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Deyana Simma was presented with an appreciation certificate for her role as the director of the All-American Community Choir that performed during the July 4 event. Photos by DeAnna Maddox

Deyana Simma was presented with an appreciation certificate for her role as the director of the All-American Community Choir that performed during the July 4 event. Photos by DeAnna Maddox

We Can Cushing recognizes parade entrants

Deanna Maddox
Tuesday, July 28, 2026
CUSHING — We Can Cushing (WCC) Community members, partners, and sponsors gathered on July 20 at Cushing City Hall to recognize a number of individuals and groups.

Raising the Roof

Deanna Maddox
Tuesday, July 28, 2026
CUSHING — The Cushing commissioners gave new, more literal meaning to the term raise the roof when they unanimously approved a change order for the Memorial Park restroom project.

Regional Conditions and Fire Behavior

News Staff
Tuesday, July 28, 2026
Central Oklahoma: • Daily temperatures reaching 100 degrees Fahrenheit or higher through Friday• Elevated evapotranspiration rates will increase fuel availability, leading to a modest uptick in initial attack activity.

Trail project nearing completion

Deanna Maddox
Tuesday, July 28, 2026
CUSHING — The multi-use trail connecting the Cushing Sports Complex to the district’s Tiger Trail is nearing completion — bringing a long-planned recreational improvement closer to opening, according to a recent update from City Manager Ryan Ochsner.
McVay-Shanklin

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Failure to register nets six years

Patti Weaver
Tuesday, July 28, 2026
STILLWATER — A convicted child molester from Cushing has been given a six-year prison term for failing to register as a sex offender for the third time in Payne County.
Oil storage tanks at the Cushing hub sit at low capacity. Each tank has a floating lid that rises and falls with the oil inside to prevent product evaporation and buildup of explosive gasses in the headspace. Oil investors and oil market intelligence firms monitor the height of these lids to determine how much oil is in each tank. A lower lid indicates less oil in storage. Photo by Caleson Coon.

Oil storage tanks at the Cushing hub sit at low capacity. Each tank has a floating lid that rises and falls with the oil inside to prevent product evaporation and buildup of explosive gasses in the headspace. Oil investors and oil market intelligence firms monitor the height of these lids to determine how much oil is in each tank. A lower lid indicates less oil in storage. Photo by Caleson Coon.

Not a casualty of war

Caleson Coon
Tuesday, July 21, 2026
A look inside the low oil stores in the Cushing HUB CUSHING – Although some could say The Cushing Hub storage took a hit when the war between the U.S. and Iran reawakened, Rick Ahrberg, President of Ahrberg Milling Co., believes otherwise.
After 29 years, Dr. King Morris retires

After 29 years, Dr. King Morris retires

After 29 years, Dr. King Morris retires

J. D. Meisner
Tuesday, July 21, 2026
CUSHING — For nearly three decades, if someone in Cushing needed a urologist, there was a familiar, friendly face waiting on the other side of the examination-room door.It belonged to Dr. King Morris.
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