Tip of the Week

NEVER! LEAVE! CHILDREN! OR! PETS! INSIDE! YOUR! CAR! It is too hot, too, humid, and way too dangerous!

Joke of the Week

What do you call a duck that loves fireworks? A fire quacker!

Spinning the plates of ethics and obligation

As a community weekly newspaper, we don’t often get the opportunity to break news stories that end up going global, but that is exactly what happened to the news staff at the Cushing Citizen last week.

Special Sessions

With most schools finished for the school year, I want to encourage families looking for a summer adventure close to home to consider making the trip down to our State Capitol in Oklahoma City! We just completed a muchneeded renovation of the Capitol that took eight years.

Cushing Lumber accepting donations for local fire departments

Cushing Lumber staff members accept donations for different entities in need each month, this month they have chosen to honor local area fire departments by collecting donations for them.

ODOT virtual open house for SH18 project available for viewing

Oklahoma Department of Transportation (ODOT) is currently hosting a virtual open house with a presentation on the proposed improvements to SH18, beginning at the SH18/ SH33 junction extending north approximately two miles to Deep Rock Road in Cushing.

Cushing man sent to prison for cellphone threats

Last Thursday 51-year-old Barry Hutton, formerly of Cushing, was sentenced to serve time in federal prison for illegal interstate transmission of threatening communications.

Oilton hosts boys basketball camp

Last week, Oilton High School put on a great team camp in boys basketball. Including junior varsity squads, there were at least 30 teams present. There was also great food at the concession stand including great pulled pork sandwiches.

Weather affects road projects

Oklahoma Department of Transportation representatives have stated road projects already had a late start following COVID-19 complications and now county road workers have been forced to delay several projects due to unpredictable weather cycles of heavy rain and powerful wind.

OSDH Identifies First Probable Case of Monkeypox in Oklahoma

The Oklahoma State Department of Health has identified its first probable case of monkeypox and is working with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to confirm the infection in a central Oklahoma resident with recent international travel to a country with confirmed cases.