Wanette News

' Pottawatomie County commissioners agreed Tuesday to allow a tribal-owned water district to annex county territory to serve a pocket of residents in need of water.

At the end of a three-day filing period, there are six candidates in the race for Pottawatomie County sheriff, four in the District 2 County Commission race and two candidates for county clerk.

Sales tax collections in Pottawatomie County were mixed last month with the county and five municipalities posting gains compared with the same period a year ago but Shawnee showing its first year-to-year ...

“They hold and retain water when it rains”

Polls will be open 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Tuesday for voters in the Wanette School District to decide on two proposed bond issues that would allow for improvements across the campus and the purchase of buses. via The Shawnee News-Star

“I am completely committed to being the next sheriff of Pottawatomie County”

Jay Hoyt Davis is announcing he will run as a Democrat in the race for Pottawatomie County sheriff. via The Shawnee News-Star

Oklahoma Highway Patrol Trooper Tyson Wright said drunk driving was the cause of a two-vehicle accident Friday. via AdaEveningNews.com - Ada, Oklahoma

The Purcell Police arrested three individuals for shoplifting on separate occasions, plus one woman for a drug-related crime. via Purcell Register

Pottawatomie County's sales tax returns jumped from November 2006 to November 2008, according to figures released recently by the Oklahoma Tax Commission. via The Shawnee News-Star

After a three-day filing period for school board seats in Pottawatomie County, races have developed in five school districts Shawnee, Tecumseh, Dale, Macomb and Wanette. via The Shawnee News-Star

“I was at Pearl Harbor for 22 months. I was at a sub base there, working on electric torpedoes. I was discharged in 1945.”

Raymond Williams, 88, the first of three generations to serve in the military, said Veterans Day always means something special to him. via Muskogee Phoenix

“We usually do not see our first laboratory-confirmed case of influenza until late November or early December. We hope our Pottawatomie County residents will use every opportunity to get vaccinated throughout the fall and winter months”

The Pottawatomie County Health Department announced its influenza vaccination clinic schedule for the upcoming flu season. via The Shawnee News-Star

Transcript Staff A Norman man was charged Thursday with assault, after allegedly striking his neighbor with a pipe Sept. via The Norman Transcript

Twelve Pottawatomie County towns, four Native American tribes, eight county businesses and a mission, plus a number of churches, schools and other entities that have all passed the 100-year-old mark are listed ... via The Shawnee News-Star

A Wanette man pleaded no contest Wednesday to a felony animal cruelty charge filed in August after more than 100 horses and mules were seized from his property along SH 39. via The Shawnee News-Star