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Home Grown

Laura Payne
Tuesday, September 1, 2026
Hort Tips for September September is an important time for landscape tasks in Oklahoma. This is the key month to begin preparing plants for the upcoming winter, which in turn sets them up for a successful spring.

Bulletin Board

News Staff
Tuesday, September 1, 2026
Cushing, Drumright, Mannford, Yale, Agra, Oilton, Olive, Jennings, Hallett, Oak Grove, Ripley, Glencoe, Sand Springs, Prue, Cleveland, Pawnee, and surrounding areas… If your school, church, club, sports team, association, organization or nonprofit group is holding an event, fundraiser, or even just...

Cushing Teen Injured In Crash

Allie Prater
Tuesday, September 1, 2026
PAYNE COUNTY — A 19-year-old Cushing man and two passengers were injured in a collision Aug. 22 in Payne County, according to the Oklahoma Highway Patrol.Braydden S. Blackstone, 19, of Cushing, was involved in the collision at about 10 p.m. near Harmony and Eseco roads.OHP reported Blackstone was...

Ellsworth takes Oath of Office

Deanna Maddox
Tuesday, September 1, 2026
CUSHING – Chuck Ellsworth officially took the Oath of Office for Seat Two of the City of Cushing Board of Commissioners during a special meeting on Aug. 28.Ellsworth was initially appointed by 3-1 vote during the regular commission meeting on Aug. 17.
Maddox Morris is congratulated by Jake Collier after Morris successfully kicked a field goal during the Golden Chick’s “Kickin’ for Chicken” contest at halftime of Friday’s Berryhill game. Morris won a 12-piece chicken for his efforts and Collier, who was the holder, probably got a couple pieces. Photo by J. D. Meisner

Maddox Morris is congratulated by Jake Collier after Morris successfully kicked a field goal during the Golden Chick’s “Kickin’ for Chicken” contest at halftime of Friday’s Berryhill game. Morris won a 12-piece chicken for his efforts and Collier, who was the holder, probably got a couple pieces. Photo by J. D. Meisner

Kickin’ for Chicken

News Staff
Tuesday, September 1, 2026

Payne voters split from state in Aug. 25 election

Allie Prater
Tuesday, September 1, 2026
CUSHING — Payne County voters differed from the statewide result in several contests during Oklahoma’s Aug. 25 runoff election, including the Republican races for governor and commissioner of labor and on State Question 846.Mike Mazzei narrowly won the Republican runoff for governor statewide with...
A Life Measured in Horsepower

A Life Measured in Horsepower

A Life Measured in Horsepower:

Deanna Maddox
Tuesday, September 1, 2026
Connie Sadler CUSHING — For Connie Sadler horses were not just a hobby, roping was not simply recreation, and bulldogging was not a pastime; they were a lifestyle.
Ron Vandever

Ron Vandever

Vandever named to CareerTech Hall of Fame

Allie Prater
Tuesday, September 1, 2026
DRUMRIGHT — Ron Vandever, a longtime Central Technology Center administrator who helped shape several programs at the school, will be inducted posthumously into the Oklahoma Career and Technology Education Hall of Fame this fall.Vandever is one of seven members of the Hall of Fame’s 2026 class.
Kolten Huschen of Piedmont was presented the Scott A. McGinnis Memorial Scholarship by McGinnis’ parents, Ray and Tricia McGinnis of Cushing, during an Aug. 22 ceremony hosted by Oklahoma State University’s Department of Horticulture and Landscape Architecture. McGinnis, a 1997 Cushing High School graduate, discovered his passion for turf management while playing high school baseball and graduated from OSU in 2001.

Kolten Huschen of Piedmont was presented the Scott A. McGinnis Memorial Scholarship by McGinnis’ parents, Ray and Tricia McGinnis of Cushing, during an Aug. 22 ceremony hosted by Oklahoma State University’s Department of Horticulture and Landscape Architecture. McGinnis, a 1997 Cushing High School graduate, discovered his passion for turf management while playing high school baseball and graduated from OSU in 2001.

Memorial Scholarship

News Staff
Tuesday, September 1, 2026
Walk For Trey marks 10 years of hope

Walk For Trey marks 10 years of hope

Walk For Trey marks 10 years of hope

Allie Prater
Tuesday, September 1, 2026
YALE — For 10 years, community members have gathered in Yale to walk a mile in memory of those lost to suicide and to remind those who are struggling that they are not alone.The 10th Annual Walk For Trey will begin at 9 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 12, at Homer Ray Gymnasium in Yale.The community event was...
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