Look in the sky- it’s a bird, it’s a plane, it’s…an unidentified flying object! A new app, Enigma, has surged in popularity since its December 2023 launch charting UFO sightings across the globe, with ...

Nick, a firefighter and paramedic with the Blackwell Fire Department and a volunteer firefighter with the Kaw City Fire Department, was recently diagnosed with colon cancer. Known for his dedication ...

Editor’s Note: This story is the first part of a two-part series about the Hubbard Road bridge construction project. See next week’s edition of The ...

I Never Thought I’d Quit Call of Duty—But Overwatch 2 Pulled Me Back InI never thought I’d give up on Call of Duty.But I really never thought I’d ...

BLACKWELL WEATHER - WeatherWidget.ioOnce upon a time, catching the “bug” to travel meant more than having a desire to go somewhere. In Blackwell and countless other small towns across the Great Plains ...

The Blackwell City Council met Thursday to appoint three citizens to the Lake Blackwell Trust Authority, discuss other matters of business, and bid farewell to Pastor Cap McIlnay. McIlnay was given ...

BLACKWELL WEATHER - WeatherWidget.io“I need you to trust me, one last time.” It’s a busy weekend at the movies with Tom Cruise’s final adventure in his long-running franchise MISSION IMPOSSIBLE THE ...

James Gunn’s big, colorful, hilarious, and wildly entertaining SUPERMAN took to the skies this weekend to launch a new DC universe spearheaded by Gunn from top to bottom in a mega gamble which, ...

Gloria Ann Hall, 96, the fourth child of Harry E. and Ida (Braden) Hall, was born at home in Nardin, Oklahoma, on November 25, 1928. She passed away on July 21, 2025, in Blackwell, Oklahoma. She ...

Just before Christmas, the State of Oklahoma held a ceremonial groundbreaking for the 45th Division National Guard Arch and Park, a monumental tribute to the Oklahoma National Guard, located on the ...

Editor’s Note: This story was originally published in the summer of 2021. It has been reprinted In it’s entirety here. The cemetery was restored and dedicated last summer to coincide with the school’s ...

Alumni of the Chilocco Indian School, together with representatives from several tribes across the nation gathered at the Chilocco Cemetery in Newkirk Friday for the official unveiling and remembrance ...