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Crop-boosting rain fell across much of Kingfisher County over the weekend. Residents awoke to drippy skies Sunday morning, but the majority of the rain arrived earlier in the night. There was also a shower in parts of the county on Friday evening. Rainfall reports ranged from .

[ Ed. note: Wendell Prim has authorized the Times & Free Press to publish the following paid announcement of his candidacy for the atlarge seat on the Pioneer Telephone Cooperative Board of Trustees, subject to the April 20 election.

Jarrod Mueggenborg retained his seat on the Okarche Board of Education. Mueggenborg defeated Brian Joseph Mueggenborg 332-171 (66% to 34%) in last Tuesday’s election. The vote was spread across both Kingfisher and Canadian counties.

City voters last Tuesday approved a measure that will raise the hotel and motel tax here by 4%. Beginning July 1, the city’s hotel occupancy excise tax will bump from 5% to 9%. The proposition was approved by a 234-129 margin (64.46% for to 35.54% against).

It was shaping up to be a typical game for Rayland Garner. Until it wasn’t. Garner had already scored 6 points and grabbed 4 rebounds in just 11 minutes for Friends University in its women’s college basketball game Jan. 28 at Saint Mary.

The following traffic accidents are being investigated by the Kingfisher Police Department: February 21, 1:40 p.m. - At S.H. 33 and North 13th Street. Barry Reid, 66, Kingfi sher, driving a 2024 Jeep Wagoneer, was southbound on North 13th Street.

The Son is the radiance of God’s glory and the exact representation of his being, sustaining all things by his powerful word. After he had provided purification for sins, he sat down at the right hand of the Majesty in heaven.

Senator Chuck Hall, R-Perry, issued the following statement after a multi-vehicle crash on Wednesday claimed the life of a member of the Oklahoma Highway Patrol from Logan County, as well as two civilians. “This is an absolute tragedy for our state and for the local community.

[George Caldwell is a correspondent for The Daily Signal.] Clayton Fuller won a Georgia special election to replace retired Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene on Tuesday night, growing the House Republican majority by one.