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• GRIEF SHARE: Grief Share will resume Monday, Jan. 12, and will meet weekly after that. It begins at 6:30 p.m. and is held at the First Baptist Church, 1340 S. 13th St. For more information, see the ad in this edition.

Yet to all who received him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God... — John 1:12Thoughts on Today’s Verse....Isn’t it incredible that we are called children of God!? But that is precisely who we are (1 John 3:1-3): God’s children!

Six Kingfisher High School seniors were guests recently at a meeting of the Kingfisher Rotary Club.Joining the local civic group were Isabella Gomez, Emily Thomas, Casen Chlouber, Jayson Heldermon, Ximena DeLaTorre and Harper Evans.Gomez is the daughter of Marcie and Jose Gomez.

The state Department of Environmental Quality will hold a public meeting at the Hennessey Public Library at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 6, in the History Museum.

Although it will go on newsstands and arrived in your mailbox at the normal time, this edition of the Kingfisher Times & Free Press printed two days earlier than a normal weekend edition.The Times & Free Press will return to a normal printing schedule next week.

Zach Goodwin saw the advertisement and took a leap of faith.Now he wears a holster and a uniform, one that bears the badge of the Kingfisher Police Department.Goodwin is the newest member of the department, joining on Dec. 15.“It’s been a lot of fun so far,” said Goodwin.

The second of our multipart series of the 2025 year in review focuses on the months of April through June.The events during those months were varying and impactful.There were elections, milestones for businesses and civic groups, politics and more.

No injuries and no hazardous chemical spills were reported when a train derailed north of Dover late Monday evening.An apparent broken rail caused the derailment on the Union Pacifi c Railroad at about 10:30 p.m.

Kingfisher County commissioners held their annual “changing of the guard” Monday, electing District 2 Commissioner Michael Sparks to serve as chairman for the 2026 calendar year.He succeeds District 3 Commissioner Anthony Schwarz.