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( The Daily Signal) There is a clear American interest at stake in Gorton and Denton by-election outcome. The British parliamentary contest, held Thursday, shocked many with a Green Party victory. Candidate Hannah Spencer overturned Labour’s 13,000 vote majority from 2024 to win with 40.

Swiping the magnetic stripe on the back of your debit or credit card is the “least secure way of making (debit and credit) card payments.” That’s what Sharon Lewis, an Oklahoma Bankers Association expert on scams, told a group of 35 Hennessey senior citizens and other adults Feb. 18.

TheUniversityofCentral Oklahoma has announced the students named to its honor rolls. For the fall 2025 semester, 1,924 students were named to the President’s Honor Roll, an honor achieved by those who recorded a “straight-A” or 4.0 GPA.

Three Kingfisher High School seniors were guests recently at a meeting of the Kingfisher Rotary Club. Joining the local civic group were Carter Denton, Jet Klopfenstein and Grant Maxwell. Denton is the son of Kevin and Lori Denton.

One day, when it has served its time, they’ll write the book on the history of state basketball at the OG&E Coliseum.And its beginnings will have a lot of Kingfisher County.

Dover has found its next junior high and high school principal. The school district’s board of education voted unanimously at a special meeting Wednesday night to hire Ryan Dayton to take on that role beginning with the 2026-27 school year.

The Kingfisher City Commission offi cially has its newest member. Jeremie Hill, left, was sworn in on Friday morning by City Attorney Jared Harrison. Hill won the election for Seat 4, which is a one-year unexpired term, on April 7.

Personnel - some arriving, some staying, some leaving - was the bulk of the agenda at the April regular meeting of the Kingfisher Board of Education.But first, the board had to get itself in order.The meeting was started by outgoing President Mike Copeland, who presided for a short time.

For decades, Cashion athletes have heard the booming voice of D.L. “Dud” Robertson barking orders inside a weight room.In the future, the building that houses that weight room will scream his name.

They downed Alva 9-1 Wednesday and were defeated 10-1 at Crooked Oak. The Ruf-Nex are 9-1 on the season and 5-0 in the district. The Jackets are currently tied for third in the district with Crossings Christian, but have the tie-breaker advantage with the head-tohead win. R.J.