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They Came They Danced They Conquered

They Came They Danced They Conquered

They Came They Danced They Conquered

Allie Prater
Wednesday, June 25, 2025
TULSA — The Cushing High School Dance Team turned heads and raised spirits during the Universal Dance Association (UDA) Camp held June 16-19 at the Renaissance Tulsa Hotel and Convention Center, earning a sweeping array of awards that highlighted both individual talent and collective excellence.
Haskins

Haskins

Depew man sentenced in Payne County metal theft

Patti Weaver
Wednesday, June 25, 2025
STILLWATER — A 34-yearold Depew man with a criminal record in Creek County has been sentenced to six years in prison followed by four years of probation for stealing 40 sheets of galvanized metal roofing, valued at $5,000, from property on Mt. Vernon Road in rural Cushing.
Rotary Golf Tournament

Rotary Golf Tournament

Rotary Golf Tournament

News Staff
Wednesday, June 25, 2025
Rotarians Dena Floyd, seated, and Mike Gaskins, loud shorts, check in the Wood brothers, Lane and Max, before the start of Cushing Rotary Club’s Fill the Bus Golf Tournament Saturday. Proceeds from the tournament will be used to purchase classroom supplies for area teachers.
Hundreds of discarded wind turbine blades stacked like cordwood at a site south of Cushing await their fate. Photo by J.D. Meisner

Hundreds of discarded wind turbine blades stacked like cordwood at a site south of Cushing await their fate. Photo by J.D. Meisner

Dust in the wind

Deanna Maddox
Wednesday, June 25, 2025
CUSHING — A conditional use permit submitted by North Coast Enterprise (NCE) for operating a wind turbine salvage yard was unanimously recommended for denial by the Cushing Planning Commission on June 19.

Area students named to NWOSU honor roll

News Staff
Wednesday, June 25, 2025
ALVA — Northwestern Oklahoma State University has recognized outstanding academic achievement among its students by releasing the Spring 2025 semester honor rolls, as announced by the Office of the Vice President for Academic Affairs.Students earning a perfect 4.
Woodell

Woodell

Woman gets four years for attack on ex-boyfriend in Cushing

Patti Weaver
Wednesday, June 25, 2025
STILLWATER — A 25-yearold Tulsa woman, who was originally accused with her boyfriend of robbing an exboyfriend in Cushing of two cell phones, a photo ID and a food stamp card, has been given a four-year prison term on a reduced Payne County charge of assault and battery with a dangerous weapon, to...
White Jr.

White Jr.

Bounced bar patron tips bouncer’s bike

Patti Weaver
Wednesday, June 25, 2025
STILLWATER — A 42-year-old Stillwater man has been jailed on $2,500 bond on a felony charge of intentionally damaging a bouncer's Harley Davidson motorcycle after being kicked out of a bar south of the Oklahoma State University campus.Larry Joe White Jr.

Dallas men charged with pot farm theft

Patti Weaver
Wednesday, June 25, 2025
STILLWATER – In a case investigated by the Payne County Sheriff's Office, three men from Dallas, Texas, have been charged with breaking into a commercial marijuana grow in the early morning of June 1 on W.
VMI Unveils Titan Cutter Suction Dredge

VMI Unveils Titan Cutter Suction Dredge

VMI Unveils Titan Cutter Suction Dredge

Ak Chastain Jones
Wednesday, June 25, 2025
CUSHING — VMI Dredges, a leading manufacturer of high-performance dredging equipment, has announced the upcoming release of the VMI Titan Cutter Suction Dredge with TIMS — a new and improved machine designed to take on tougher jobs and increase efficiency in dredging operations worldwide.
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