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Fromthedayhisschool’s head football coaching job came open, Jason Sternberger had someone in mind.And he got him. Mark Cox will become the new head coach of the Eagles, Sternberger confi rmed last week, making a return to a district he served in for 10 years.

Two local people were injured in an automobile accident last Tuesday in Cimarron City.According to a report from the Oklahoma Highway Patrol, 41-year-old Kassi Sarten of Crescent and a 4-year-old from Cashion were two of three people hurt in the accident.

 The sun set on Sunrise Christian in the Wheat Capital semifinals.Defending champion Kingfisher had the honors as the Jackets throttled the Wichita-based school 70-28 on Friday at Chisholm.

A back-and-forth game finally stayed on Kingfisher’s side in the fourth quarter.The Lady Jackets returned to the Wheat Capital Tournament championship game with a 50-45 victory over Woodward in Friday’s semifinal at Chisholm.It was a rematch of sorts from last year’s playoffs.

Kingfisher County commissioners reorganized Tuesday at their first meeting of 2023 and kept everything the same.On motion of District 2 Commissioner Ray Alan Shimanek, District 3 Commissioner Heath Dobrovolny was re-elected chairman and District 1 Commissioner Jeff Moss was renamed vice-chairman.

With her head in the clouds…Keely Kippenberger Vogt plans to make a career of it.Traveling the United States as a flight attendant for over eight years, Vogt has seen many beautiful sites.Now, she wants to see them from a different vantage point.

It’s a new era at the Kingfisher Times & Free Press.For a newspaper that is in its 134th year, new eras are…well… nothing new.There was, once upon a time, the Kingfisher Times and the Kingfisher Free Press.Eventually, they became one.There ’ s been different ownership through the decades.

The Kappa Kappa Iota, Beta Delta Chapter in Kingfisher announced recently the funding of grants to two Kingfisher Public Schools teachers.“These grants will fund innovative and creative projects that enhance the educational opportunities for KPS students,” said Nance Teders Beta Delta president.

Kurt Thomas will be the featured speaker at the next meeting of the Kingfi sher County Republican Women.The group is set to meet at noon Monday, Jan. 9, at the Interbank Community Room.KCRW is celebrating 20 years as a club.

TEN MEMBERS of the Lomega Student Council delivered the pop tabs that were collected during the schoolwide challenge to the Ronald Mc-Donald house in Oklahoma City last month. While there, students were given a tour of the facility and learned about the services that are provided to families.