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  • Another fun-filled Fourth of July

    Another fun-filled Fourth of July

    17 hours ago | By News Staff
    Kingfisher celebrated America’s 250th birthday with some traditions of its own last Saturday during the Chamber of Commerce’s Fourth of July activities. It started with the downtown parade, which featured a massive U.S.
  • BIG WINNERS (AND PROFITABLE LOSER) – A duck purchased by LuGreg Trucking fi nished fi rst out of 872 entries in last Saturday’s KEF duck race. Pictured at the top left are KEF board members Kathy Kadavy (left) and Jeff Wilcox (right) with LuGreg’s Zac Kannady and his fi rst-place trophy. Cimarron Electric Cooperative (top right photo) purchased the runner- up duck. Representing Cimarron are, from left, Jeff Hyatt, Mark Andrews and Aaron Roark. They are pictured with KEF board members Jennifer Farrar and Hea

    KEF Continues Record Pace

    17 hours ago | By News Staff
    If they keep it up, they’re going to need a bigger pool.For now, the K-Town Kove is more than adequate to host the Kingfi sher Educational Foundation’s Duck Race.But space continues to get tighter as the KEF sold yet another record number of entries this year - 872 to be exact.
  • CALE REAGAN watches a chip shot during a golf tournament earlier this year. Reagan helped lead KHS to the state golf tournament and won an all-star tournament after the season. He’s pictured on the right side of the page during his junior year of football. A dominant defensive lineman for the Jackets, he was named the 3A-1 Defensive Player of the Year as a senior. [Golf photo by KT&FP Staff/Football photo by Chris Simon

    All-American Kid

    5 days ago | By News Staff
    Academics. Football. Golf. Class projects. It requires a versatile student to not just take part in all of those high school functions, but excel in each of them. Cale Reagan was one such student. He did it so well, in fact, he was voted the 2026 Kingfi sher High School Student of the Year.
  • LOMEGA’S Claire Myers is pictured standing in front of the United States Capitol in Washington, D.C. She was recently named to the ODAFF’s Ag Youth Council. [Photo provided]

    Myers named to Ag Youth Council

    5 days ago | By News Staff
    Add another Myers selected to the Oklahoma Agriculture Youth Council.The Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food and Forestry has selected 14 high school seniors from across Oklahoma to serve on the 2026-27 version of the council.Among them was Lomega’s Claire Myers, who will be a senior this fall.
  • Kelly Majetic is officially the Kingfisher County treasurer. Majetic, left, was sworn into office Wednesday morning by Associate District Judge Lance Schneiter at the Kingfisher County Courthouse. She was appointed to fulfill the term of Robin Rother, whose retirement was effective at the end of business on Tuesday. Majetic will serve the final year of Rother’s term and then will begin her own four-year term in the office beginning next July. [Photo provided]

    A Majetic Beginning

    5 days ago | By News Staff

    News

    Hennessey’s ambulance district board approved

    17 hours ago By News Staff
    Five candidates received approval to the new Hennessey 522 ambulance board Monday at the Kingfi sher County commissioners’ weekly meeting.District 2 Commissioner Michael Sparks, chairman, presented the names of the nominees.Hennessey Fire Chief Brandon Scott also attended the meeting.
    BIG WINNERS (AND PROFITABLE LOSER) – A duck purchased by LuGreg Trucking fi nished fi rst out of 872 entries in last Saturday’s KEF duck race. Pictured at the top left are KEF board members Kathy Kadavy (left) and Jeff Wilcox (right) with LuGreg’s Zac Kannady and his fi rst-place trophy. Cimarron Electric Cooperative (top right photo) purchased the runner- up duck. Representing Cimarron are, from left, Jeff Hyatt, Mark Andrews and Aaron Roark. They are pictured with KEF board members Jennifer Farrar and Hea

    KEF Continues Record Pace

    17 hours ago By News Staff
    If they keep it up, they’re going to need a bigger pool.For now, the K-Town Kove is more than adequate to host the Kingfi sher Educational Foundation’s Duck Race.But space continues to get tighter as the KEF sold yet another record number of entries this year - 872 to be exact.

    Sports

    CALE REAGAN watches a chip shot during a golf tournament earlier this year. Reagan helped lead KHS to the state golf tournament and won an all-star tournament after the season. He’s pictured on the right side of the page during his junior year of football. A dominant defensive lineman for the Jackets, he was named the 3A-1 Defensive Player of the Year as a senior. [Golf photo by KT&FP Staff/Football photo by Chris Simon

    All-American Kid

    5 days ago By News Staff
    Academics. Football. Golf. Class projects. It requires a versatile student to not just take part in all of those high school functions, but excel in each of them. Cale Reagan was one such student. He did it so well, in fact, he was voted the 2026 Kingfi sher High School Student of the Year.

    This week marks dead period for schools, athletes

    1 week ago By News Staff
    The fast and furious month that is June for junior high and high school athletes will end with a break.A mandated one. At least as far as schools are concerned.The Oklahoma Secondary Schools Activities Association mandates a nineday dead period each year.

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    Obituaries

    Jeannie Swisher

    Jeannie Swisher

    17 hours ago By News Staff
    Jeannie Annette Swisher, 67, of Kingfisher, passed away peacefully on July 3, 2026, at Cimarron Nursing Center in Kingfisher, surrounded by her loving sons and sisters.Jeannie was born on March 23, 1959, in Cushing to Emery and Emily Swisher.
    Michael Shane Walters

    Michael Shane Walters

    17 hours ago By News Staff
    Michael Shane Walters rode through the pearly gates on July 3, 2026, after an 18-month battle with glioblastoma brain cancer.He fought with grit, unwavering faith, quiet determination and a strength that never wavered.