Board of trustees vote 4-1 on move after 3-hour executive session
Board of trustees vote 4-1 on move after 3-hour executive session
Kingfisher Heritage 3rd grader Pressley Page finishes as Elks Hoop Shoot national runner-up
With regionals lurking this weekend, the Kingfisher girls track team had the opportunity to see where it stacks up against some of the better squads in Class 4A.
The Kingfisher High School girls brought home the championship trophy last Tuesday from the Western Open hosted by Elgin at the Oklahoma City Tennis Center. Pictured are, from left: Guilia Scano, Kadyn Daugherty, Mia Franco, Jaelin Cortes, Emiley Watkins and Sydney Burk. Cortes and Daugherty teamed up to take first place in No. 1 doubles. Franco finished third in No. 1 singles and Watkins was the No. 2 singles consolation champ. Burk and Scano played No. 2 doubles. On Friday, the KHS boys played in the Owl Classic, also hosted by Elgin at the OKC Tennis Center. William Shaver, far left, placed third in No. 1 singles. The No. 1 doubles team of Coleman Gilles (center) and Wyatt Long (right) was the consolation champion. [Photos provided]
As he stood on the gym floor looking up at the entire student body of the school that shaped his formative years, Jerry Mack Stitt couldn’t hold back his tears.
A Welcome Addition for Hennessey Fire
[ Ed. note: Lauren Stroh has authorized the Times & Free Press to publish the following paid political announcement of her candidacy for Kingfisher County Court Clerk, subject to the June 18 Republican primary election.]
Board of trustees vote 4-1 on move after 3-hour executive session
With the help of two businesses, the Kingfisher Fire Department now has 100 new smoke detectors to give to citizens.
Pat Brown, center, of Giga Systems presented Kingfisher Rotarians with a talk on cyber security at the club’s luncheon earlier this month. Brown said scammers typically tend to target the elderly. He said anytime phone callers ask for Social Security numbers or passwords, the best response is to immediately hang up the telephone. He also advised that we should never allow others to log into our computers under the guise of correcting software difficulties. Caution should be used concerning posting personal information and too much information about loved ones and relatives on Facebook and other social media sites, he said. Government agencies will never call over the phone to initiate inquiries, so one should never trust callers saying they are with the IRS, CIA or FBI, Brown noted. Pictured with Brown are, from left, Shauna Rupp and Laura Callaham of the Kingfisher Chamber of Commerce. [KT&FP Staff Photo]
Kingfisher’s Myles Harrison (pictured) shot a 2-over-par 72 Thursday at the Lake Hefner Golf Club’s south course. The round tied him for fifth out of 109 golfers in the small-school division of the Bluejay Bash. Harrison’s round was just one stroke off the winning score of 71, which was shot by four different players. As a team, KHS placed ninth out of 19 full squads with its 318 total. Luciano Orozco shot a 79, Cale Reagan an 80, Paytun Burnham an 87 and Ryan Sanders an 89. Playing as an individual, Matthew Mecklenburg carded an 84 for Kingfisher. Two Dover golfers also took part in the tournament. Sam Wood shot an 87 and Colton Burns an 89 for the Longhorns. [Photo provided]
HAPPY WARRIORS
Kingfisher Heritage 3rd grader Pressley Page finishes as Elks Hoop Shoot national runner-up
William Shaver had a solid two days for the Kingfisher High School tennis team. Shaver (far right, bottom pic) placed third Wednesday in the No. 1 singles bracket of the Elk City Tournament which was held at the Oklahoma City Tennis Center. The KHS junior did even better on Thursday. The KHS teams took part in the Route 66 Tennis Tournament at Clinton and this time Shaver brought home the gold medal after winning the No. 1 singles bracket. He wasn’t the only Yellowjacket having success. The No. 1 doubles team of Coleman Gilles and Wyatt Long (pictured left in bottom photo) were the runner-up in their bracket on Wednesday. Then the KHS girls finished as the team runner-up Thursday in Clinton. The No. 1 doubles team of Jaelin Cortes and Kadyn Daugherty took second in their bracket as did the No. 2 doubles team of Sydney Burk and Giulia Scano. Emiley Watkins was the runner-up in No. 2 singles while senior Mia Franco took fourth in No. 1 singles. Team members pictured from left are Burk, Scano, Franco, Watkins, Daugherty and Cortes. [Photos provided]
Former British Prime Minister Liz Truss spoke recently at The Heritage Foundation about how the United States and the United Kingdom are facing very challenging forces in the global Left, not just in terms of their extremist activists, but also in the power they hold in our institutions. ( Heritage founded The Daily Signal in 2014.)
Four years ago today, Paycom, a company worth around $12.5 billion at the time, sued OCPA over an article OCPA published that referenced an open letter the company’s CEO, Chad Richison, sent to Governor Kevin Stitt. The letter, which was linked in the article, requested the governor take draconian measures to fight the spread of COVID-19 and abandon the “continued inaction on the part of the executive branch.” Today, on the fourth anniversary of Paycom’s predatory and meritless lawsuit that it continues to pursue in court to this day—and which has cost OCPA more than $1.1 million in attorneys’ fees so far—we want to look back at what caused the lawsuit and update everyone on some of what has happened since.
The services celebrating and honoring the life of Kenneth Keith Benson, 71, lifelong resident of Dover, were 10 a.m. Saturday, April 27, in the Dover Christian Church with Pastor Grant Curtis officiating.
Victor Alonso Oropeza, 33, of Piedmont, passed away peacefully on April 20, 2024, in Houston, Texas, surrounded by those he loved.
