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Six Kingfisher High School basketball players and a coach earned honors when the Western Athletic Conference coaches announced the all-conference teams.
Read moreKingfisher High School basketball players raise yet another gold ball on the State Fair Arena floor. The Yellowjackets claimed the 2022 Class 4A state championship last Saturday with their 51-43 victory over Victory Christian. The title is the third straight for KHS and the fourth overall. KHS has played in every 4A state championship game since 2017 as it won the title that year as well as 2019 and 2021. The Jackets were runners-up in 2018 and no tournament was played in 2020. This year’s team finished 28-1, which matched the program’s best record. The story on the championship game can be found on Page 1B. Cashion’s boys basketball team took runner-up in Class 2A with its 65-58 loss to Dale on Saturday. The Wildcats’ silver ball photo can be found on Page 3A and the title game story on Page 7A. [Photo by Russell Stitt]
Read moreTwo state agencies have launched investigations into allegations of hazing, bullying and abuse in the Kingfisher High School football program, which were made by a former player and his parents in a federal lawsuit against the school district and coaches.
Read moreFresh on the heels of his recognition as Kingfisher’s Citizen of the Year by the chamber of commerce, Times & Free Press Managing Editor Michael “Swish” Swisher is presented a Media Excellence Award at State Fair Arena by Oklahoma Secondary Schools Activities Association Assistant Director David Glover. The award is in recognition of “many years of outstanding media coverage of OSSAA activities.” [Photo by Russell Stitt]
Read moreAn early morning burglary last week at Heritage II Pharmacy in Hennessey mirrors a similar incident at a Kingfisher pharmacy last month.
Read more“The Great Reset” was the title of a speech delivered to students at Hillsdale College in Michigan.
Read moreA visit from my 40-yearold California granddaughter caused me to drag out scrapbooks. They were so heavy that I had to carry them into the kitchen one at a time.
Read moreWe’ve officially passed our first deadline of the legislative session. This past Thursday was the deadline to advance Senate bills from our committees, meaning any measure that did not receive a hearing or did not receive enough votes to pass out of committee will not go any further in the legislative process this session. Of the 800 bills that were filed before session began, we’ve approved about 400 of them. We’ll next shift our efforts to studying and voting on these measures on the Senate floor.
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