Shawnee News

IN THE KINGDOM OF MEN Kim Barnes Knopf $24.95, 336 pages It's generally misleading when reading fiction to view the hero as the author in disguise, or assume that the story is populated by acquaintances or events from the author's life.

A service will be held at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Downtown Pentecostal Church in Shawnee for hospitalman Eric Warren, who was killed May 26 when an improvised explosive device detonated in the Sangin District of Helmand province.

An explosive device detonates in Afghanistan killing one of Oklahoma's finest. Navy Hospitalman Eric Warren, 23, of Shawnee died Saturday, May 26 during Operation Enduring Freedom.

Hospitalman Eric D. Warren, 23, died May 26 of wounds suffered from an improvised explosive device blast in the Sangin District of the Helmand Province.

A woman in Shawnee claimed she was kidnapped, raped, and held for ransom. Police got involved and now three men are behind bars.

Two other men have also been charged with the crime. Police say Elijah Mohammed asked Nathaniel Wheeler to attack Staples.

Memorial Day weekend took on special importance for Pottawatomie County residents this year when they learned that Hospitalman Eric D. Warren of Shawnee died Saturday, May 26, in Afghanistan.

The Department of Defense announced that Shawnee native, Eric Warren, died Sunday in Afghanistan from wounds he received from an IED.

Hospitalman Eric D. Warren of Shawnee died Saturday, May 26. He was wounded when an improvised explosive device went off in the Sangin District of Helman Province.

Kim Barnes's novel In the Kingdom of Men follows a barefoot girl from red-dirt Oklahoma to a lavish oil company compound in Saudi Arabia.

Police say a wig-wearing 24-year-old Southern California man is jailed and a second man is sought after an attempt to pepper spray a blackjack dealer and snatch $115,000 in chips at the Bellagio casino on the Las Vegas Strip.

A preliminary hearing is scheduled for a former McLoud third-grade teacher and a retired Pennsylvania college professor in Pottawatomie County District Court in Shawnee on child pornography charges.

SHAWNEE, Okla. - A preliminary hearing is scheduled for Monday morning for former McCloud teacher, Kimberly Crain and accused pornographer, Gary Doby.

The ULM baseball team scored a season-high 17 runs on 15 hits, downing UL-Lafayette 17-0 in seven... Jeff and Terri Hall of Shawnee, Okla.

A Tulsa man was killed late Friday and a Wewoka man killed Saturday morning in motorcycle wrecks, according to Oklahoma Highway Patrol .

The Citizen Potawatomi Nation announced they will change the name of FireLake Grand Casino to Grand Casino.

63-year-old Ralph Baker of Prague, a passenger, was taken by REACT EMS to Unity North Health Center in Shawnee with both internal and external injuries.

SHAWNEE, Okla. - An Oklahoma City pilot makes a crash landing in a field near Shawnee after experiencing a double dip of plane trouble.

The Altus High Bulldogs saw their baseball season come to an end on Thursday afternoon.

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