Kingfisher Oklahoma

Gerrett Spears prefers this year’s path through the playoffs over his first trek with the Lady Jackets. Kingfisher held off a late Dickson rally on Thursday to gain a 57-50 victory in their Class 4A regional semifinal at the APB.

When Cashion qualified for the area tournament last season, it was the program’s first trip in 23 years. There was no long wait to get back. The Wildcats secured their spot in the area tournament Thursday with a 71-52 victory at home over Stratford in a Class 2A regional winner’s bracket game.

The season is over for the Dover basketball team. While that’s a sad reality in the small Kingfisher County town, there’s reason for optimism in the future. That phrase hasn’t been uttered in a number of years.

Pete Brown, cofounder of Kingfisher-based Brown & Borelli Inc., has returned to a seat on the board of directors of the Oklahoma Energy Resources Board.

Ann Pflueger was awakened by a “pop” sound in the wee hours of Sunday morning. When she got out of bed, she saw flames in the northeast corner of the home she shares with husband Danny at 301 N. First Street, Kingfisher. “She woke me up and we called the fire department,” Danny said.

No one can argue that Kingfisher County and most of Oklahoma fared better than nearly everywhere in the state of Texas in the unprecedented 11-day arctic cold front that left area residents in a deep freeze.

Two Kingfisher High School seniors are among those being considered as 2021-22 state officers for Oklahoma FFA. Braden Burns is a candidate for secretary and Cora Beth Taylor for northwest area vice president, it was announced last weekend.

Thanks to Charles Storm for the copy of the National Farmers Union publication, which states that farmers and ranchers receive only 14.6 cents of every food dollar that consumers spend.

I know I put it somewhere. That’s what a squirrel across the street must have thought as it searched in the snow. Surely she, or he, was searching for hidden nuts, because there were holes in the snow all around its tree. I watched as he dug more holes.

The White House on Feb. 15 published a readout of a call with French President Emmanuel Macron of France. The call was not taken by Joe Biden, but rather Kamala Harris. Harris also recently spoke with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.