Apr. 29—Cleveland County residents looking for fair food, fun and family festivities can check out the return of the Rose Rock Festival in downtown Noble this weekend. The festival, which usually ...

NOBLE -- Deep in the red earth, the petals of a solid rose poked through a clump of Oklahoma sandstone. Tom Redwine used a butter knife to cut the little formation out of a hole in the ground. He ...

Rose Rock is the official State Rock of Oklahoma, approved by the State Legislature in 1968. It is a pinkish, rose-shaped rock. Rose rock is an aggregate of barite, a barium sulfate mineral, and sand.