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...

Jim Corbin was mad. It was a hot day – August 26, 1961. He and his father were in Kansas City to watch a baseball game. The New York Yankees...

The Kay County Sheriff’s Office has arrested a former Blackwell Police Officer and current Tonkawa Tribal Police officer was arrested last week....

Oil prices went below $0 per barrel for the first time in history Monday as the economic impact from the coronavirus continues to sink industrial...

For the first time, hotel rooms were empty for spring break. For the first time, families won't be pouring into hotel lobbies from across the...

Candidates filed to run for elected offices across the state April 8 – 10, and two races have developed in Kay County. Natalie Joella Scavezze...

Around the same time the Town of Braman's expenses got out of hand, one of the town's certificates of deposit was cashed in without the governing...

The Braman Board of Trustees has voted to send findings from the town's two most recent financial audits to the Kay County District Attorney's...

As the days get longer and the temperatures get warmer, honeybee activities begin to increase as they prepare for the spring nectar flows. The...