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Two intellectually disabled brothers, ages 11 and 13, and an older sibling were removed from a mobile home northwest of Kingfisher and placed in emergency Department of Human Services custody based on reports that the two brothers sometimes were kept in a cage in the closet, Kingfisher County Sheriff Dennis Banther said.
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A former Kingfisher County jailer faces three felony rape charges after allegedly sexually assaulting a female inmate numerous times over several months.
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Neither House Majority Leader Mike Sanders nor Sen. Darcy Jech were happy with the way the budgetary standoff with Gov. Kevin Stitt played out last week, but both said their votes to override were the right response to Stitt’s vetoes.
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A child survivor of a horrific 1979 home invasion near Okarche who later authored major crime victim legislation as a state senator and then documented his experience in a movie filmed in and around Kingfisher died last week after a long cancer battle.
Read moreKingfisher County Sheriff Dennis Banther said his office has nearly completed its investigation of an altercation in rural Hennessey last Saturday that ended with an Enid man shot dead and a Guthrie man hospitalized with injuries sustained in a rollover collision.
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Matthew Smith’s wrapped 2019 Camaro will be one of many in the “Hennessey Cruise Main” event at 6 p.m. Saturday, May 16, because he’s the event planner.
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Chisholm Trail Technology Center has named its Students of the Quarter for the final quarter of the 2019-20 school year. Earning the honor were: Carlie Johnson, Watonga High School, health careers; Riley Streck, Kingfisher High School, cosmetology; Ashley Matthews, Kingfisher, practical nursing; Tucker Estep, WHS, computer repair and network; Andrea Suarez, Dover High School, Digital Technologies, Inc.; and Patrick Tillman, Hennessey, welding. [Graphic provided]
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