Kingfisher Oklahoma

A former welding instructor at Chisholm Trail Technology Center was charged Thursday with embezzling more than $26,000 from the career tech while he worked there. A warrant was still outstanding at press time Friday for the arrest of Weston Carroll Chambers, 54, 319 W.

State and federal lawmakers and agricultural industry representatives praised the Environmental Protection Agency’s action last week fi nalizing the Navigable Waters Protection Rule to narrow the definition of “waters of the U.S.” A definition of waters of the U.S.

Kingfisher High School has named its Students of the Month for December 2019. Selected by the teachers were freshman Alli Them-er, sophomore Brenden Hill, junior Aldo Muñoz and senior Wes Hine.

Honor rolls at Southwestern Oklahoma State University in Weatherford and Sayre have been announced for the 2019 fall semester. An undergraduate student earning all A’s in 12 or more hours during a semester qualifies for the President’s Honor Roll.

Lomega has announced its school schedule for Jan. 27-Feb. 1: Monday - Medford Junior High Basketball Tournament (girls vs. Burlington at 12:50 p.m., boys vs. Medford at 2 p.m.

Okarche Public Schools has announced students who were named to the superintendent’s and principal’s honor rolls for the first semester of the 2019-20 school year.

Stacy (Grimes) Cline was elected president of the Hennessey United Association at the civic group’s Jan. 16 meeting.

January is National Blood Donor Month. Oklahoma Blood Institute encourages healthy adults to “follow their instinct” and set aside about an hour to donate blood. Oklahoma Blood Institute will hold a blood drive in honor of Kreede Schwarz with Carter Chevrolet on Monday, Jan. 27.

Kingfisher’s bid for a fourth consecutive Buckle of the Wheatbelt Invitational started Thursday with expected results. The top-seeded Yellow-jackets cruised past Guymon 71-42 in the eighth and final game of the day at the APB.

Tuttle staked claim to the District 4A-2 dual wrestling championship Thursday to advance to dual state. Tuttle defeated Kingfisher 71-9 in the decisive dual. The Tigers, top-ranked in Class 4A, have won the last 10 dual state championships.