Bethel Acres News

Grace E. Wagner and Derek W. Ramsey, both of Shawnee, announce their engagement and approaching marriage Sept.

Shandra Christine Long of McLoud and Gavin James Hargrave of Newcastle announce their engagement and upcoming wedding April 25, 2009, at Shawnee Twin Lakes.

Raised in Bethel Acres, OK, Wade Hayes grew up around country music. His father Don was a professional musician who played bars and honky tonks across Oklahoma.

Voters approved a one-cent sales tax increase in McLoud Tuesday, while school board members were elected in Dale and Macomb and council members were elected in Maud, McLoud and Bethel Acres.

Tom Almon of Kingston and Sue Guptill of Healdton announce the engagement of their daughter, Becky Hudson of Shawnee, to Ron Grunden, also of Shawnee.

Voters in Pottawatomie County who want to have absentee ballots mailed to them for the April 7 Annual School Runoff Dale I-2, Macomb I-4 and the Municipal General for the City of McLoud, Town of Bethel Acres, City of Maud, Specials Bonds for Little Axe I- 7 and Harrah I-70 should apply now; County Election Board Secretary Diana Knight recently ...

Shawnee Firefighter Tony Pack works to extinguish a two-acre grass fire near Garrett's Lake Road and Butler Drive Wednesday afternoon.

A Noble man is jailed on numerous complaints including possession of a stolen vehicle after allegedly stealing a pickup in the Bethel Acres area and running it off the road miles away.

Warm temperatures and heavy winds produced wildfire conditions all across the state Friday and local firefighters saw plenty of action with a large grass fire west of Shawnee and another grass fire in a wooded ...

Six candidates filed for municipal seats Monday in Pottawatomie County with the filing period continuing to 5 p.m. Wednesday.

BETHEL ACRES a ' A 48-year-old Tecumseh man died Sunday night in a single-vehicle accident southeast of Bethel Acres in Pottawatomie County, authorities said.

Even though Wednesday's sunshine and rising mercury readings provided some thawing out, Shawnee School Superintendent Marilyn Bradford said Shawnee and several other districts will be closed again Thursday ...

An early morning fire Saturday in Tecumseh destroyed a family's home on Sandy Rock Road.