Blackwell News

Ted Strickland won't raise taxes, no matter the disadvantaged or the evidence about a fair and effective response to the recession Published on Wednesday, Jul 08, 2009 T ed Strickland spent much of his Monday press conference thrashing Senate Republicans.

Blackwell native Jared Backus, a 2009 graduate of Blackwell High School, will star in the lead role of Danny Zuko in this week's production of "Grease," at the Poncan Theatre in Ponca City.

Three people were killed in wrecks on Oklahoma roads Thursday and Friday, authorities said.

PONCA CITY a ' Authorities say a Blackwell man was killed when his car collided with a pickup truck on U.S. 177 in Noble County.

The Blackwell Police Department is asking for the publica s help in identifying two shoplifters.

BLACKWELL, Okla. a ' A woman who escaped from the Blackwell Police Department has been captured.

Do you know who the "nurse" is taking your medical history, taking your vital signs, performing an allergy test or giving you an injection? Is there a "nurse" on duty at the care facility where your elderly parents reside? Oklahoma regulations protect the title "registered nurse" and "licensed practical nurse." However, unlicensed individuals may ...

Officers in Blackwell are looking for a woman who escaped from police custody on Wednesday night.

" Blackwell police are looking for a woman they said escaped police custody while assisting with a narcotics investigation on Wednesday.

Buddy May, District 3 crew member, welds a 21-foot-long steel bar across the western end of the old Chikaskia River bridge on East Blackwell.

A fire on a railroad trestle north of Doolin Avenue, over the Chikaskia River, caused considerable damage, Fire Chief Tom Beliel said.

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Severe thunderstorms entering northeastern Oklahoma are coming with very strong winds, which has caused some minor damage.

Blackwell residents awoke early Tuesday to find many streets had been barricaded because of rising waters from the Chikaskia River.

A collision involving four vehicles on Oklahoma 11 resulted in the death of a Blackwell woman Monday.

Lamont town-wide garage sale will be 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. May 16. There will be no fees or no maps.

Jack C. Miller of Blackwell, Oklahoma, died Saturday, April 04, 2009, at the Blackwell Regional Hospital in Blackwell at the age of 82 years.

Cotton prices are stagnating at about loan level. But when compared to corn, soybeans, wheat and other crops, cotton should yield a better profit in northern Oklahoma and southern Kansas.

Dick Hayden of New Winchester will celebrate his 70th birthday today. He was born in Blackwell, Okla., and is married to Sarah Hayden.

One is a stone arch built in 1913; the other is a steel truss bridge from the 1930s.