Blackwell Journal-Tribune

11/22/2025

🗞️ **This week’s Blackwell Journal-Tribune is out now!**

Pick up your copy to read about:
⭐ Rhett Tripp and Abigail’s big win at the American Royal
🎄 Blackwell gearing up for the Annual Hometown Christmas Celebration & Market
🐄 Blackwell FFA students welcoming alumni for hands-on learning
🏆 Voting now open for the 2025 Best of Kay County Awards
🚓 Stuteville’s donation to the House of Prayer
🤼‍♂️ Blackwell to host “King/Queen of the Ring” Wrestling Tournament on Dec. 6
… and so much more happening around our community!

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11/21/2025

REVIEW: WICKED FOR GOOD

“Just look at me. Not with your eyes — with theirs.”

That line lands like a spell in Wicked for Good, director Jon M. Chu’s sweeping follow-up to last year’s surprise phenomenon Wicked. Arriving in theaters almost exactly 12 months later, the sequel is expected to conjure a hefty $130 million opening — but the real question is whether this second chapter, long considered the “weaker” half of the Broadway musical, can live up to the soaring expectations set before it.

Happily, Wicked for Good doesn’t just clear that bar — in many ways, it exceeds it.

“Just look at me. Not with your eyes — with theirs.”That line lands like a spell in Wicked for Good, director Jon M. Chu’s sweeping follow-up to...

11/21/2025

The holiday spirit will shine bright in Blackwell this December as the community prepares for its annual Hometown Christmas Celebration and Holiday Market & Craft Show on Monday, December 8 at the Blackwell Fairgrounds.

The holiday spirit will shine bright in Blackwell this December as the community prepares for its annual Hometown Christmas Celebration and Holiday...

11/19/2025

11/18/2025

🎉🏆 IT’S THAT TIME AGAIN — VOTE FOR THE BEST OF KAY COUNTY 2025! 🏆🎉

Who has the best burger in Kay County? 🍔 The best margarita? 🍹 The friendliest waitress, top pharmacy, coziest hotel, or luckiest casino? 🎰

Now’s your chance to make your voice heard in the Blackwell Journal-Tribune’s annual Best of Kay County Awards!

🗳️ Voting is NOW OPEN — find ballots in this week’s print edition or vote online right here on our website!
With over 80 categories celebrating the people, places, and businesses that make Kay County shine, there’s something for everyone to vote on.

⏰ Deadline to vote: December 31, 2025

Let’s show some love to our local favorites — vote today and help crown the Best of Kay County 2025! 💛

The annual BEST OF KAY COUNTY Awards from the Blackwell Journal-Tribune! Cast your vote and win a free subscription for THREE months!

11/17/2025

TODAY marks the start of our Thanksgiving Food Drive benefitting Blackwell Associated Charities- just bring your shelf stable items to Blackwell City Hall, 221 W. Blackwell Ave through November 25!

11/17/2025

Blackwell is about to rumble.
One of Oklahoma’s oldest and most respected mixed martial arts promotions, Rage in the Cage, is set to bring its high-energy MMA experience to town this January 17 at the Blackwell Event Center — and organizers say it’ll be a night the community won’t forget.

Blackwell is about to rumble.One of Oklahoma’s oldest and most respected mixed martial arts promotions, Rage in the Cage, is set to bring its...

11/16/2025

https://blackwelljournaltribune.net/articles/13467/view/leslie-bart-brashears

Blackwell and TonkawaLeslie Bart Brashears, 71, of Stillwater, Oklahoma, passed away peacefully in his home on November 7, 2025. The wake service...

11/16/2025

🗞️ NEW ISSUE OUT NOW! 🗞️

This week’s Blackwell Journal-Tribune is packed with local news you won’t want to miss!

📍 Top Story:
City officials recognize engineer Matthew Coe of Cimarron Valley Engineering for saving the City of Blackwell over $1 million in infrastructure costs.

🍽️ Community Spotlight:
The Stack Restaurant continues their Pay It Forward program, helping local families as federal assistance programs face cuts.

⚖️ Business of the Month:
The Blackwell Chamber of Commerce honors James R. Rodgers, Attorney at Law, as November’s Business of the Month.

🥊 Coming Soon:
“Rage in the Cage” MMA event is headed to Blackwell—get all the details inside!

💡 Plus:

Kay Electric’s 2026 youth contests now open!

Parenting tips on managing kids’ screen time

Helping kids make friends — a practical guide for parents

Pick up your copy today for all this and more, or read online at blackwelljournaltribune.net!

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11/15/2025

Disney’s streak of reviving 20th Century Studios’ old franchises into box office gold continues with Predator: Badlands, the first theatrical Predator film in nearly a decade.

Like a modern Frankenstein, Disney has stitched life back into Fox’s graveyard of dormant franchises — Planet of the Apes, X-Men, The Omen, Alien, Deadpool, Fantastic Four, Avatar — and Badlands proves they can do it again. The numbers speak for themselves: an $80 million global opening weekend and glowing reactions from both fans and critics.

So what’s the secret? Simple — Badlands is nothing like what you’d expect from a Predator movie.

“I can survive on my own — but who would want to survive on their own?”Disney’s streak of reviving 20th Century Studios’ old franchises into box...