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The state, county and local gradual opening plans all advanced to new phases this week as benchmarks continue to be met on COVID-19 infection containment.

Two intellectually disabled brothers, ages 11 and 13, and an older sibling were removed from a mobile home northwest of Kingfisher and placed in emergency Department of Human Services custody based on reports that the two brothers sometimes were kept in a cage in the closet, Kingfisher County...

A former Kingfisher County jailer faces three felony rape charges after allegedly sexually assaulting a female inmate numerous times over several months.

Sen. Darcy Jech Neither House Majority Leader Mike Sanders nor Sen. Darcy Jech were happy with the way the budgetary standoff with Gov. Kevin Stitt played out last week, but both said their votes to override were the right response to Stitt’s vetoes.

A child survivor of a horrific 1979 home invasion near Okarche who later authored major crime victim legislation as a state senator and then documented his experience in a movie filmed in and around Kingfisher died last week after a long cancer battle.

Kingfisher County Sheriff Dennis Banther said his office has nearly completed its investigation of an altercation in rural Hennessey last Saturday that ended with an Enid man shot dead and a Guthrie man hospitalized with injuries sustained in a rollover collision.

Matthew Smith’s wrapped 2019 Camaro will be one of many in the “Hennessey Cruise Main” event at 6 p.m. Saturday, May 16, because he’s the event planner. Cruisers will meet at 5:45 p.m. at the swimming pool/splash park on Mitchell Road across from the school, said Smith.

Chisholm Trail Technology Center has named its Students of the Quarter for the final quarter of the 2019-20 school year.

Kingfisher County Farm Bureau is now offering free fruit, vegetable and flower seeds at three different locations in the county. The Kingfisher location is at 117 W. Sheridan, Hennessey’s location is at 116 S. Main St. and the Cashion location is at 203 S. Main St.

Hennessey High School graduate Bryan Gutierrez was chosen to receive a $500 Leadership Hennessey scholarship, but his name was inadvertently left off the list provided to The Times & Free Press.