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DOVER ELEMENTARY announced its Students of the Month for April 2025.

The Sts. Peter & Paul Altar Society met in the home of Cynthia Eaton on Wednesday evening, May 14 to close out its year before the summer recess.The year had been focused on the “Seven Corporal Works of Mercy.

Timothy Shane Abercrombie pleaded guilty to bank fraud Thursday during an appearance in federal court.The former vice president at the Kingfisher branch at InterBank was charged in federal court in April with defrauding the bank of nearly $900,000.

The following traffic accidents are being investigated by the Kingfisher Police Department:April 17, 5:06 p.m. - At 300 block of East Broadway (S.H. 33). — Jesse Vance, 30, Stephens City, Va., driving a 1999 Kenworth semitruck, was eastbound on S.H. 33.

Natalie Garrett of Kingfi sher has been selected as one of the recipients of the 2025 P.E.O. STAR Scholarship.The scholarship awards Garrett $2,500 for the 2025-26 academic year.

Kingfisher County commissioners approved the low bid of T.J. Campbell Construction of Oklahoma City to provide asphalt overlay work on county roads this summer.The move was made Monday during the commissioners’ weekly meeting.

Kingfisher’s Keith Lowry- Henry Ellyson Post 5 of the American Legion once again honored three of the best local public servants.The local post recognized Tyler Girard, Justin Trumbley and Charles Blackburn.The Kingfisher Fire Department’s Girard was named Firefighter of the Year.

Teegan Wittrock, a sixth grade student at Kingfisher Public Schools, has been selected to attend the Junior National Young Leaders Conference (JrNYLC) in Washington, D.C., this summer.

Several Kingfisher County students were honored by the Oklahoma State University Ferguson College of Agriculture with academic scholarship support for the 2025-2026 academic year.The scholarships were awarded at the 2025 Scholarship and Awards banquet, hosted by the Ferguson College last month.