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Cheer loud, but don’t be a loud mouth

Cheer loud, but don’t be a loud mouth

Cheer loud, but don’t be a loud mouth

Allie Prater
Wednesday, September 10, 2025
There is nothing quite like high school sports in the fall. The Friday night lights, the sound of the marching band, the smell of concession stand popcorn drifting across the field.

Commissioners consider service fee for credit card payments

Deanna Maddox
Wednesday, September 10, 2025
CUSHING — Cushing leadership has been weighing whether to add a service fee to credit card payments after staff reported that processing fees cost the city over $84,000 last year.“An $84,000 loss on credit card fees is significant,” said Chairman B.J. Roberson.A recent presentation to the city...

City to vote on utility deposit refund policy

Deanna Maddox
Wednesday, September 10, 2025
CUSHING — A new policy designed to make the city’s utility deposit system more equitable and customerfocused is anticipated for a city commission vote.Currently, residential and commercial utility customers must pay a deposit when setting up service.
Blakemore crowned Miss Oklahoma State Fair’s Teen

Blakemore crowned Miss Oklahoma State Fair’s Teen

Blakemore crowned Miss Oklahoma State Fair’s Teen

J.d. Meisner
Wednesday, September 10, 2025
CUSHING — Cushing High School senior Brittan Blakemore is adding another crown to her growing résumé.Blakemore, who was titled last year and went on to compete in the Miss Teen Oklahoma pageant, was named Miss Oklahoma State Fair’s Teen last weekend.
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Tulsa man gets 15 years for abusing teen relative in Cushing

Patti Weaver
Wednesday, September 10, 2025
STILLWATER — A 65-year-old Tulsa man has been given a 15-year prison term followed by probation for 10 years for repeatedly sexually abusing a 16-year-old relative when he lived in Cushing in 2023, court records show.Payne County Associate District Judge Michael Kulling ruled last week that Thomas...
Cimarron Valley Historical Society President Farrel Kleckner, foreground, and Zach Howser, owner of Williams Monuments square up the commemorative stone in front of the recently placed intersection marker at Centennial Park.

Cimarron Valley Historical Society President Farrel Kleckner, foreground, and Zach Howser, owner of Williams Monuments square up the commemorative stone in front of the recently placed intersection marker at Centennial Park.

Early-Day Intersection Marker Set in Centennial Park

News Staff
Wednesday, September 10, 2025
One of the last known remaining early-day intersection markers has been brought home to downtown Cushing. Formerly located in the 1300 block of East Broadway, the refurbished concrete obelisk was recently placed in Centennial Park.

Hodgett powers Bulldogs in gritty fight at Coyle

J. D. Meisner
Wednesday, September 10, 2025
COYLE — Yale’s Bulldogs showed they weren’t going to back down Friday night, trading blows with a powerful Coyle team before falling 48–32 in a high-scoring Class B 8-man contest.The Bulldogs leaned heavily on senior standout Braiden Hodgett, who turned in one of the biggest nights of his career.

Cushing stuns Perkins in seventh-inning comeback

J.d. Meisner
Wednesday, September 10, 2025
PERKINS — If you like your come-frombehind wins with a little chaos, Cushing served a full plate last Tuesday across the river in Perkins.Down 4–0 in the fourth and 8–4 after five, the Lady Tigers strung together 17 hits and a six-run haymaker in the seventh to outlast Perkins-Tryon, 11–10, in a...

Judge sides with Glencoe players in OSSAA eligibility dispute

J.d. Meisner
Wednesday, September 10, 2025
STILLWATER — Five Glencoe High School basketball players and their coach will be allowed to take to the court this season after a Payne County judge ruled in their favor Friday, halting an eligibility ban from the Oklahoma Secondary School Activities Association.The dispute began when OSSAA...
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