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Kingfisher was just one win shy of advancing to the final four bracket of the OK Kids 12-and-under state baseball tournament.However, the Jackets fell a win short of that goal as they were defeated 12-5 by Pauls Valley last Saturday night in an elimination game.

The Front Porch Friends OHCE group hosted a canning workshop Tuesday, June 16, in the MACenter at the Kingfisher County Fairgrounds.Club members participating were Sheila Baustert.

The following traffic accidents are being investigated by the Kingfisher Police Department: May 15, 11:27 a.m. - At West Miles Avenue and North Seventh Street.Florene Tipton, 93, Okarche, driving a 2015 Ford Edge, was attempting to park in the parking lot at 124 N. Seventh St.

You’ll still be able to get gas at the pumps of D&G Auto next week.You just won’t be able to get that oil change or a dyno tune.Dewayne and Grace Ebers, the longtime owners of the station in Hennessey, announced they are “semi-retiring” at the end of this week.

• WEEKEND EDITION TO PRINT EARLY: We will be printing our weekend edition a day early in order to get it to our local subscribers before next week. The July 5 edition will print Thursday afternoon and should hit county mailboxes on Friday as opposed to Saturday as the U.S.

The insurance premium for Kingfisher Public Schools has dropped for a second straight year.The district will pay $582,969.50, which is about $2,000 less than last year.And last year’s number was down from nearly $618,000 in 2024-25, which was an increase of about 10 percent from the year before.

OOMfestSaturdayIf parades, contests, games, swimming, food, music and fireworks are your type of fun, then Kingfisher is your type of place this Saturday.The Kingfisher Chamber of Commerce is presenting its 2026 version of the Red, White & BOOMfest on July 4.

Kingfisher county commissioners renewed contracts totaling $823,525 for annual insurance coverage through the Association of County Commissioners of Oklahoma (ACCO) for the 2026-27 fiscal year at their weekly meeting Monday.

Editor’s Note: This story was printed June 26 at oklahomawatch.org. It is being re-printed in the KT&FP in two parts with Part II coming up in our weekend edition.