Shawnee News

The Shawnee Fire Department offers free smoke detectors to families in need. But now, the department is in need of smoke detectors, themselves.

Oklahoma attorney Terry West is in support of Guantanamo Bay detainees being tried in U.S. courts.

The new adaptation of Jane Austen's classic novel "Pride and Prejudice" will be presented by the University of Southern Mississippi Department of Theatre and Dance at 7:30 p.m. today in the Martha R. Tatum Theatre.

By JARED MINSON Staff Writer For several years, 18 year-old Preston Turpin, of Chickasha, has been struggling with Chiari Type I Malformation.

Police identifiy the victim in an early morning accident near NW 10th and Shawnee in northwest Oklahoma City.

Gov. Brad Henry's winning streak in the annual veterans domino competition at the state Capitol has ended at one.

One person died Sunday night in the crash of a car into the awning of a northwest Oklahoma City business along NW 10th street.

Gov. Brad Henry said Monday that cuts to a senior nutrition program are the tip of the iceberg.

Hundreds of seniors were at the state Capitol Wednesday to express their frustration over cuts to nutrition programs for the elderly.

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It was another busy Saturday afternoon at Circle D Pawn in Shawnee when Tina Peerson noticed two people acting suspiciously around the ring counter.

The annual Red Dirt Book Festival, set Nov. 6-7 in Shawnee, will be a multi-faceted event, with author-presented programs and workshops, panel discussions and a banquet.

The numbers are impressive: 432,107 pounds of trash, 12,000 hours of work, 6,800 volunteers, 1,510 trees and flowers.

A memorial service for Betty Marie Earnest Danielson, 65, will be held on Wednesday, Oct.

State animal rescue laws may have been broken at an adoption fair this week for about 100 dogs saved from an alleged puppy mill, Pottawatomie County Sheriff Mike Booth said.

An Oklahoma law mandating that detailed information about patients who have abortions be published on a state Web site was blocked by legal action on Monday.

Cara Baxter cradles four small dogs in her lap, allowing them to nuzzle their muddy faces against her clean shirt without a care.

An Oklahoma man is lucky to be alive tonight after being beaten, thrown into a small pond, and left for dead.

Authorities in Pottawatomie County are looking for the people who beat a man and left him for dead.

The weather has been unseasonably cool and rainy this fall, but it's perfect for snuggling up in a favorite quilt.