Picture of FireLake Grand Casino in Shawnee, Oklahoma

MEDFORD—Shawnee High School almuni, teachers and neighbors will be back to support the school once again. The Shawnee High School Soccer Booster Club is hosting a comedy show fundraiser on Feb. 10 in the high school’s auditorium.

The sales and property tax increases would fund about $50 million in projects throughout the city of Shawnee, including a $19 million sports complex.

HARRISBURG - The Shawnee Volunteer Corps invites volunteers to join them to participate in trail work days. Volunteers will be joining Shawnee National Forest employees in stewardship efforts at several locations on the Hidden Springs Ranger District.

Carl C. Grande, 50, of Shawnee, was arrested Thursday, accused of threatening to blow up the Pottawatomie County district attorney's office.

Kickapoo Tribe of Oklahoma seeks annexation of 56 acres into Shawnee city limits for proposed casino. Tribal officials say the project is in the early planning stage, but hope to have it built within the next two years.

TOPEKA, Kan. — A Casa Grande man and woman were arrested Feb. 2 in Shawnee County, Kan., with 109 pounds of cocaine.

A few days after Shawnee sophomore Kyle Borbi made an oral commitment to attend Notre Dame on a lacrosse scholarship, the enormity of the moment hit him. And then he came to an unusual realization.

Several basketball players from St. Gregory University were injured after their school bus was involved in a crash in Shawnee Saturday afternoon.

Shawnee FFA livestock will soon be riding in style thanks to the Shawnee Agricultural Education Foundation (SAEF).

The Shawnee County Commission this coming week will consider renewing 13 property tax exemptions, while the Topeka City Council will consider licensing scrap metal dealers and allowing hunting on land owned by the Kansas Department of Wildlife, Parks and Tourism.Commissioners will meet at 9 a.m. Monday in their chambers in Room B-11 of the county courthouse, 200 S.E. 7th.