Stroud, OK

Cleanup is underway near Cushing, after a pipeline ruptured sending 1,000 barrels of crude oil into a nearby creek. Holly Energy Partners said its Osage Pipeline ruptured about a month ago and released about 42,000 gallons of oil into Skull Creek, which feeds into the Cimarron River. The company said...

Crews are working to clean up an oil spill northeast of Cushing in Payne County. According to the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration, on July 8th the Osage Pipeline owned by Holly Energy Partners ruptured, releasing around 1,000 barrels of crude oil into Skull Creek. They say the pipeline was fixed ten days late and is back in service at 20 percent less pressure. A huge cleanup led by the EPA is now underway.

Residents around Pawnee and Cushing are one step closer to winning a class-action settlement involving earthquake damage. The lawsuit was filed following two 2016 earthquakes — one of which set a state record for the largest magnitude ever recorded. The wastewater disposal well operator Eagle Road Oil LLC agreed...

The Bristow Artisans and Gardeners Market hosted its second Touch-A-Truck Kids Day. More than ten trucks were on display along with face painting, games, and vendors. Students in need also got to take home school supplies.

It’s unknown how much the push for a non-discrimination ordinance to protect Chandler’s LGBTQ+ community played in last week’s election, but the outcome likely assures that Chandler will adopt that ordinance in the near future. The candidates who won the election the five-way race for three City...

Residents around Pawnee and Cushing are one step closer to winning a class-action settlement involving earthquake damage. The lawsuit was filed following two 2016 earthquakes — one of which set a state record for the largest magnitude ever recorded. The wastewater disposal well operator Eagle Road Oil LLC agreed...

NEW YORK, Aug 3 (Reuters) - The shrinking discount of U.S. crude to Brent and rising Canadian oil imports this month will send more barrels to the top U.S. oil storage hub, continuing a recent supply build, oil dealers and traders said.

John Jacob Allen was born on November 2, 1941, in Stroud, Oklahoma, to Anderson and Rose Irene Allen. He departed this life on July 26, 2022, in Cushing, Oklahoma, at the age of 80. John grew up in Stroud, Oklahoma, and attended Stroud Schools. After school, he went to work....

SEMINOLE COUNTY, Okla. (KXII) - An Okemah man was found dead after a vehicle collision Monday afternoon. Oklahoma Troopers said Debra Wilkerson, 68, of Okemah, was driving a Nissan Altima southbound on 11167 Oklahoma State Highway 56 approximately .8 miles north of Cromwell when she struck a pedestrian walking southbound around 4 p.m.

Six years after earthquakes caused extensive damage in and around Pawnee and Cushing, an oil company has agreed to settle a class-action lawsuit for $850,000. Eagle Road Oil LLC agreed to the settlement in July. The lawsuit includes several other companies, three of which are still in litigation. In 2016,...

Officials say it all started when someone reported an abandoned boat in the water.

CUSHING, Okla. — A legal settlement has made money available to two Oklahoma towns rocked by earthquakes in late 2016. Cushing was impacted by an earthquake that shut down businesses and damaged homes. Now, a legal settlement with an oil company will give money back to locals. “The earthquake...

In Their Words: “I think this is my homage to my older family members who took to the trains during the Great Depression to find work… and the coming home, not ever wanting to leave home again. Jimmy LaFave called me one day years ago and asked if I had a song for a children’s album. I said I’d think about it and decided to write a song with states and things that they are known for, with a Woody Guthrie spin on it, as I have written songs before. The album he had heard about had all the songs it needed before he even suggested it, so I just started to play it at home.

Officials say a 57-year-old man has died following a crash near Cromwell.