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The University of Central Oklahoma recently announced the students named to the university’s honor rolls, a distinction given to those who achieve the highest academic standards.

The Kingfisher Lions Club held the annual turtle races Thursday at Kingfisher Park.The event was part of the Fourth of July festivities hosted by the Kingfisher Chamber of Commerce.Following are the top three placers in each heat as well as the champion turtles for each group.

Journal Date: May 8, 2024 Sen. Mike Braun of Indiana was supposed to be a true leader. He was supposed to be our American hero.He had the right resume. He was a self-made millionaire who made his fortune the American way.He earned it. He had a storybook American background.

[Hudson Crozier is a journalism intern at The Daily Signal.]FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—A coalition of conservative activists and policy experts is urging Congress to reject a bill making women eligible to be drafted into the military.

The following traffic accidents are being investigated by the Kingfisher Police Department: May 28, 4:41 p.m. - At 200 W. Starlite Drive.Carmelita San Juan, 70, Oklahoma City, driving a 2015 Land Rover, attempted to back out of a parking space at Walmart.

Registration is now open for the 2024 AgHERculture Conference.The AgHERculture Conference provides women interested in the agriculture industry an opportunity to hone their professional development and add to their social network.The AgHERculture Collegiate Conference is set for Aug.

A Kingfisher woman was arrested recently and faces multiple felony charges that involve alleged sexual acts with minors.Stephanie Ann Dozier, 26, was charged last Wednesday in Kingfisher County District Court with seven felonies, including first degree rape with a victim under 14 years of age.

Several firefighters were in peril last Friday as some battled a pair of blazes on top of triple-digit temperatures.A pair of grass fires burned dozens of acres and up to 100 hay bales in flareups that began early in the afternoon and burned into the nighttime hours.

He’s had his eye on Kingfi sher for a while.It’s not only home to one of his favorite fishing spots (Lake Elmer), but the perfect fit for his new role as postmaster, Chris Coburn said.“Kingfisher’s nice and has that hometown feel... kinda laid back, like me,” Coburn said.

Although the two fires that burned dozens of county acreage last Friday weren’t the result of controlled burns, the Kingfisher County Emergency Management director is pleading with citizens to practice caution.