Through the years the newspaper has had numerous owners including O.H.

In the past the paper has been issued weekly and then daily.

and Marylee Meisner, who purchased the Citizen in February 2020 from David and Myra Reid who moved to Cushing in 1992 when they purchased the Cushing Daily Citizen from Francis Stipe.

The paper became a weekly in print in January, 2018 and an online "Weekender" edition was added.

The Reids sold the Citizen in February, 2020, to Cimarron Valley Communications, LLC, owned by J. D. and MaryLee Meisner.