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Kingfisher Boy Scouts Troop 196 conducted a flag retirement ceremony last Saturday (Flag Day) at the Kingfisher Elks Lodge.The Scouts were joined by Elks officers and members as they lowered and folded the old flag, preparing it for its proper disposal, and then raising a new one.

The 2025 storm season went out with a bang.It just didn’t go out with a roar of a siren.The storm system that brought Kingfisher County more than two inches of rain in some spots also delivered a tornado warning.

• SANTA’S TOYLAND GOLF SCRAMBLE: Help provide a special Christmas for those in need by participating in this four-person scramble at Kingfisher Golf Course on Saturday, July 12. Shotgun start is 8 a.m. and the cost is $300 per team. RSVP by July 8.

Kingfisher County wheat farmers are facing continued major problems in harvesting their crop.“The next 30 days are going to be challenging,” Kingfisher County Extension Director/Agricultural Educator Bryan Kennedy said Tuesday.

Hennessey Board of Trustees voted to close traffic on Main Street (U.S. Highway 81) for the town’s car show Sunday, June 29.The highway will be closed from Iowa Street south to 7th Street.

• Scott Lidy Weinmeister vs. State of Oklahoma ex. rel., Service Oklahoma, restoration of driver’s license.• Denise E. Ingle, as trustee of the Ronald Lee Ingle and Denise E. Ingle Revocable Trust dated Jan. 21, 2019 vs.

The Kingfisher Police Department has investigated or responded to the following reports:May 6 - No valid driver’s license and DUI-liquor or drugs/APCV.

The Town of Hennessey will start the 2025-26 fiscal year July 1 with an estimated $7.595 million in resources available and total fund/departmental appropriations of $3.78 million.

Authorities confirmed the body of a deceased 2-year-old girl was recovered from Kingfisher Creek on Sunday evening after an ATV accident west of Kingfisher.The name of the child, from Kingfisher, was not released.

Veterans gave Ol’ Glory a fitting retirement on Flag Day.The Keith Lowry-Henry Ellyson Post 5 of the American Legion on Saturday evening dedicated a new plaza for the United States flag to fly high and also ceremoniously destroyed several others that had served their time.