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Monday, Martin Luther King Day, will be a holiday for many.The Kingfisher County Courthouse, Kingfisher City Hall and most other government offices will be closed on that day, along with all banks.All will reopen on normal schedulesTuesday.

Kingfisher County’s ad valorem tax collections soared during the last week of December and are now more than half collected, County Treasurer Robin Rother reports.Tax collections were at $27,118,143.50 (58.84% collected by Friday) up from $8,263,562 collected as of Dec. 9.

Hennessey’s town trustees voted to convert $3.4 million in CDs into two money market accounts last week.“This will allow us to receive more interest than we’re getting on our CDs,” Hennessey Mayor Clif Vogt told other trustees before their vote.

Monday is the final day to submit your nominations for awards at the annual Kingfisher Chamber of Commerce Gala.This year’s event the 85th annual - is Monday, Jan. 29, at the Kingfisher County Fairgrounds.

Round 1 of two expected rounds of severe winter weather blew into Kingfi sher County on Thursday night.A strong north wind brought with it chilling temperatures as part of an “arctic blast” that’s forecasted to affect much of the state - and region - well into this week.

An undercover operation by the Oklahoma Bureau of Narcotics led to a Hennessey man being arrested and facing three felony drug charges.Arrested Monday was Francisco Arnoldo Payan Izabal, 39.

Kingfisher County Extension will present a lesson on the topic of “Festivals in Oklahoma” later this month.The lesson is set for Wednesday, Jan. 24, and will be held from 10 to 11 a.m. and will be held at the Kingfisher County Fairgrounds in the office trailer next to the annex building.

Light snow dusted Kingfisher Tuesday morning, leaving an accumulation of five-hundredths inch of moisture.That, along with .15 inch of rain measured on Monday morning, brought the two-day total to .