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Kingfisher County commissioners approved the low bid of T.J. Campbell Construction of Oklahoma City to provide asphalt overlay work on county roads this summer.The move was made Monday during the commissioners’ weekly meeting.

The University of Central Oklahoma celebrated the achievements of approximately 1,438 spring and summer graduates during the Spring 2025 Commencement Ceremonies May 9-10, in Central’s Hamilton Field House.UCO President Todd G. Lamb gave remarks at each of the university’s four ceremonies.

Kathryn McIntyre will graduate summa cum laude from the University of Oklahoma on May 9 with a bachelor’s degree in nuclear medicine.She is the granddaughter of the late Dr. Ray and Kathryn McIntyre, longtime Kingfisher residents.She is the daughter of Dr. Dale and Laura McIntyre of Bartlesville.

Oklahoma Governor Kevin Stitt has ignited political disruption after issuing a sweeping wave of vetoes that confused lawmakers, lobbyists, and citizens across the state.

Five Boy Scouts, members of Troop 120, Last Frontier Council, Oklahoma City, were recognized in a Court of Honor ceremony on May 4.Among them was a Cashion High School senior.

The Kingfisher FFA Chapter competed April 25-26 in Stillwater at the State FFA Interscholastics and had its share of successes. Pictured top left is the animal science quiz bowl team of, from left, Jayson Helderman, Emily Altizer, Jozie Loewen and Robert Barnett that placed third.

Breakthrough T1D honored longtime advocate and community leader Andi Boutwell at its annual Oklahoma City Gala, held April 26 at the Omni Hotel.

A tradition more than eight decades in the making continued last Tuesday when Plainview HCE hosted the Senior Tea for Kingfi sher High School’s senior girls. The event was held at The Gathering in downtown Kingfisher and nearly three dozen young women were addressed by Dr.

Pioneer wasn’t greeted well by Mother Nature, but still managed to have nearly 500 members register for its 72nd annual meeting.The event was held Tuesday morning and afternoon at the Kingfisher County Fairgrounds Exhibit Building.Rain poured for much of the morning as Kingfisher received over 1.

An apparent doorto- door vacuum salesman has been charged with rape in Kingfisher County.Leviticus Joshua King, 43, who also goes by the alias of Joshua Aaron McMillan, was charged April 30 with first degree rape as well as a misdemeanor drug possession charge in Kingfisher County District Court.