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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).

One new commissioner will be seated at Monday’s meeting of the Kingfisher City Commission. Another will join him at the next. The April regular meeting will see the swearing in of Daniel Ruhl as he was victorious in last Tuesday’s election.

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.

The U.S. Supreme Court has declined to hear a challenge to an Oklahoma Supreme Court ruling that declared all Oklahomans must pay state income tax. The U.S.

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.

Six students from Redlands Community College were recently honored at the state Capitol by the Oklahoma Association of Community Colleges and Phi Theta Kappa for their outstanding academic achievement, record in the classroom and leadership ability. Among them was one from Kingfisher.