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NBC Oklahoma’s Teresa Grellner, left, and Chase Farrar, right, recently presented Kingfisher resident Elmer Becker, center, with a framed and signed print of Starr Hardridge’s painting “Little Brother of War.” This painting is the 18th commissioned work in the NBC Oklahoma Artist Series and Becker won the print in a drawing at the bank. For more information about the series or the painting, go to nbc.bank/ art or the bank’s gallery website at nbcwigwam. art. [Photo provided]
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Kingfisher Junior High has announced its December 2022 Students of the Month. Pictured with Buzz the Yellowjacket, those earning the honor were, from left: seventh graders: Joshua Haynes, Buzz’s Student of the Month; Vaness Gomez, Outstanding Student of the Month; Fredric Belin, Yellowjacket Character Trait of the month (creativity). Also, eighth graders: Brinley Reese, Outstanding Student of the Month; Audrey Long, Yellowjacket Character Trait of the month (creativity); and Hannah Jeter, Buzz’s Student of the Month. [Photo provided]
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Kingfisher Trails marks milestone with fundraising push
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Local woman continues crusade to ship goods to African orphanage
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Oklahoma’s reading outcomes “now rank among the worst in the country even at a time when results have fallen nationwide,” Ray Carter recently reported. According to the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), Oklahoma’s fourth-graders this year have nearly one year less learning than their counterparts in 2019.
Read moreRepublican Oklahoma Sen. James Lankford has promised to block Department of Defense nominees until President Joe Biden’s administration explains the tens of thousands of religious accommodation requests it never granted or even answered.
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