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County Commission Chairman Jeff Moss will hold a pre-construction meeting at 8 a.m. Thursday at the county commissioner office in the courthouse in Kingfisher on paving projects in Districts 1 and 3.Bids were opened two weeks ago with Schwarz Paving Co. of Oklahoma City, the low bidder.

As a child, Ben Reherman loved the sights and sounds of the airport.Every summer as he visited his grandparents Ron and Sandy Price in Tampa Bay, Fla., Reherman began to develop a love for aviation.“The airport was really cool to me and I loved the planes and the pilots,” Reherman said.

Two major county seats were filled during Tuesday’s primary runoff election.Voters were set to decide who will be the next Kingfisher County sheriff as well as the District 3 commissioner.Current Undersheriff Jonathan Riedlinger and Hennessey Police Chief Aaron Pitts were on the ballot for sheriff.

Grocery stores across the state are ready to remove the state 4.5% sales tax from groceries beginning Thursday (Aug. 29).Most local retailers have indicated the conversion would not be difficult to complete as cash registers are already programmed to make the change.

The Kingfisher Police Department has investigated or responded to the following reports:August 8 - DUI-liquor or drugs/APCV and child endangerment.Sergeant Aaron Schlegel responded to a report of a reckless driver on U.S. 81.Schlegel said in his report that he observed a northbound vehicle on U.S.

A new tradition started last week at Kingfisher High School. The student body gathered around the flag plaza outside the front doors of KHS for a flag raising ceremony on Aug. 19 to commemorate the start of a new school year.

Six Kingfisher High School seniors were guests recently at a meeting of the Kingfisher Rotary Club.Joining the local civic group were Hayden Green, Santiago Ortega, Maddox Jarvis, Evan Duey, Paytun Burnham and Jairo Velarde.Green is the son of Randy Green and Claudia Green.

The following traffic accidents are being investigated by the Kingfisher Police Department:July 28, 6:54 p.m. - At 200 W. Starlite Drive.David Simpson, 37, Kingfisher, driving a 2022 Toyota Tundra, was parked in a parking space at Walmart, 200 W. Starlite Drive.

Scott Hajek was elected president of the Hennessey United Association during the board’s Thursday, Aug. 15, reorganizational meeting.Hajek, who was appointed to that board in 2018, is known as the “go-to-guy” to call for help with any project.

The Exhibit Building was filled with art, food, wine and more beginning Thursday as part of the annual Kingfisher County Free Fair. Pictured left are Paula Nicholson and Dot Miller who were working to complete the paperwork for the Oklahoma Home & Community Education (HCE) entries into the fair.