• LILIANA GARRAMONE makes a leaping catch in left field in front of a group of Broken Bow students during Kingfisher’s 7-2 victory on Wednesday in the opener of a Class 4A softball super regional. [KT&FP Staff Photo]

    Broken Bow outlasts KHS in super regional

    October 09, 2026 - 21:16 | By News Staff
    Kingfisher’s most historic softball season yet came just one win short of being even more momentous.But when the final out was recorded on Thursday afternoon, it was Broken Bow - not the Lady Jackets - celebrating a berth in the Class 4A state tournament.Facing elimination, the fourth-ranked Lady...
  • OKARCHE SOFTBALL team members await at home plate for the arrival of Kinley Pruett after she hit a three-run home run in the fifth inning Thursday in the quarterfinal round of the Class A state softball tournament. Pruett’s homer turned a 4-3 deficit into a two-run lead, one the Lady Warriors wouldn’t lose as they knocked off second-ranked Caddo 10-4 to advance to the semifinals. See inside for more. [KT&FP Staff Photo]

    Don’t just do it...Pruett

    October 09, 2026 - 21:16 | By News Staff
  • SCHOOL TALK – Shauna Rupp, far left, executive director of the Kingfi sher Chamber of Commerce, hosted with her staff and several directors, a “State of the Schools” luncheon on Wednesday. It included Dr. Sean McDaniel, interim superintendent of Kingfi sher Public Schools, center, and Kurt Thomas, far right, superintendent of Chisholm Trail Technology Center, as the featured speakers. Also speaking at the event were CTTC students, from left, Rilee Long-Bush, Diana Hernandez, Serena Fletcher and Chase Boarts

    Superintendents talk state of schools at chamber event

    October 09, 2026 - 21:16 | By News Staff
    The Kingfisher Chamber of Commerce hosted its annual “State of the Schools” Biz Connect luncheon Thursday at the Cheyenne & Arapaho Emergency Response Center in Kingfi sher.Shauna Rupp, executive director of the chamber, provided opening and closing remarks and introduced recently- hired Kingfisher...
  • OKARCHE PLAYERS run (and leap) to home plate after Kinley Pruett hit the go-ahead home run during Thursday’s upset of No. 2 Caddo in the Class A state quarterfinals. [KT&FP Staff Photo]

    Okarche knocks off second-ranked Caddo

    October 09, 2026 - 21:16 | By News Staff
    Maybe it wasn’t meant to be.Okarche carried a tworun lead all the way into the bottom of the fourth inning against Caddo in the quarterfinals of the Class A state softball tournament.The Lady Warriors were supposed to just be happy to be there as nobody associated with the program had witnessed the...
  • OKARCHE’S Grady Terrell pitched a shutout Saturday against Hydro-Eakly to help Okarche move closer to a regional consolation championship. The Warriors secured it the next game with a 6-1 win against Arapaho-Butler. [KT&FP Staff Photo]

    The champs are still here

    October 06, 2026 - 21:43 | By News Staff
    After one of the more painful losses a team can experience, three different locations and hundreds of miles, the Okarche Warriors played themselves back into the Class A state baseball tournament.The 13th-ranked and defending state champion Warriors got a pair of pitching gems on Saturday as they...

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    SCHOOL TALK – Shauna Rupp, far left, executive director of the Kingfi sher Chamber of Commerce, hosted with her staff and several directors, a “State of the Schools” luncheon on Wednesday. It included Dr. Sean McDaniel, interim superintendent of Kingfi sher Public Schools, center, and Kurt Thomas, far right, superintendent of Chisholm Trail Technology Center, as the featured speakers. Also speaking at the event were CTTC students, from left, Rilee Long-Bush, Diana Hernandez, Serena Fletcher and Chase Boarts

    Superintendents talk state of schools at chamber event

    12 hours ago By News Staff
    The Kingfisher Chamber of Commerce hosted its annual “State of the Schools” Biz Connect luncheon Thursday at the Cheyenne & Arapaho Emergency Response Center in Kingfi sher.Shauna Rupp, executive director of the chamber, provided opening and closing remarks and introduced recently- hired Kingfisher...

    Hennessey men face felony distribution charges

    12 hours ago By News Staff
    Separate undercover operations conducted in March by the Oklahoma Bureau of Narcotics recently led to the arrest of two Hennessey men for distribution of methamphetamine.Mario Alexis Villalba, 26, and Naum Moises Ortega-Maldonado, a/k/a Nau Maldonado, 53, were arrested Wednesday, Sept. 30 and...

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    LILIANA GARRAMONE makes a leaping catch in left field in front of a group of Broken Bow students during Kingfisher’s 7-2 victory on Wednesday in the opener of a Class 4A softball super regional. [KT&FP Staff Photo]

    Broken Bow outlasts KHS in super regional

    12 hours ago By News Staff
    Kingfisher’s most historic softball season yet came just one win short of being even more momentous.But when the final out was recorded on Thursday afternoon, it was Broken Bow - not the Lady Jackets - celebrating a berth in the Class 4A state tournament.Facing elimination, the fourth-ranked Lady...

    Top-ranked Rattan downs Warriors in quarterfinals

    12 hours ago By News Staff
    One big inning proved enough for Rattan.The top-ranked Rams plated five runs in the second inning and rode that to a 6-1 victory against Okarche on Thursday in the Class A baseball state quarterfinals at Shawnee High School.Rattan moved into Friday’s semifinals while Okarche saw its season end with...

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    It’s the Pitts

    12 hours ago By Lee Pitts
    I don’t have a Bucket List of places I want to go before I die but I do have an Empty Bucket List of places I definitely DON’T want to go before I take a long dirt nap.#10 Big Cities— I don’t ever want to go again to a town with a population of over 15,000 people.

    Obituaries

    George Newer

    George Newer

    12 hours ago By News Staff
    George W. Newer passed away peacefully at home and entered into the arms of his Savior on Oct. 6, 2026.George was born in Oklahoma City on Dec. 2, 1932, to George J. Newer and Edna C. (Miller) Newer.George graduated from Kingfisher High School in 1951.He met the love of his life, Mabel M. Peters,...
    Paula Zelnicek

    Paula Zelnicek

    2 weeks ago By News Staff
    The funeral for Paula Frances (Pitcock) Zelnicek, 73, was Friday Sept. 25, at First Baptist Church officiated by Jimmy Berkenbille.Burial followed at Calvary Cemetery under the direction of Cordry-Gritz Funeral Home.Paula was born in Duncan on Dec. 3, 1952, to Willie Joyce and Gladys Geraldine...