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Two people died and another was injured Monday morning in a two-vehicle accident on U.S. 81 about eight miles north of Hennessey in Garfield County.Pronounced dead at the scene were Adrian Galaviz, 24, Hennessey, and Janet Hicks, 63, Marshall.The accident occurred at 7:05 a.m.

The Kingfisher Board of Education will soon have a vacant seat.Terry Payne confirmed to the Times & Free Press that he will be tendering his resignation from the board this week.Payne and his wife, Tonya, are selling their Kingfisher home and moving to the Oklahoma City area.

Some Cashion students have to eat lunch as early as 10:30 a.m. everyday.Some don’t get to eat until 1 p.m.The school district uses four portable classrooms because it ran out of space. Other teachers have to “float” between classrooms because there’s not enough space.

Chris Guenera of Blue Falcon Aerial, left, was the guest speaker at a recent meeting of the Kingfi sher Rotary Club. Blue Falcon is a company that operates in several states and specializes in fi lming roofs of homes and businesses for storm damage using digital cameras attached to drones.

GILMOUR ELEMENTARY School has announced its Good BEE-havior Students of the Week for the week ending Jan. 17.

Kingfisher Bookcase Review Club will meet Monday, Jan. 27, at the Farm Bureau Insurance Building, 117 W. Sheridan Ave., in Kingfisher.Dr. Lynn Phillips will review one of his own books, “Maggie.”Dutch treat lunch is $10 and will be served at 11:30 a.m.The program will follow.

The Oklahoma Department of Rehabilitation Services announced a new staff member with Kingfisher County ties to its leadership team.Joining the DRS executive team is Mark Beutler, leading the Office of Communications.Beutler is from Cashion.

The City of Kingfisher is looking to relocate a wetlands area from north of the airport to an area east of Atwoods.The move will allow for a runway extension at Kingfisher Airport to accommodate larger airplanes.

The turnout was larger.The support was greater.Voters in the City of Kingfisher overwhelmingly approved a proposition last Tuesday that will allow for the construction of a new fire department.The measure to extend a one-half cent sales tax for another 10 years was approved by a vote of 35382 (81.

There will be an election later this year for the Kingfisher City Commission seat currently held by Jeff Wittrock.City commissioners last Monday approved Resolution 2025-001, which sets Tuesday, April 1, as election day for the four-year term.The filing period will be Feb. 3-5.