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Kingfisher Winter Nights opens its season of lighted displays at Kingfisher Park this Saturday, Nov. 26, at 6 p.m. The park will be open nightly through Christmas Day. Hours are 6-10 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays and 6-9 p.m. Sunday through Thursdays.

A 45-year-old Chinese man suspected in a Sunday night quadruple homicide authorities are calling an execution was arrested just before 4 p.m. Tuesday in Miami Beach, Fla., according to the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation.

Kingfisher County Treasurer Robin Rother sent out 15,307 statements totaling $46,084,398 owed for 2022 county ad valorem taxes.Taxpayers are required to pay at least half of their property tax balance by Jan. 2, but then have until March 23 to pay the remaining half.

Filing for school board seats in Kingfisher, Dover, Hennessey, Cashion, Lomega, Okarche and Chisholm Trail Technology Center begins at 8 a.m. Monday, Dec. 5, at the Kingfisher County Election Board.

Three Kingfisher High School seniors were guests recently at a meeting of the Kingfisher Rotary Club.Joining the local civic group were Syra Littlehawk, Allison Themer and Destiny Buckner.Littlehawk is the daughter of Theresa Bonds.

You can’t help but get excited about the first year of Hennessey’s Eagle Works Internship Program when Director Kim (Spencer) Hallmark tells you about it.Her enthusiasm was in high gear when she made a progress report to the Hennessey Board of Education members during their meeting Monday, Nov. 14.

A Hennessey man was injured Saturday afternoon in a one-vehicle accident near Dover.Irineo Tarango, 24, was transported from the scene by medical helicopter to OU Medical Center, where he was listed in stable condition with a head injury, according to a report from the Oklahoma Highway Patrol.

The Theta Tau Chapter of Epsilon Sigma Alpha recently made a donation to Santa’s Toyland. Brittney Hladik, chairman of Kingfi sher Community Collaborative and coordinator of Santa’s Toyland, was on hand to accept the donation from club President Paige Krause.

The Kingfisher local 4-H and FFA speech contest was held on Nov. 11.The Kingfisher County Conservation District donated the cash awards for the contest.

Eleven Kingfisher students and one from Cashion placed in their respective categories at the American Farmers & Ranchers (AFR) Northwest District Speech Contest held Nov. 17 in Enid.