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Blackwell VFW donates sanitary products to Elementary School

September 22, 2020

Blackwell Veterans of Foreign Wars Auxiliary No. 2855 recently donated masks, hand sanitizer, and sanitary wipes to students and staff at Blackwell...

Hubbard closure impacts local farmers : "the county has failed"

September 22, 2020

Editor’s Note: This story is the second part of a two-part series about the Hubbard Road bridge construction project. The first story was published...

Printed Paper Online

September 23, 2020

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September 2, 2020

COVID-19 cases double in Newkirk

September 18, 2020

The number of positive coronavirus cases in Newkirk has more than doubled since Sept. 8, state health officials reported. As of press time...

COVID-19: Kaw City still safe; 40 cases in Blackwell

September 9, 2020

For the second consecutive week, Kaw City is the only Kay County city with no active cases of the coronavirus, state health officials reported...

Blackwell High School details Homecoming 2020 safety plans

September 4, 2020

Blackwell Public Schools have released the following statement regarding their safety protocols and plans for Homecoming 2020 during the ongoing...

Lifestyle/Faith

Cody's Corner: Imagine our country if we returned to God

September 18, 2020

Malachi 3:7 and Zechariah 1:3 both contain this message from our God: “Return to me, and I will return to you.” There are times in life when we...

Cody's Corner: To The Lost Sheep

September 2, 2020

To the Lost Sheep: In continuing to talk about the Good Shepherd, we are drawn to Matthew 18:10-14 and Luke 15:1-7. In both passages, Jesus...

Cody's Corner: What is a good shepherd?

August 26, 2020

Isaiah 40:11: “He tends His flock like a shepherd: He gathers the lambs in His arms and carries them close to His heart; He gently leads those that...

Livestock show continues without county fair

September 24, 2020

Blackwell 4H and FFA parents came together Sept. 12 to host a local livestock show in the place of the canceled Kay County Free Fair. The show...

Blackwell VFW donates sanitary products to Elementary School

September 22, 2020

Blackwell Veterans of Foreign Wars Auxiliary No. 2855 recently donated masks, hand sanitizer, and sanitary wipes to students and staff at Blackwell...

Hubbard closure impacts local farmers : "the county has failed"

September 22, 2020

Editor’s Note: This story is the second part of a two-part series about the Hubbard Road bridge construction project. The first story was published...

September 15, 2020

On Sunday, September 6th, 2020, Glenda Willis was called to her eternal home in heaven. She passed away mid-morning on a clear and sunny day. She...

Pamela Kay (Miller) Schuster

September 15, 2020

Pamela Kay (Miller) Schuster of Ponca City, Oklahoma went to her Heavenly Home Thursday morning, September 10, 2020 at her home outside Ponca City...

September 15, 2020

?Stella M. Holland 94, of Blackwell, OK passed away peacefully on September 8, 2020. Born in Newkirk, she was the daughter of the late Peter and...

Throwback Review: HUSTLERS (2019)

September 22, 2020

In honor of Cardi B's WAPtastic divorce- and the film's 1 year anniversary- I'm reposting my review of last year's should-have-been Oscar nominee,...

Pandemic facial hair during COVID

September 17, 2020

My dad has always told me to keep my facial hair trimmed. He has a great goatee, but I’m not quite to that point yet. To say my facial hair is...

My Immortal: The Gothic Harry Potter fanfic you NEED to read

September 15, 2020

“I just wanna be with you ok Draco! Why couldn’t Satan have made me less beautiful?” I shouted angrily. (an” don’t wory enoby isn’t a snob or...

Sheriff's office investigating possible explosion

September 12, 2020

Deputies with the Kay County Sheriff's Office have been dispatched to investigate reports of a possible explosion that occurred in the southern...

Police Logs: August 24-30

September 2, 2020

AUG 24 00:45 – Field Interview – 13th & Blackwell 01:01 – Suspicious person/vehicle – persons with flashlight – ok – 400 E Blackwell 01:36...

John Mitchell returns to court as Judge Turner requests ballistics...

It was another day in court for Blackwell Police Lieutenant John Mitchell on Monday in Newkirk and similar to the court dates in May and July, the...

DCLA cancels first two football games of the year after positive...

August 26, 2020

LAMONT -- Officials with the Deer Creek-Lamont Public School District have announced that they cancelled the district's first two high school...

NOC postpones all fall sports

The Northern Oklahoma College Mavericks will be welcoming a new athletic director this week as the school prepares for a fall semester with no...

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