Oil Companies to Pay $7.4 Million in Civil Penalties for oil spill in Skull Creek

WASHINGTON D.C. – On Tuesday, Jan. 30, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and Justice Department announced that Holly Energy Partners-Operating L.P. and Osage Pipe Line Company LLC have agreed to pay $7.

Payne County Arrests

The following inmates were booked into Payne County Jail between Jan. 25 and Jan. 31. All individuals are innocent unless proven guilty.

Creek County Arrests

The following inmates were booked into Creek County Jail between Jan. 25 and Jan. 31. All individuals are innocent unless proven guilty.

Adventures with Allie

When I was a child, my neighborhood friends and I would play outside every single day, rain sleet, or snow. Some days our parents would tell us to go outside and not to come back in unless someone was actively bleeding or there was a broken bone.

It is time to close the wide open southern border now

A letter from Senator James Lankford From the first week they came into office, the Biden Administration invited the world to cross our border, and the world came—not just from Mexico, Guatemala, or El Salvador, but from China, Russia, Mauritania, Iran, Syria, Pakistan, and more.

To Tax or Not to Tax

This week, the House answered the Governor's call and convened in special session to pass a 0.25% income tax rate cut. House Bill 1002 passed 71-20, but the fate of the bill now rests with the Senate, who have not chosen to take it up at this time.

Defying Gravity

County seeks new emergency management director

STILLWATER - The Payne County Board of Commissioners Tuesday discussed the process of naming a new Payne County Emergency Management director to replace Jeff Kuhn, who is retiring at the end of March.

Prague quake shakes up Oklahoma

PRAGUE — As of Monday, nearly 50 after shocks had been recorded in the area of Friday’s 5.2 magnitude earthquake, which struck about five miles northwest of Prague. According to the USGS, the quake, originally logged as a 5.1, struck at 11:24 p.m. It was later upgraded to a 5.2.

Bulletin Board

Cushing, Drumright, Yale, Agra, Mannford, Oilton, Olive, Ripley… If your school, church, club, sports team, association, organization or non-profit group is holding an event, fundraiser, or even just a regular meeting, let us know so we can let everyone else know.