There is a new addition to Shawnee's painted horses program. "David and Dana Taylor began working on their painted horse prior to the 2023 tornado," Stacy Cramer Moore, Shawnee's director of Tourism and Film and Music Office, said this week.
SHAWNEE – Saddle up and prepare to discover your next champion at the Shawnee Horse Sale, Oklahoma’s premier horse auction event! Taking place on Saturday, January 18, 2025, from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m., this exciting event will be held at the Heart of Oklahoma Expo Center.
OKLAHOMA CITY – The Oklahoma National Guard is sending approximately 100 Guardsmen to our nation’s capital to support the 60th Presidential Inauguration.
Following a jury trial this week, a Pottawatomie County jury found a Shawnee man guilty on two felony counts of first-degree robbery related to two separate incidents at the downtown Shawnee post office in 2024.
Slated for consideration by Shawnee City Commissioners in December was an ordinance to amend a portion of City Code that deals with transfer fees in certain circumstances.
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Sample ballots are now available for the February 11, 2025 Board of Education Primary Election. Voters can download a sample ballot using the State Election Board’s OK Voter Portal at oklahoma.gov/elections/org or pick up a copy at the Pottawatomie County Election Board during normal business hours.
Chantel Andrews has been named The Shawnee News-Star's Nurse of the Month for December as part of a program sponsored by the Citizen Potawatomi Nation.
During the Shawnee City Commission’s December meeting, the board approved a professional services agreement with Kimley-Horn and Associates, Inc. to provide design services for the city’s proposed Wallace Street Sidewalk project.
A suspect who led authorities on a wild pursuit through Shawnee and causing an accident at a major intersection before crashing a few miles later has been formally charged with two felony counts.