year. The Teacher of the Year was set to be announced Monday evening, so watch for updates online and full coverage from the event in Wednesday's News-Star.
Farewell to the 2020 and 2021 years! If you think 2022 will get us back to normal, I bring you bad news. I’m sorry to tell you that you are in error! Today’s small businesses must take a ‘wait and see’ attitude for 2022, because it is riddled with uncertainty and unpredictability about the future. Most organizations have limited resources and must be cautious about their business growth. However, if small businesses were given a master list of areas to improve, based on market forces, these companies would be in a better position for the upcoming year. This article examines the eight critical market trends in this economy that small businesses should consider to better manage market disruption in their organization.
PHOENIX – More marijuana sales mean more funding for community colleges throughout Arizona. The state’s 10 community college districts got a windfall of over $31 million from big spending on recreational marijuana in the first year of sales in 2021.
Republican Luke Holland was the first out of the gate Friday in the race to replace Oklahoma Sen. Jim Inhofe, as the Bartlesville native promised to continue his boss’ work on defense and other issues.
Please send items for the calendar to Elisabeth Slay, eslay@news-star.com and/or newsroom@news-star.com. March 3 The Shawnee Ministerial Association (SMA) bringing back the Community Ecumenical Lenten Worship Series.