Jessica Marshall

5 days ago | stwnewspress.com | Jessica Marshall

Every 68 seconds, someone is sexually assaulted in the United States, according to a survey from the Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network. In Oklahoma, the rate of reported sexual – and attempted sexual assault – is 35% higher than the national average, a fact that Ellen Jensen, a sexual assault counselor from Wings of Hope Family Crisis Services, pointed out at the Stillwater City Council meeting Monday.

1 week ago | stwnewspress.com | Jessica Marshall

Carrie Hulsey Emerson was waiting for the stoplight to turn green, having just left the Oklahoma City U.S. Federal Courthouse at 8:55 a.m. on April 19, 1995, after picking up a case docket for her boss. As a cops and courts reporter for KTOK, a talk and news radio station in Oklahoma City, Hulsey Emerson was used to covering crime scenes, but nothing had prepared her for what she would experience that Wednesday morning.

1 week ago | stwnewspress.com | Jessica Marshall

Blayne Arthur, Oklahoma’s first female Secretary of Agriculture, describes April 19, 1995, as a typical day. Arthur and her two sisters headed to Chickasha Public Schools like normal that Wednesday. Her older sister Rosslyn, 15, to high school, Blayne, 13, to middle school and her baby sister Chelsea, 6, to elementary school. kAmpCE9FC[ H9@ 2=D@ D6CG6D @? E96 q@2C5 @7 #686?ED 7@C E96 ~<=29@>2 p8C:4F=EFC2= U2>Aj |6492?:42= r@==686D[ D2:5 ?@ @?6 925 2?J C62D@?

1 week ago | stwnewspress.com | Jessica Marshall

Stillwater’s historic Washington School sustained roof damage when 70-mph winds roared through town March 14. The winds ripped off the tar paper covering the gymnasium’s roof, causing concern that more damage would affect the ongoing efforts to restore the historic, former all-Black Stillwater school on West 12th Street. kAm%96 (2D9:?8E@? $49@@= w6C:E286 u@F?52E:@? 9@DE65 2 7F?5C2:D:?8 82=2 pAC:= c E@ 9@?@C (2D9:?8E@?

1 week ago | stwnewspress.com | Jessica Marshall

As part of Downtown Stillwater’s Third Friday celebration, one Stillwater bookstore will host its own evening of music, art and storytelling. Casual Scene Books & Art at 916 S. Lewis St. will host author Douglas Miller to discuss his new biography, “Washita Love Child: The Rise of Indigenous Rock Star Jesse Ed Davis,” at 6 p.m. Friday, according to a news release from the bookstore. kAm%96 6G6?E :D 7C66 2?5 @A6? E@ E96 AF3=:4]k^Am kAm%96 6G6?:?8 H:== 7@4FD @? 5:D4FDD:@?