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Kingfisher High School senior Taylor Mills and Jax Sternberger have been announced as the Junior Lions for February 2023.The two were guests at a recent Kingfisher Lions Club meeting.Mills is the daughter of Brent Mills and Amber Mills Ballard.

Kingfisher Junior High has announced its January 2023 Students of the Month.

The Kingfisher Community Collaborative is seeking meal donations to help feed the people who donate their time to serve the community.On the second Monday of every month, about three dozen volunteers gather to serve at the Compassion Clinic.

The following traffic accidents are being investigated by the Kingfisher Police Department: January 9, 10:30 a.m. At S.H. 33 and North 13th Street.Julio Torrent, 57, Kingfisher, driving a 2003 Freightliner semi-truck, was eastbound on S.H.

Makylah Tollefson stayed longer than required at the February meeting of the Kingfisher Board of Education.For good reason.

Only one race has developed as filing began Monday for multiple municipal elections in Kingfisher County.That race is for town clerk in Okarche.Incumbent Dana Reese filed a Declaration of Candidacy Monday at the Kingfisher County Election Board.Also filing for the position was Erin Rother-Stover.

An issue with the transmission feed from OG&E forced a citywide outage in Kingfisher as well as Okarche last Saturday night.Both municipalities went dark at about 8:10 p.m. as Kingfisher Electric crews worked to make the repairs at the Industrial Substation just north of Mercy Hospital Kingfisher.

Last May, Associate District Judge Lance Schneiter was among those who presented John Rice with the Liberty Bell Award, an honor bestowed by the county bar association to someone who has contributed to justice and the rule of law.

Another positive report was presented to the Kingfisher Board of Education by the school district’s auditor.

Newly elected State Superintendent of Public Instruction Ryan Walters promised lawmakers his administration will soon unveil “the most comprehensive reading plan in the country” to reverse the significant decline in student literacy that occurred under his Democratic predecessor, Joy Hofmeister.