The Good

Most runners would call losing a shoe at the starting line a race-ending problem. But Kamryn Hobia, a 6th grader at Pleasant Grove Public School, treated it like a minor detail. On Saturday, October 3rd in Shawnee, Oklahoma, Kamryn won the ORES Division II Girls State XC Meet, finishing as the fastest in the state in her division. And she did it on a rainy day, after losing a shoe right at the start of the race. Cross country is a sport built on grit. Races are long, and ther

September is Suicide Prevention Awareness Month, and this year, it didn't pass through Pottawatomie County unnoticed thanks to a Shawnee graduate student. On Saturday, September 26, nearly 90 people gathered at KidSpace Park for Shawnee's Out of the Darkness Walk, the first for Pottawatomie County. The Out of the Darkness Walks are an effort of the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention to raise awareness and bring hope to those affected by suicide. Behind Shawnee's walk

Some awards earn dust on a shelf. Others, like this year's April Stobbe Community Service Award, are earned through decades of tireless, selfless work for others. At their annual Harvest Moon fundraiser event, Community Market of Pottawatomie County presented Jon Greenwood with this year's April Stobbe Community Service Award. The award, now in its fifth year, honors April Stobbe, one of Community Market's founding board members, and recognizes someone who has gone above and

A new scholarship program from Boomarang Diner means your burger and Pickle-Os could make it possible for Pottawatomie County kids to continue their education after high school. The Pottawatomie County-based diner chain recently announced its Keep Giving Back scholarship program, which will award 59 scholarships — one for each of its locations — to students in the communities they serve. Headquartered right here in Shawnee, Oklahoma, Boomarang Diner has grown into one of Okla