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Authorities were hopeful they’ll have a wildfire that’s burned about 10,000 Blaine County acres contained by Tuesday evening.“That’s what we are hoping for today if things go well here and conditions are right,” State Rep. Mike Dobrinski told The Times & Free Press early Tuesday morning.

Kingfisher City-County Emergency Management Director Steve Loftis announced an excessive heat warning Monday.The warning has most of Oklahoma surrounded by a “heat advisory.”Tuesday was expected to be the hottest day in years across the state with dangerous heat from 108 to 115 degrees.

Kingfisher City Manager Dave Slezickey was elected one of six new regional vice presidents of the International City-County Management Association.

Kingfisher County commissioners approved a solicitation of bids to tear down and remove the old Kingfisher County Sheriff’s Office and jail complex, immediately south of the courthouse at their meeting Monday.The space will be turned into additional courthouse parking.

Two used steel pavilion frames bought by Hennessey town trustees in 2017 will be inspected to see if they are usable.Trustee Harold Shaw told the board last Thursday night during its meeting that the town paid $20,000 for a 70x70 and a 50x100 frame.

The host of “Dirty Jobs” will be in Kingfisher next week to film part of his latest television mini-series.Mike Rowe, who also lends his voice to the popular show “Deadliest Catch,” is slated to be filming in Kingfisher July 28-29.

If you spent any time gazing at the night sky last week, the dramatic moon surely caught your eye.July’s full moon, known as the Buck Moon, also had the honor this year of appearing as the largest and brightest of the four supermoons of 2022.

NEW MEMBERS of the Kingfisher County Excise-Equalization Board, Michelle Miller, left, and Jim Berkenbile, right, were seated for their first meeting Wednesday morning after Associate District Judge Lance Schneiter administered the oath of office.

Hennessey Mayor Bert Gritz didn’t mince words with Trustee Richard Simunek at the Thursday night meeting of the board of trustees.“I’m tired of you hijacking these meetings,” Gritz said.

It took David Craig nearly two decades to earn a spot as a basketball official in a state tournament.Once he got there, however, he became as regular a fixture at State Fair Arena as any other.