Friday, June 5, is the last day to apply for voter registration in order to be eligible to vote in the June 30, Primary Election, Blackwell...

Blackwell Police officer John Mitchell was back in a courtroom for the first time since his preliminary hearing in February on May 26. The...

Employees of the City of Blackwell said goodbye to Mike Johnson after his 14-year career with the Streets and Parks Department. Johnson's...

Blackwell's iconic Sudsuckers Bar, located on North Main St., is getting a facelift and a new name – Johnny D's Lounge – as its new owners settle...

Blackwell's Top of Oklahoma Museum has placed two new eye-catching memorials on its lawn in honor of the 65th anniversary of the May 25, 1955...

The City of Blackwell and the Blackwell Area Chamber of Commerce are coming together for the Keep Oklahoma Beautiful organization's “Great American...

The First United Methodist Church is selling recycled and repurposed artificial flowers for Memorial Day.
Thurra Wynn, one of the church members...

You recognize the hand prints across their mouths, in bright red or dark black, to represent the voiceless. Their dresses hang from trees. They...

Editor's Note: This month marks the 65th anniversary of perhaps the most horrifying event in Blackwell's history, the EF-5 tornado of 1955. In...

The City of Blackwell is reopening as part of Oklahoma Governor Kevin Stitt's plan following the coronavirus pandemic, which began in March. Part...

The Blackwell City Council met last week to renew the contract of City Manager Janet Smith. The meeting began with the observance of the National...

In 1985, Blackwell's rodeo grounds received new fencing. 
 Now, in 2020, that fencing is being replaced, opening Blackwell up to bigger events...

John Cherry was ready to go home for spring break, prepare for his upcoming retirement, and return to school to teach his students for a little...

Major changes are coming to Blackwell's NIXLE alert service in May, says Blackwell Chief of Police Dewayne Wood.
NIXLE, a text-based mobile...

A recent downturn in the oil industry in Oklahoma could temporarily cost the state 10,000 or more jobs in the energy sector, economic analysts...