Kingfisher Oklahoma

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Clark Daniel Rother of Okarche passed away peacefully on the evening of Dec. 1, 2025, surrounded by family and friends.Clark was born on Nov. 4, 1963, in Okarche.

Garett Josef Wittrock entered this world perfectly on April 26, 2002, and returned to God’s loving embrace on Thanksgiving Day, Nov. 27, 2025 – his very favorite holiday.He left behind the love of his life, Dejanna Harjo, and precious daughter, Aurora Layne.

Another game.Another blowout win. Another night of Okarche starters watching most of the game from the bench.Class A’s top-ranked Warriors moved to 4-0 on Tuesday night with a 98-51 victory.The contest wasn’t even that close as Okarche led 68-26 at halftime.

Everything doesn’t always add up.Cashion scored 82 points in its season opener and standout senior guard Parker Mitchell poured in 43 of them.Yet the Wildcats lost. A balanced Chisholm attack last Tuesday saw the visitors head home with an 86-82 win at Cashion.

Jared Reese was confident about two things heading into last week.First, he felt his Longhorns would be highly- ranked in the initial Class B-II basketball poll of the season.Second, he also knew the first game after those rankings were released would be extremely tough.

The progression in Colby Connel’s seasons at the helm of the Kingfisher boys basketball program may eventually be able to be judged by his teams’ first game.Two years ago, the Jackets were defeated at Chisholm in Connel’s first game as the head coach and it turned into a seven-win season.

Taylor Young expected a tough game.She wanted a different result.Kingfisher tipped off its basketball season Tuesday night in Merritt and found itself on the wrong end of a 59-50 final score.“They’re good and they’re very experienced,” said Young of the Oilerettes. “But we didn’t play very well.

Only a small amount of the county’s $47,125,305 ad valorem tax bill had been paid through Thursday, County Treasurer Robin Rother reports.A total of $4,531 has been received at the county treasurer’s office since tax rolls opened for payment in mid-November.