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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

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.

Cushing pawnbroker accused of concealing stolen ammunition

STILLWATER — The owner of Mike's Cash and Pawn in Cushing has been ordered to appear in court Thursday on a felony charge accusing him of refusing to exhibit six boxes of stolen ammunition to Payne County Sheriff's Investigator Brandon Myers.Michael Emery Krout, 61, of Stillwater, could be given as...
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

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.

Voter Info for January

• 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. 16 is the registration...
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

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. 28, 2025, on Fort Sill by archery hunter Zane Scrivner, a...

Oilton P.D. serves arrests warrant

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.

Baby's father accused of child abuse in Stillwater

STILLWATER — A Broken Arrow man, who was freed on $250,000 bond the day of his arrest, has been ordered to appear in court on Feb. 10, 2026, on a Payne County charge accusing him of forcibly throwing his seven-month-old baby into a crib in Stillwater, resulting in bleeding around the brain of the...