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Myles Dobson and his family recently visited the MedFlight crew who transported and provided critical care to him during a flight from Stroud to OSU Medical Center in Tulsa recently. Pictured with Dobson and his family are flight nurse Matt George and Flight Paramedic Chase Boyd.

Myles Dobson and his family recently visited the MedFlight crew who transported and provided critical care to him during a flight from Stroud to OSU Medical Center in Tulsa recently. Pictured with Dobson and his family are flight nurse Matt George and Flight Paramedic Chase Boyd.

Former patient reunites with Air Medical Crew

News Staff
Tuesday, January 6, 2026
STILLWATER – When 33-year-old Myles Dobson, of Cushing, was airlifted last May from Stroud Regional Medical Center to Oklahoma State University Hospital in Tulsa, doctors weren’t sure he would survive.

Payne County Health Department Offering a SAIL Class

Deanna Maddox
Tuesday, January 6, 2026
CUSHING – The Payne County Health Department will be offering a SAIL (Staying Active and Independent for Life) class at the at the Cushing Youth and Community Center (CYCC) at 700 South Little Avenue. Classes are from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. every Tuesday and Thursday beginning on Jan. 20.
Kammy Peters, director of Women's Health at Stillwater Medical stands with Karrie Tull of Jennings and Braden Morrison of Mannford holding their newborn daughter, Emry Morrison, who was born at 4:40 a.m. Jan. 2 and is the first baby of 2026 at Stillwater Medical. The family was presented with a gift basket from hospital staff to mark the occasion.

Kammy Peters, director of Women's Health at Stillwater Medical stands with Karrie Tull of Jennings and Braden Morrison of Mannford holding their newborn daughter, Emry Morrison, who was born at 4:40 a.m. Jan. 2 and is the first baby of 2026 at Stillwater Medical. The family was presented with a gift basket from hospital staff to mark the occasion.

First baby of 2026

Allie Prater
Tuesday, January 6, 2026
STILLWATER — Stillwater Medical welcomed its first baby of 2026 early Thursday morning with the birth of Emry Morrison.Emry was born at 4:40 a.m. Jan. 2, according to hospital officials. She is the first child of parents Karrie Tull of Jennings and Braden Morrison of Mannford.

Voter Info for January

News Staff
Tuesday, January 6, 2026
• Jan. 13 registered voters in Creek, Payne, Noble, Osage, and Pawnee County will cast votes for either Dillon Travis or Mike Waters to be the Republic party representative in an upcoming election for District 35 Representative in the Oklahoma House of Representatives.• Jan.
Zane Scrivner holds the antlers of the elk he took in September at Fort Sill. It is Oklahoma’s new record nontypical elk with a score of 411 1/8. (Photo by Don P. Brown/ODWC)

Zane Scrivner holds the antlers of the elk he took in September at Fort Sill. It is Oklahoma’s new record nontypical elk with a score of 411 1/8. (Photo by Don P. Brown/ODWC)

First Official 400-class Elk Sets New State Record

News Staff
Tuesday, January 6, 2026
FORT SILL — For the first time, an Oklahoma-harvested elk has officially measured more than 400 inches and is now the new nontypical state record for the species in Oklahoma’s official Cy Curtis Awards Program.The trophy elk was taken Sept.

Oilton P.D. serves arrests warrant

Deanna Maddox
Tuesday, January 6, 2026
OILTON — Creek County Sheriff’s Office deputies were assisted by Oilton Police Department in serving an arrest warrant recently.On Dec. 31 of 2025 the Oilton police department reported to have assisted in fulfilling an arrest warrant for Michael Dustin Vawter.
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