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Natalie Garrett of Kingfi sher has been selected as one of the recipients of the 2025 P.E.O. STAR Scholarship.The scholarship awards Garrett $2,500 for the 2025-26 academic year.

The following traffic accidents are being investigated by the Kingfisher Police Department:April 17, 5:06 p.m. - At 300 block of East Broadway (S.H. 33). — Jesse Vance, 30, Stephens City, Va., driving a 1999 Kenworth semitruck, was eastbound on S.H. 33.

Timothy Shane Abercrombie pleaded guilty to bank fraud Thursday during an appearance in federal court.The former vice president at the Kingfisher branch at InterBank was charged in federal court in April with defrauding the bank of nearly $900,000.

The Sts. Peter & Paul Altar Society met in the home of Cynthia Eaton on Wednesday evening, May 14 to close out its year before the summer recess.The year had been focused on the “Seven Corporal Works of Mercy.

DOVER ELEMENTARY announced its Students of the Month for April 2025.

In the Wednesday, May 14, 2025, issue of the Kingfisher Times and Free Press Senior Edition, Cashion High School graduate Cole Tichenor's name was spelled incorrectly, and his biography was inadverterly omitted. His information appears corrected below.

Gilmour Elementary School has announced its Good BEE-havior Students of the Week for the week ending May 1.

Kingfi sher Elks Lodge awarded more than $8,000 in scholarships recently at the annual Elks Honors Banquet. Lodge offi - cers and members recognized honor graduates and their parents from throughout Kingfi sher County during the banquet held May 8 at the lodge’s south room.

Hennessey school board members were quick to agree with Superintendent Jason Sternberger that a second agriculture education teacher is needed this fall to expand offerings in leadership, public speaking and career development.

Cody Murray, right, of Shield of Faith Service Coordination, was the guest speaker of the Kingfi sher Rotary Club earlier this month.