Kingfisher Oklahoma

Pioneer wasn’t greeted well by Mother Nature, but still managed to have nearly 500 members register for its 72nd annual meeting.The event was held Tuesday morning and afternoon at the Kingfisher County Fairgrounds Exhibit Building.Rain poured for much of the morning as Kingfisher received over 1.

An apparent doorto- door vacuum salesman has been charged with rape in Kingfisher County.Leviticus Joshua King, 43, who also goes by the alias of Joshua Aaron McMillan, was charged April 30 with first degree rape as well as a misdemeanor drug possession charge in Kingfisher County District Court.

Approximately 75 Gilmour Elementary School pre-kindergarten and transitional kindergarten students prepared a special treat for their moms to celebrate Mother’s Day.Each student put forth their best effort to color a special cup for mom and fill it with her favorite candy.

Rose (Bazan) Bratcher, 84, of Kingfisher, passed away May 1, 2025, in Oklahoma City. She was born Nov. 11, 1940, in Pauls Valley to Juan and Marcelena Bazan.Rose married Reuben “Jerry” Bratcher and together they shared a life filled with simple joys – fishing, dining out and going on drives.

Abby Hobgood and Khloe Kastner are headed to state in four different events and with a combined seven regional gold medals pushing them there.

Lomega made the trip all the way to McAlester for its Class A regional.The Lady Raiders were able to tally 60 points to place fourth as a team.Claire Myers and Kinsley Fisher came back as regional champions.Fisher got hers in the discus with a throw of 110 feet, 6 inches.

Dover had two athletes qualify for state at its Class A regional in Cherokee.Kylee Bell is the pole vault regional champion.The junior cleared 10-6, which was also the best of any other regional in the state.Bell also got in with her performance in the 300 hurdles.She ran the race in 48.

Cashion was also the host site of a Class 3A regional, which featured Hennessey.Both the Eagles boys and girls managed fifth place finishes in the team standings.The Lady Eagles grabbed 43 points while the HHS boys scored 54.Emma Copeland and McKenna Cheney were regional champs for the girls.

For the second straight year, Scout Snodgrass has qualified for four events at the state track meet.Snodgrass helped Kingfi sher to a fourth-place finish at Saturday’s Class 4A regional meet at Chisholm.

Okarche has a chance for at least one more state championship before the end of the school year.The fifth-ranked Warriors downed Oklahoma Christian Academy 1-0 at home on Friday night to claim a Class A-I regional baseball championship.