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Kingfisher Public Schools has added two new certified staff members for the second semester.The board of education on Monday night approved the hiring of Ausha Baker as a special education teacher and Emma Wood as a reading/English language arts teacher.

Kingfisher County Rural Water District No. 3 has been selected to receive $69,356 in funding through Northern Oklahoma Development Authority’s (NODA) County Rural Economic Action Plan (REAP) grant program, it was announced at Monday’s meeting of Kingfisher County commissioners.

RETIREMENT CELEBRATION — Bridget Keast celebrated her birthday and her retirement from her lengthy career as a local physican’s assistant Sunday in Kingfisher. [Photo Courtesy Tamara Massey]

BOND DENIED — Wu Chen, 45, made his first appearance Monday afternoon in Kingfisher County District Court via video feed on four charges of first-degree murder with deliberate intent and one charge of assault and battery with a deadly weapon for the shooting deaths of four Chinese citizens and...

We know you’ve seen him around already, but starting this weekend, this dude is going to bebusy and the odds for a local sighting are extremely high.On Saturday, you’ll see him in Kingfisher’s lighted Christmas parade at 6 p.m.

Filing for school board seats in Kingfisher, Dover, Hennessey, Cashion, Lomega, Okarche and Chisholm Trail Technology Center begins at 8 a.m. Monday at the Kingfisher County Election Board.

A Chinese national who allegedly shot and killed three men and one woman and critically wounded another man at a county medical marijuana grow facility Nov. 20 was booked into the county criminal justice center Thursday night.Kingfisher County Sheriff’s Offi ce personnel Lt.

It was a red carpet night for Madisyn “Madi” Myers of Omega at a special event last month.The Lomega High School senior was selected as the statewide winner of the 12th annual Oklahoma Hall of Fame Scholarship.

Four local cheerleaders have earned all-region honors and now have a shot at being named to the Oklahoma Cheer Coaches Association All-State team.

The school farm facilities at Lomega High School will be expanding to include four new buildings, thanks to a donation from oil exploration company Ovintiv Inc.