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No commitment was made to purchase artificial turf for Kingfisher High School’s football and softball fields.But further steps were taken Monday to further explore the option.The Kingfisher Board of Education approved an item that allow Joe D.

Light rain, accompanied by a lot of thunder and lightning, fell across Kingfisher County Monday evening.Local Weather Observer Steve Loftis reported .3 inch at the National Weather Services station in Kingfi sher and the Mesonet site at the Mueggenborg Farm west of Kingfisher recorded .29 inch.

The Okarche speech team traveled to Okeene on Feb. 3 and 4 and brought home the Class 3A sweepstakes plaque.Okeene’s annual invitational speech tournament drew entries from nine area high schools in Class 3A.Okarche was first, followed by Cherokee with second and Crescent placed third.

Kingfisher Heritage School has announced its Students of the Month for January 2023.

Dear Readers, The Kingfisher Times & Free Press has agreed to print more chapters. The chapters are based on our experiences to try to complete Senator Tom Coburn’s work to reform our U.S. Congress before we go off the fiscal cliff.

Oklahoma’s January 2023 may have begun with a springlike bang, but it ended with a more appropriate wintry punch.Warm weather dominated the first three weeks of the month, and was on pace to become one of the warmest Januarys on record before winter crashed the party.

During the January monthly meeting, the Kingfisher 4-H Club participated in a leather craft workshop put on by Tommy Puffinbarger, OSU Extension agent from Alfalfa County.Members learned about leather tools and how to stamp leather.“It was a really cool experience,” stated 4-Her Easton Kuehn.

Dover FFA chapter traveled to Tonkawa to compete in Northern Oklahoma College Interscholastics on Jan. 25.Members competed in many different categories, including meat judging, horticulture and agronomy.

Read any good books lately?A phrase not as commonly used as it once was, librarians at Kingfi sher Memorial Library are on a mission to bring it back.

Five years ago, it cost the Kingfi sher County Food Bank between $1,500 and $2,000 a month to purchase groceries to help feed those in need in this area.In 2020, that number jumped to about $2,500 to $3,000.Now?