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McLoud celebrates Tourney win
The McLoud Redskins celebrated after winning the Route 66 Conference Tournament Saturday night in Seminole. See related story, photos on B1.
State Election Board conducts routine voter list maintenance
The State Election Board completed its routine, statutorily-mandated, biennial voter list maintenance on Friday, January 17 and Tuesday, January 21. The process removed 129,680 inactive voter registrations and 2,242 duplicate voter registrations from Oklahoma’s voter rolls.
Applications open for 2025 OG&E Positive Energy Scholarship
OKLAHOMA CITY - Oklahoma Gas & Electric Company (OG&E) encourages high school students and families who are OG&E customers to apply for the 2025 Positive Energy Scholarship. Each year, the OG&E Positive Energy Scholarship supports three students pursuing majors in STEM fields by awarding $15,000 per year, renewable annually for up to four consecutive years, for a total of up to $60,000 in scholarship funds to cover tuition, books, fees and on-campus room and board. This life-changing scholarship is administered by the Oklahoma City Community Foundation on behalf of the OGE Energy Corp.
Education tax collections down more than $36K compared to same time last year
Through a 0.495-cent Pottawatomie County sales tax increase for schools, backed by voters in November of 2015 and set to continue until June 30, 2026 -- schools have been collecting funds for several years.
City in position to make revenue from new trend
On Tuesday, Shawnee City Commissioners learned more about a rising trend in short-term rentals, namely sites outside of traditional hotel stays -- like home-shares, Vrbos, airbnbs and boarding rooms.
Root control services for city wastewater lines OK'd
This week Shawnee City Commissioners approved a resolution that would allow for the purchase of root control services under the Cooperative Purchasing Agreement with Houston-Galveston Area Council (HGAC).
District Attorney wraps up two criminal cases in Pott. County jury term
During the January jury term in Pottawatomie County, the District Attorney's office wrapped up two cases with criminal trials.
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