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UCO announces spring 2025 honor roll recipients

News Staff
Tuesday, August 12, 2025
EDMOND — The University of Central Oklahoma has announced the students named to its spring 2025 honor rolls, recognizing academic excellence among those enrolled in on-campus courses.A total of 1,692 students earned a spot on the President’s Honor Roll by achieving a 4.0 grade point average.
Crewmembers from Allied Steel install railings and make last-minute touches to the new Cushing Elementary School last week. The building was deemed ready for students for the opening of school on Aug. 13 school began on August 13 this week.

Crewmembers from Allied Steel install railings and make last-minute touches to the new Cushing Elementary School last week. The building was deemed ready for students for the opening of school on Aug. 13 school began on August 13 this week.

Crewmembers from Allied Steel

News Staff
Tuesday, August 12, 2025

Ripley youth attends statewide leadership summit

News Staff
Tuesday, August 12, 2025
BINGER— Ripley student attends the 2025 American Farmers & Ranchers (AFR) Youth Leadership Summit July 26 – August 2. The annual retreat develops leadership skills in junior high and high school students that will prepare them for future educational and professional experiences.
Lauren Lopez was at Memorial Park last week to keep her son’s Keep Oklahoma Beautiful project well watered. The pollinator habitat has been a high priority for Jaxon Bell but with him returning to school and additional extra curricular activities Lauren said she wanted to ensure it was kept up with so that the area can maintain its already active pollinator population. Photo by DeAnna Maddox

Lauren Lopez was at Memorial Park last week to keep her son’s Keep Oklahoma Beautiful project well watered. The pollinator habitat has been a high priority for Jaxon Bell but with him returning to school and additional extra curricular activities Lauren said she wanted to ensure it was kept up with so that the area can maintain its already active pollinator population. Photo by DeAnna Maddox

Lauren Lopez

News Staff
Tuesday, August 12, 2025

Bell to Bell, No Cell

Deanna Maddox
Tuesday, August 12, 2025
The passage of the “Bell to Bell, No Cell” legislation has reshaped the way students will interact with their devices this school year.
100!

100!

100!

News Staff
Tuesday, August 12, 2025
Centenarians of Oklahoma were proud to honor Stillwater resident, Harold Lloyd Lowe. on the occasion of his 100th birthday celebration and induct him into the Centenarians of Oklahoma Hall of Fame.
The American Legion Post 108 recently named new officers for the 2025-26 term. They are from left, Evelyn Ferchau, Historian; Delwyn Mayo, Chaplain; Tim Potter, Sergeant at Arms; Sean Martin, Adjutant; Don Tyson, Second Vice Commander; Robert Howell, Finance Officer; Leon Sullivan, Vice Commander and G. W. Davis, Commander.

The American Legion Post 108 recently named new officers for the 2025-26 term. They are from left, Evelyn Ferchau, Historian; Delwyn Mayo, Chaplain; Tim Potter, Sergeant at Arms; Sean Martin, Adjutant; Don Tyson, Second Vice Commander; Robert Howell, Finance Officer; Leon Sullivan, Vice Commander and G. W. Davis, Commander.

The American Legion Post 108

News Staff
Tuesday, August 12, 2025
Cushing Powers Ahead

Cushing Powers Ahead

Cushing Powers Ahead

Deanna Maddox
Tuesday, August 12, 2025
Harmony Road Substation Update CUSHING — The Harmony Road Substation is set to be fully operational on Aug. 22 “bar nothing going wrong” according to Mike Starks, electrical superintendent for the City of Cushing.“Bar nothing going wrong everything should go off without a hitch,” Starks said on Aug.
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Police: Dog’s death caused by severe neglect, emaciation

Patti Weaver
Tuesday, August 12, 2025
STILLWATER — A 29-year-old Cushing man accused of failing “to provide necessary food, care and well-being for a dog in his care, causing severe emaciation and atrophy, leading to death” has been charged with cruelty to his German shepherd, who was found dead on June 26.Daman J.
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