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Due to bureaucratic incompetence, Oklahoma State Department of Education regulations that enforce a state ban on teaching concepts associated with Critical Race Theory in Oklahoma schools have been withdrawn and now provide only “guidance,” State Superintendent of Public Instruction Joy Hofmeister announced during the Aug. 26 meeting of the State Board of Education.
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The Chisholm Trail Museum will host two days filled with cowboy fun at its Chuck Wagon Gathering on Friday and Saturday, Oct. 1-2.
Read moreThe University of Central Oklahoma announced the 409 students from throughout Oklahoma, the U.S. and the world who completed their college degrees during the summer 2021 semester.
Read moreMike Frey and Mark Squires of Kingfisher have been elected as delegates to the 138th American Angus Association Convention of Delegates, reports Mark McCully, chief executive officer of the American Angus Association
Read moreThe 26th annual Sts. Peter & Paul Knights of Columbus Golf Tournament is less than two weeks away.
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Jaxton Finley of Piedmont is officially the best trap shooter his age in Oklahoma. Finley brought home the state championship medal (left photo) from the Oklahoma State 4-H Trap Shooting Competition held Saturday, Aug. 28, in El Reno at the Oklahoma State Trap Shooting Association. Finley won the 13-14 year-old age group by hitting 47 of 50 targets in the first round to tie for first place. In a 10-target shoot-off for the championship, Finley aced his round, hitting all 10 targets. Overall, he hit 57 of the 60 targets on the day. Finley also won the Canadian County Fair Trap Shoot on Saturday, Aug. 21, by hitting 45 of 50 targets (right photo). Finley is an eighth grader at Piedmont and this is his first year of competitive shooting. He is the son of Cy and Heather Finley of Piedmont and the grandson of Gary and Kayla Palmer and Dean and Ann Finley, all of Kingfisher. [Photos provided]
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Maitlyn Tollefson, 8, is the daughter of Matt and Makylah Tollefson.
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