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Shot fired in Stillwater Hotel incident

Patti Weaver
Tuesday, January 6, 2026
STILLWATER — A 40-year-old man from Gulf Breeze, Florida, who reportedly apologized to Satan repeatedly, has been charged with attempting to gain control of a police officer's gun and doing about $7,000 damage to a Stillwater hotel where he was staying.
2025 A Year in Review

2025 A Year in Review

2025 A Year in Review

News Staff
Tuesday, December 30, 2025
As January arrived, winter wasted no time making itself known across Oklahoma. Snow blanketed much of the state, and in Cushing, residents reported anywhere from three to six inches on the ground. Streets slowed, routines shifted, and the year began under quiet, snow-muted skies.
Debbie Brown, director of the Senior Citizen Center, stands with Jason Kinsey of Steer Inn Cushing after Kinsey donated and delivered a Christmas feast for local seniors. The meal included barbecue pulled pork, mashed potatoes and gravy, green beans, rolls and apple cobbler, serving 81 seniors at the center and providing 30 meals to homebound residents.

Debbie Brown, director of the Senior Citizen Center, stands with Jason Kinsey of Steer Inn Cushing after Kinsey donated and delivered a Christmas feast for local seniors. The meal included barbecue pulled pork, mashed potatoes and gravy, green beans, rolls and apple cobbler, serving 81 seniors at the center and providing 30 meals to homebound residents.

Christmas Gift

News Staff
Tuesday, December 30, 2025

State fire outlook remains moderate

J.d. Meisner
Tuesday, December 30, 2025
East-central Oklahoma spent Monday in the space between “not critical” and “not comfortable” — that state when wildfire behavior can be manageable, right up until a spark lands in the wrong patch of dormant grass and the winds are pushing 10-13 m.p.h.
Al-Matairi

Al-Matairi

Stillwater man gets 5-year prison term for sexual battery

Patti Weaver
Tuesday, December 30, 2025
STILLWATER -- A 22-yearold Stillwater man has been given a five-year prison term for sexually battering at Sanborn Lake a 20-year-old woman incapable of giving legal consent, as part of a plea agreement with the prosecution that was approved in court by District Judge Jason Reese on Dec. 12.

Area fishing report

News Staff
Tuesday, December 30, 2025
NORTHEAST Grand: Dec 22. Elevation is normal (stable), water temperature 39°F and murky. Largemouth bass fair on crankbaits, plastic baits around brush structure, points, shorelines. Blue catfish fair on chicken liver, cut bait, shad around below the dam, main lake, river channel.

Bulletin Board

News Staff
Tuesday, December 23, 2025
Cushing, Drumright, Mannford, Yale, Agra, Oilton, Olive, Jennings, Hallett, Oak Grove, Ripley, Glencoe, Sand Springs, Prue, and surrounding areas… If your school, church, club, sports team, association, organization or non-profit group is holding an event, fundraiser, or even just a regular...
Morris

Morris

Rural Payne County man facing new domestic assault charges

Patti Weaver
Tuesday, December 23, 2025
STILLWATER — For the second time in a year, a rural Stillwater man has been charged with choking and beating his girlfriend, who said she was afraid he would kill her, according to court records.Michael Dewayne Morris, 43, remains jailed on $25,000 bond pending a Jan.
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