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Ray and Aaron West felt they had the ace up their sleeves. They were just waiting for the right time to play it. The Okarche coaches did so at just the right time Thursday and it landed the Warriors in the state semifinals.

I was recently texting back and forth with my two best friends from my youth. We grew up in Hollis, way down in the southwest corner of the state. It’s a place, by the way, that I considered to be the center of the universe way back in the 1970s.

COMPLETIONSBlaine: Continental Resources Inc.; Homsey No. 4-22-27XHM Well; SE1/4 NE1/4 NW1/4 NE1/4 (SL) of 22-15N-11W; 2,813 barrels oil per day, 11,073,000 cu-ft gas per day; TD 21,622.Continental Resources Inc.; Homsey No.

Lots of area high school seniors are selected to serve as state legislative pages during the school year, but Katrina McConnell of Kingfisher might be the first one to come home with a new BB gun. McConnell, 17, served as Kingfisher Rep.

The death of a 6-month-old boy with local ties last week has led to the investigation of a Warr Acres daycare center. Liam Farrar, the son of Daniel and Alyssa Farrar of Piedmont, died Wednesday at OU Medical Center in Oklahoma City, where he had been hospitalized since Feb. 21.

The last day to apply for voter registration in order to be eligible to vote in the April 2 election is this week, Kingfisher County Election Board Secretary Shawna Butts reminded.That deadline is Friday, March 8.

The Kingfisher Police Department has investigated or responded to the following reports: Feb. 3, 5:30 p.m. — Officer Charles Trout responded to a possible intoxicated person at the residence of 506 N. First Street.

State vs. Aaron James Nave, 39, 4113 Brandywine, Enid, grand larceny in house or vessel; arrested Feb. 19; scheduled for initial court appearance Wednesday, Feb. 27, at 1:30 pm. State vs. Steven Eric Boster, 39, 2019 W. Cherokee, Enid, grand larceny; pleaded not guilty Feb.

ROOTS RUN deep in Kingfisher County for the First United Methodist Church and Sts. Peter and Paul Catholic Church and both are in the midst of new construction projects. The Methodist church congregation is expected to complete its new church building in mid to late summer (top image).

Bidders set a new record, $165,400, Monday in buying premiums at the auction concluding the 89th annual Kingfisher County Spring Stock Show. The premium sale provides bonus money to the exhibitors on top of premiums paid by the show sponsors.