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A local family’s quest to use steer wrestling to benefit the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation hits its ninth year Sunday, May 5. The ninth annual Cross Family Benefit will begin at 1 p.m. at the Kingfisher Roundup Club Arena. The event includes a steer wrestling jackpot, raffle and auction.

Dover Public School Foundation recently awarded more than $9,000 in grants to Dover teachers.

The Hennessey Legacy Foundation will host a dinner Wednesday, May 8 to announce the start of the foundation and the receipt of its first $10,000 donation. The 6 p.m.

President Donald Trump on Monday called the New York state attorney general’s newly announced probe of the National Rifle Association illegal, and an expert on laws regarding nonprofits contends that the probe is at minimum improper.

A warrant was issued last week for the arrest of a Kingfisher man charged with allegedly trapping his girlfriend in the bathroom of their residence and hitting her with a hammer.Andrew Do’Shon Burns, 24, 216 N. 10th St.

A Kingfisher man was released from jail on his own recognizance April 24 after allegedly pleading not guilty to a charge of felony child abuse in Kingfisher County District Court.According to an affidavit signed by Kingfisher Police Capt.

District 3 County Commissioner Heath Dobrovolny announced Monday the detour route for motorists traveling on the Calumet Blacktop, a section of which is being repaired.The first two miles of the road south of S.H. 33 are undergoing repair work.

Kingfisher municipal judge and oil and gas operator Kurt Bollenbach is one of four people appointed Friday by Gov. Kevin Stitt to the Oklahoma State Board of Education.

Whitley Ryan Rother, 4-year-old daughter of Jared and Jaime Rother of Okarche, died Saturday at Children’s Hospital in Oklahoma City, of injuries suffered Friday when a metal livestock panel fell on her.

Governor Kevin Stitt told a friendly crowd his first 100 days in office were “fun” during a town hall meeting in Kingfisher last week. “I think the biggest surprise is how much fun I’m having,” he said. “It’s so much better than campaigning.