Kingfisher Oklahoma

The repercussions of the U.S. Supreme Court’s McGirt ruling have largely been confined to victims of crime who have seen murders, rapists, and child abusers released from prison. But now even the tribal governments who hailed the ruling are being directly impacted in a negative way.

Ann Hufnagel, Okarche Elementary School librarian, gathered extra or dated copies of appropriate-age library books, stacked them on her cart and invited the students to select a favorite book to take home.

Kingfisher Lions Club members were provided an update on continued improvements within the Kingfisher Girls Softball Association. Lions Club member Brad Wittrock was joined by fellow KGSA board members Kena Martin, Jeremy Rowan and Joe Voth in making a presentation to the civic group last week.

Kingfisher High School senior Braden Burns recently was awarded one of nine $1,000 college scholarships presented by the Oklahoma Farm Bureau Young Farmers and Ranchers committee. Upon graduation from high school, Burns plans to attend Oklahoma State University to study agricultural education.

Southwestern Oklahoma State University students recently elected new officers of the Student Government Association for the 2021-22 academic year on the Weatherford campus.

The Family of Richard L. Mitchell would like to extend a sincere thank you to everyone who reached out to us these past few weeks. We appreciate all the cards reflecting thoughts, prayers, and the kind words spoken at the rosary, mass and graveside.

After reviewing the evidence in the Derek Chauvin case earlier this week, Washington D.C. lawyer Harold Cameron came to a conclusion that surprised him: “Derek Chauvin did nothing wrong.” The presumption of Chauvin’s guilt rests on three assumptions.

This week, in Minnesota, a police officer is on trial for the death of a convicted felon-drug addict. The felon had pointed a pistol at a pregnant woman’s abdomen, and threatened to shoot the baby, killing the baby, and possibly the pregnant woman.

One scouting report on Jackson Jobe laid out the rarity of the Heritage Hall pitcher’s arm. “Guys that throw breaking balls exceeding 3,100 RPMs (revolutions per minute) are rare.

Kingfisher made a clean sweep at the top when the Oklahoma Basketball Coaches Association announced its district honors. Bijan Cortes was named District I Player of the Year for the second consecutive year.