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Kingfisher County commissioners called for bids Monday on 2015 or newer rubber wheel loaders and 2018 or newer excavators, approved a request from Joe Thomson to provide a tinhorn for a public access driveway 1.8 miles west of U.S. 81 on Airport Road in District 1, the December report from the court clerk’s office and monthly reimbursement reports from the election board and district attorney’s office.
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PUBLIC OPEN HOUSE plans are shelved for now at the new Kingfisher County Justice Center. Sheriff Dennis Banther said the decision was made to move inmates in last week to accommodate a sudden influx of females, which exceeded the old jail’s capacity to segregate inmates by gender. While a professional moving company relocated files and equipment from the old jail, a borrowed school bus driven and manned by law enforcement transported inmates on Wednesday. Staff members who have been training for several months in the new facility are now putting those skills to work. Photo above, Reserves Sgt. Corey Thompson works at one of the deputy computer stations as Banther looks on; top left, Jail Administrator Rechele Hirom at work in her office; top right, Detention Officer Dillon Booth sits in the elevated control tower, where he has a line-of-sight view of both tiers of the two cell pods, as well as video feeds to all areas of the building, center right; Banther demonstrates the videophones in the visitation room, bottom right; Sgt. Nathan Mowdy and fellow detention officer Daniel Mendoza, at left, set up equipment in the inmate booking area. [KT&FP Staff Photos]
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Kingfisher city commissioners awarded a contract Wednesday night to an Idaho con-struction company to build a premier feature of Newfield Community Park.
Read moreIn what was billed on the agenda as a “sales tax proposal” workshop, Kingfisher city commissioners, staff and fire department personnel narrowed down the path forward for building a new fire station and the sales tax proposal needed to fund it.
Read moreGov. Kevin Stitt’s office issued an appeal for both medical and nonmedical volunteers to help accelerate the state’s rollout of COVID-19 vaccines to eligible recipients.
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The Cashion academic team has punched its ticket to the Class 3A state tournament.
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The Okarche HighSchool speech team ended the first semester and started the second semester of the 2020-21 school year with team trophies at two virtual speech competitions.
Read moreKingfisher Rotary Club is currently accepting applications for its annual John A. Francis Scholarship recipient.
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