Koch, Winegeart enter runoff for District 26
The successor to Darcy Jech’s District 26 Senate seat won’t be decided until August.
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Golf groups donate $13K to local causes
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Kretchmar to be inducted into William Jewell HOF
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![KINGFISHER HIGH SCHOOL’S 133rd graduating class consisted of 91 members. Several of them hauled in scholarship offers, which totaled more than $3.7 million. The class accepted scholarships totaling nearly $1.1 million. [Photo by KHS Photography]](/sites/kingfisherpress.net/files/styles/mt_slideshow/public/144da542d6_Ar00101001.jpg?itok=UYxUlRPE)
KHS seniors haul in $3.7 million in scholarship offers
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![NEW TREASURER – Kelly Majetic (left) has been appointed to fulfill the remainder of Robin Rother’s (right) term as county treasurer. Rother is retiring effective June 30 and Majetic will begin her new role the next day. [Photo provided]](/sites/kingfisherpress.net/files/styles/mt_slideshow/public/18ea6ffe36_Ar00102002.jpg?itok=DCFzuMa4)
Majetic to be county treasurer
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Work AND Progress
News
![JECHS AT JECH CREEK – Arnold and Donna Jech (second and third from left) stand near the sign on State Highway 33 east of Kingfisher that signifies the crossing of Jech Creek. Arnold started a quest in the 1970s to have the creek named in his parents’ honor. Pictured with them are their sons, from left: Danny, Jerry and Ronny Jech. [Photo provided]](/sites/kingfisherpress.net/files/styles/teaser_416_x_416/public/0d13e7de92_Ar00104005.jpg?itok=bR3nPYru)
How Jech Creek came to be
It’s been almost 100 years since Jerry Jech settled on a parcel of land east of Kingfisher in 1928.Situated approximately five miles east and a mile south of State Highway 33, Jerry and his wife, Mary, raised three sons, Keith, Delvin and Arnold, and a daughter, Betty, on the farm.
Sports
Kretchmar to be inducted into William Jewell HOF
William Jewell College Athletics has announced the five individuals and one team that will be enshrined into the Athletics Hall of Fame Class of 2026.Among the former greats to be honored is Austin Kretchmar, a native of Okarche High School.
Golf groups donate $13K to local causes
A round of golf in May is going to make for a better Christmas for several families in December.And a nice, hot meal for many of the county’s elderly in January and beyond.
Columns
For Americans and our guests, the World Cup runneth over
Psalm 23:5, one of the best-known biblical passages, says, “Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies: Thou anointest my head with oil; my cup overflows.
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Fathers: Every day heroesSunday is Father’s Day.It doesn’t get the play Mother’s Day does, but I’m not complaining. Mothers are all about loving and doing things to help others and deserve every good thing they get.Dads are normally a little more formidable; maybe stoic.
Obituaries
Jeff Schoelen
Jeff Schoelen, an Oklahoma native and longtime resident of Franklin, Tenn., passed away peacefully on May 4, 2026, surrounded by love.He is survived by his beloved wife, Ute Schoelen; his daughters Nicole Brenner and her husband Bernard of Sammamish, Wash.; Lindsey Schoelen of Columbia, Tenn.
Carol Yost
Carol Ann Yost of Edmond passed peacefully at her home on June 7, 2026.Carol was born Sept. 17, 1944, in Kingfisher to Allen Alvin Yost and Freda Myrl (Robinett) Yost. Carol was raised on the family farm, cultivating an ethic of hard work and a resourceful spirit that defined her life.