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Kingfisher Trails has received a welcome helping hand in helping complete its newest phase.The latest portion is Phase 2 of the Francis Nature Trail, which is in the area west and north of Walmart.

Hennessey’s Board of Adjustment unanimously approved a setback variance requested by Tom and Joanna Hau to place a 22-foot by 24-foot carport at their home located at 319 N. Cimarron.The board took the action during its 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, July 30, meeting at Town Hall.

“The federal government passed $35 trillion in debt today (July 29, 2024), up from $5.7 trillion in 2000 and a trillion in 1979. Washington has lost control of the nation’s finances. It time for a Fiscal Responsibility Constitutional Amendment.

Kingfisher County Court Clerk Lisa Markus issued marriage licenses recently to the following couples: July 22: Kyle Edward Pfaff, 26, and Margaret Elizabeth Jensen, 26, both of Okarche.July 23: Jose Alejandro Ortega Velazquez, 48, and Hilda Garcia Torreblanca, 43, both of Kingfisher.

The Kingfisher Police Department has investigated or responded to the following reports: July 12 - Complaint/ property damage.Corporal Aaron Schlegel took a report of property damage in the area of U.S. 81 and Will Rogers Drive.

Okarche town trustees received the type of audit report that one consultant called “the worst” as it called into question several practices of the police department during that fiscal year.

Several state dignitaries were on hand last Friday as J.D. Vance, center, the Republican nominee for vice president, was the featured guest at a private fundraiser in Oklahoma City.

A bonanza of bargains and end-of-summer fun will be on tap in Kingfisher this weekend.It will be headlined by the Krazy Days sales by Kingfisher merchants and the Kool Cars and Chrome show, both sponsored by the Kingfisher Chamber of Commerce.

Okarche’s former police chief said an audit that brought into question several practices of the department under his watch was compromised by other individuals and that the auditing firm did not act properly.