• ALMOST HAD HIM – A pair of Crescent defenders got their hands on Cashion’s Grayson Davis, but couldn’t hold on during the first quarter of Friday’s game. Davis turned this play into a 20-yard touchdown reception to give the Wildcats a 14-0 lead. [KT&FP Staff Photo]

    Tigers no match for Cashion in opener

    September 01, 2026 - 20:57 | By News Staff
    Cashion’s playmakers made big plays and it kept a rivalry trophy with the Wildcats for at least another year.Kellen Smith threw for 279 yards and Grayson Davis, Rival Fields and Hank Brown all scored touchdowns as Cashion downed Crescent 37-14 last Friday in a home version of the “War on 74.
  • Katie Parham

    Parham’s bat, Geheb’s arm help lead Okarche to Highway 81 title

    September 01, 2026 - 20:57 | By News Staff
    Katie Parham pounded out three hits, including a two-run home run, as Okarche downed Garber 11-2 Saturday to claim the Highway 81 Tournament championship.Parham had a two-run single in her second at-bat of the first inning, one that saw the Lady Warriors produce seven runs.
  • Mattie Slezickey

    Slezickey runs 5th at Sand Plum

    September 01, 2026 - 20:57 | By News Staff
    A pair of seniors led the way as the Kingfisher High School girls placed sixth at Saturday’s Weatherford Sand Plum Invitational cross country meet.Mattie Slezickey placed fifth and Lily Lunsford 17th out of 151 runners in the 1.5-mile race.Slezickey finished the course in 9:31.
  • KINGFISHER AND CASHION face off for the first time in a varsity football game this week. Wildcat coach Lynn Shackelford (left) and KHS head coach Reagan Roof (right) both feel this could - and should - be the first of many showdowns between the two county schools. [KT&FP Staff Photos]

    A rivalry in the making?

    September 01, 2026 - 20:57 | By Michael Swisher
    The start of the 2026 Kingfisher High School football season could also be the genesis of a new rivalry.Kingfisher begins its latest campaign at home on Friday night when it hosts the Cashion Wildcats.
  • KHS SENIOR Kinlee East (above) puts a little bend in her bat during a plate appearance Thursday against Woodward. She delivered 2 RBIs, inluding the one to put KHS up for good. Junior Lily Voth (right) throws out a runner while on one knee from her shortstop position. East and Voth also combined to pitch the seven-inning victory against the Boomers. [KT&FP Staff Photos]

    Lady Jackets deal Woodward first loss

    August 28, 2026 - 21:10 | By News Staff
    After a rough outing on Monday, Kingfisher wrapped up its week with a pair of much-needed district wins.The biggest was at home on Thursday when the Lady Jackets handed Woodward its first loss of the season, 5-3.The loss moved the Boomers to 11-1 overall and 4-1 in District 4A-3.

    News

    OLD-TIMER TELLS OF CITY’S GROWTH

    25 min ago By News Staff
    To look at the thriving little city of Kingfisher now, one would hardly think that about forty years ago, this country was populated with Indians, cowboys, buffalo and cattle. Not a building in sight, for miles, except an occasional cowboy camp, or an Indian encampment.

    DOVER NEWS

    26 min ago By News Staff
    * *Dover would be a beautiful little town, if only the unsightly weeds that are growing profusely everywhere were cut down. Why not get rid of them and make our village a nice place to admire?Mr. and Mrs. Harry Clark, daughter Ruth, and son Myrl, Mr. and Mrs.

    Sports

    Week 0 Box Scores

    18 min ago By News Staff
    Cashion 37 Crescent 14Crescent 0 0 7 7 - 14 Cashion 14 9 14 0 - 37 Scoring summary: Cashion - Rival Fields 63 pass from Kellen Smith (Andrew Stockton kick) Cashion - Grayson Davis 20 pass from Smith (Stockton kick) Cashion - Hank Brown 2 run (kick failed) Cashion - Stockton 28 FG Cashion - Fields...
    KINGFISHER AND CASHION face off for the first time in a varsity football game this week. Wildcat coach Lynn Shackelford (left) and KHS head coach Reagan Roof (right) both feel this could - and should - be the first of many showdowns between the two county schools. [KT&FP Staff Photos]

    A rivalry in the making?

    36 min ago By Michael Swisher
    The start of the 2026 Kingfisher High School football season could also be the genesis of a new rivalry.Kingfisher begins its latest campaign at home on Friday night when it hosts the Cashion Wildcats.

    Columns

    Oklahoma’s tax cuts are proving the critics wrong

    Oklahoma’s tax cuts are proving the critics wrong

    22 min ago By Jonathan Small
    There’s an adage that working Oklahomans understand, but big-government proponents do not: If you want less of something, tax it more.The income tax, at its core, is a penalty on work and inv estment. Therefore, the higher the income tax, the more work and investment are deterred.

    Treasurer’s office reports $18 billion investment portfolio in July

    21 min ago By News Staff
    OKLAHOMA CITY (August 31, 2026) – The Oklahoma State Treasurer’s Office released its July 2026 Investment Report, showing continued stability in the state’s investment portfolio as financial markets adjusted to rising longterm Treasury yields, mixed equity performance and ongoing inflation concerns.

    Obituaries

    Roland ‘Rod’ Means

    Roland ‘Rod’ Means

    6 days ago By salon-offer-heavy
    Dad, Husband, Pops, Grandpa and Great-Grandpa, Roland “Rod” Neil Means, passed peacefully on Aug. 24, 2026, at the age of 91. Rod was born Oct. 8, 1934, to Francis Hobart, Sr. and Edna Marie (Bode) Means on the family farm in Newkirk. He was raised and educated in Newkirk, graduating in 1952.
    Darrell Bullard

    Darrell Bullard

    6 days ago By News Staff
    Darrell Olden Bullard, 84, of Dover, passed away Aug. 15, 2026.He was born March 21, 1942, in Vinita to Walter R. Bullard and Willadean Ruth McCully Bullard, both of whom preceded him in death.Darrell was also preceded in death by his sister, Carrol Ann Bullard Heupel Mueggenborg.