The Department of Justice announced recently that it has awarded over $273.4 million in grants to improve public safety, serve victims of crime,...

The city of Blackwell owes a lot to colorful, symmetrical squares. Thanks to the town’s barn-quilt and geocaching trails, hundreds of new faces are...

Like a zombie, Blackwell's Halloween Carnival will come back from the dead Oct. 26 after a four-year hiatus. Organizers of carnival, which was...

Kay County voters on Oct. 8 passed a sales tax increase that will fund a major reconstruction project at the county courthouse in Newkirk....

Blackwell Regional Hospital staffers and Blackwell firefighters worked together Friday afternoon to raise more than $1,000 for the Blackwell Fire...

The Blackwell City Council spent much of Thursday night’s meeting debating whether to use the city’s newly-donated Red Cross property as a new fire...

After years of waiting and months of work, Haley Curfman will finally be able to pave “The Road to Education.” Curfman, a teacher at Blackwell...

In its regularly-scheduled meeting Thursday night, the Blackwell City Council approved construction permits that will allow nationwide bargain...

Blackwell High School Art Instructor Ashley Heitschmidt received the Oklahoma Art Education Association’s “Secondary Teacher of the Year Award” on...

Blackwell is about to have a new annual tradition to add to the list for Homecoming with the city's first annual Downtown Block Party at the...

Homecoming will be held Sept. 27, and Blackwell's hotels are opening up their doors to those returning home to see classmates, friends, and family...

Nine months ago, Casey's General Store bought the former Domino Gas Station located at the intersection of Doolin Avenue and 44th Street. And after...

On Sept. 8, Sean Cormie went to church like he had in the past. But on that day, he brought someone else with him. Cormie attended the First...

Though the Crimson Owl tattoo parlor held its grand opening during Labor Day weekend, owner and operator Alex Robles has spent nearly 10 years as...

Blackwell High School's Maroon Spirit and Miss BHS have been named for the 2019-2020 school year with Carson Garrett and Madison Kincaid receiving...