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Making waves on Doolin: City underwater
May 15, 2019
April showers are supposed to bring May flowers, but after substantial rainfall caused the Chikaskia River just north of Doolin to rise up to a...
Hubbard Road closed until further notice
May 13, 2019
Hubbard Road, re-opened in late 2018 after nearly a year of construction work, is once again closed due to the damaging floodwater from last week's...
May 15, 2019
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April 24, 2019
Cap's Corner: Only God can save Blackwell now
May 15, 2019
I have had many conversations about the future of our community throughout the years that I have been here. I have heard many people that are...
Cap's Corner targets Sunday sports practice: "Stop saying 'No' to God"
May 9, 2019
My family and I moved back to the United States in the early 1970s after spending a few years in Turkey. The strange thing about living in a...
Cap's Corner reflects on growing older
May 1, 2019
I have a companion. He is not new, and even though he has been with me for several years, his voice is becoming louder and louder with each passing...
BMS Students compete in robotics competition
May 15, 2019
From April 28-30, the Blackwell Middle School VEX IQ team competed at the VEX Worlds competition in Louisville, KY. This competition was by...
Methodist Church hosts annual flower sale for Memorial Day
May 15, 2019
The First United Methodist Church is holding its annual sale of recycled and repurposed flowers for the upcoming Memorial Day holiday.
Thurra...
"No further plans" to move 5th grade to Blackwell Middle School
May 15, 2019
Blackwell Public Schools Superintendent Rick Riggs has “no further plans” to discuss the reclassification of the district's schools for the...
Heroin overdose at Blackwell hotel leads to murder charge
Lila Meyer
May 15, 2019
Lila Mae Meyer of Ponca City, Oklahoma, died Saturday, May 11, 2019, in the Ponca City Nursing and Rehab after a short illness at the age of 90 years.
Lila Mae Meyer was...
Joann Webster
May 15, 2019
JoAnn Webster of Ponca City, Oklahoma, died early Monday morning, May 13, 2019, in the Integris Baptist Medical Center in Oklahoma City at the age of 76 years.
JoAnn...
Shirley Throneburg
May 2, 2019
Shirley Marie Throneburg of Blackwell, Oklahoma, died Monday morning, April 29, 2019, at her home west of Blackwell at the age of 73...
Review: JOHN WICK 3 is an artful, cathartic, showcase of violence
May 18, 2019
“If you want peace, prepare for war.”
JOHN WICK CHAPTER 3: PARABELLUM released this weekend as the third installment in the wildly popular,...
"Our" View: 5th grade at BMS
May 15, 2019
The Blackwell Board of Education has decided not to move the district's fifth grade students from Blackwell Elementary School to Blackwell Middle...
Jordan Green shares his graduation speech
May 15, 2019
Well, Friends, my high school education has come to an end. On Sunday, I walked across the stage as one of the valedictorians of Blackwell High...