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Angle parking on Oklahoma Street east of the Main Street stoplight has caused congestion and safety issues, Hennessey Town Trustee Bert Gritz said at the board's Sept. 9 meeting.

Carolyn Flood and Jean Crosswhite, longtime local members of The National Society Daughters of the American Revolution, have announced that Sept. 17-23 is Constitution Week and urge all area citizens to observe and honor the foundational document of national governance.

Kingfisher Bookcase Review Club will meet Monday, Sept. 23, 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.

John Henry Hopkins, Jr., and Gladys Jeannette (Gilmour) Hopkins celebrate their 70th wedding anniversary Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2024.John and Gladys were married Sept. 18, 1954, at the Kingfisher First United Methodist Church by Rev. R.A. Anderson.Their parents were Esther and John Hopkins, Sr.

The University of Central Oklahoma announced that 311 students from Oklahoma, the U.S. and the world completed their college degrees during the summer 2024 semester.Since UCO does not hold a summer commencement ceremony, many of the students participated in the spring 2024 ceremony.

In an effort to curb skyrocketing workers’ compensation costs, Oklahoma lawmakers passed comprehensive work comp reform that went into effect in 2014. Early on, the returns were positive: the per-employee cost to purchase workers’ compensation insurance fell by 33 percent over the next three years.

Kingfisher County commissioners awarded a contract to add an addition and remodel of the District 1 shop to RPC Operations of Kingfisher Monday.RPC submitted the low bid of $249,860 a week earlier, the lowest of six bids submitted. Bids ranged to a high of $518,000.

A large crowd of more than 640 Cimarron Electric Cooperative members and their households gathered Thursday evening for its 88th annual meeting at the Kingfisher County Fairgrounds Exhibit Building.

Though the month that features Halloween hasn’t even hit the calenders, the Kingfisher Chamber of Commerce staff and board of directors are already hard at work on their biggest event of the year.The chamber recently announced the theme for the annual Christmas parade, fireworks and laser show.

Kingfisher Public Schools won’t require a Bible be placed in every classroom or teaching from the Bible, but will continue to follow the Oklahoma Academic Standards.