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Kingfisher County joined the rest of Oklahoma in giving a “No” vote Tuesday to State Question 820.If approved, the question would have allowed legal sale and possession of marijuana to residents 21 years old and older.

The Kingfisher County OSU Extension office will be in turmoil Monday.The office is moving due to water damage to its old office on the second floor of the Courthouse Annex from flooding after a commode failed to stop running after flushing.

An annual agreement with the town of Hennessey received the Kingfisher County commission’s approval.Authorizing prisoners of the Hennessey Police Department to be held in the Kingfisher County Criminal Justice Center, the agreement was approved at last Monday’s regular meeting.

ROTARY SPEAKER – Jalaina Hammett, right, fundraising and communications manager of Okarche’s Center of Family Love, was the featured speaker of the Kingfi sher Rotary Club last week.

In cooperation with Oklahoma Elks Major Projects and Oklahoma State Troopers Association, the Oklahoma Highway Patrol’s 49th Annual Cadet Lawmen Academy is accepting applications.Applicants must be a high school senior for the school year 2023-2024 with a grade point average of 2.0 or higher.

Five Hennessey community members volunteered to work on starting the town’s first Historical Society Committee during a 7 p.m. Tuesday meeting in the History Center at the public library.

Kevin Hopkins hasn’t been involved in other restorations.However, “Things that are historical matter to me,” and he’d do his best, Hopkins said.

Gilmour Elementary Principal Makylah Tollefson has announced the students who earned the Good BEE-Havior honor for the week of Feb. 27–March3.

Winners of the Kingfisher County spring livestock show have been announced as follow by class in order of placing:CATTLE Market Steers Prospect - Emily Schellenberg, Kingfisher, championBritishClass 1 - Jayden Malone, Cashion Class 2 - Leah Dickens, Hennessey; Haleigh Swanson, Lomega Class 3 -...

Five Kingfisher High School seniors were guests recently at a meeting of the Kingfisher Rotary Club.Joining the local civic group were Aline Jordan, Yamile Saucedo, Ernesto Torrez, Sydney Watkins and Candelaria Gutierrez.Jordan is the daughter of Oscar Jordan and Esmeralda Camarena.