Kingfisher Oklahoma

A red-hot start last Tuesday propelled the Dover boys basketball team to its fi rst win of the season. “We came out on fi re,” said first-year coach Aaron Norton after his team knocked off Cimarron 49-43 in Dover. The win was Norton’s first with the Longhorns as they improved to 1-1.

We remember our high school principal, Cletus Street, saying some really “unwoke” things at a student assembly. He told us that our parents might think we were special, but nobody else did.

On Nov. 11, 1918, at the 11th hour – after a brutally fought and bloody war that took an enormous toll in terms of human life and suffering – allied nations and Germany put into effect an armistice to stop what was then considered “the war to end all wars,” World War I.

One of the rites of passage of a cowboy’s life is the day you get your own brand. I remember the fi rst time I took my iron out of the fire as all work stopped in the corral. I knew then that this town kid with no ranch and little cash had arrived.

MICHELLE MALKIN:  Over the weekend, President Donald Trump approved a new annual refugee cap of 18,000, the lowest since the U.S. program began in 1980. The reduction follows news that America took a pause last month and refused to admit any new refugees.

Bob Wills and the Texas Playboys put western swing in the spotlight. I grew up listening to their music. Bob was born in East Texas, the son of a share-cropper. When Bob was about 8 or 9 years old they moved to a farm between the North Fork of the Red River and the Big Red.

History needed If the Unassigned Lands in Indian Territory were opened to settlers, those in the northern part would buy Kansas goods.

Sunday, Nov.,10th, marks the USMC Birthday Before my son became a Marine, I never thought much about who was defending me. Now, when I read of the war on terrorism or the coming confl ict in Iraq, it cuts to my heart.

After seeing their best performance to date in the six-year history of the Hennessey High School speech and debate team and fresh off of a fourth-place fi nish at the Oklahoma State Speech and Debate Championships last spring, the 2019-20 season began with a bang for the HHS team as it walked away...

Kingfisher Public Schools recently held a food drive to help stock the shelves of its food pantry. Employees of the Okarche branch of Encana recently helped out by picking up all of the food drive boxes from each school, taking them to the pantry, unpacking them and stocking the shelves.